Projects Dreddybear's Model A Coupe thread - DARTH WALTER

Looking good! I got those hinges to work with a little shimming too. I mad a gasket from plastic like the one they came with. And a lil manipulating of the deck lid and i'm satisfied. I'll post a pic when i get the deck lid back on. Doing body work myself.

 

I'd like to take a minute to preach.

Shrinking discs are the SHIT! I will ALWAYS have one of these handy from now on. I used to have a fluted one I didn't like very much so I wasn't that into it. But this one rules. Dents are laughable. Seriously, pound that shit out the other way, don't matter if it gets a little weird then start in on it with the disc. Hold over an area for 10-20 seconds then hit it with a spray of water. The water will flash-steam on the spot and all the high spots come down a little.

This was less than 10 minutes.





After 4-5 minutes



7-8 minutes



10 minutes

 

Put a tiny bit of dish washing detergent in the water, When you go back over the same spot it lubricates the disk and is more gentle on the metal.

 

Looking awesome! What brand is your shrinking disc?


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Wolfes easy shrink. I got it on ebay for under 30$.

 

My wife got me one of those discs for christmas. Best present ever

 

How noisy are they?

 

Pretty cool. I must live in a cave, never heard of it. I'll have to get one comin'. Work on a fender last week at work all stretched. Had to torch it to shrink. Wonder how they work on lighter ga. new car sheet metal.

 

I have always wanted to try a shrinking disk, now I just bought that same one on Ebay. Thanks. Great build by the way .

 

As noisy as a cutoff wheel, loud

I think it would work well. The guy on the previous page is right. I polished it and added some soap to the water, now it's smooth and doesn't dig the metal.

Thanks!

 

this thread is the reason i fell in love with traditional hotrods. and the hamb. looking good, cant wait to see it in paint

 

Looks great, I need one of these too.

 

I'm about to move into the bondo sanding death stage. Done with sheet metal, I'll bring this thing over so you can play with it.


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So yeah..the visor sorta just happened... So close to filler and paint I can taste it!

 

Looking killer man! Can't wait to see it painted

 

You should get a rebate on those shrinking discs, I just bought one also.
Your project is looking good.

 

Love the visor. Car is looking great man

 

I bought a similar disk but it didn't fit my grinder at all...I was excited to try it. Work looks great man!! After Roundup and everything has settled down we need to hang out.


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what size wheels and tyres are they?

 

16X4"

750x16" Back
600X16" Front

 

For sure! Sorry I haven't dropped by...I'm living in this dank-ass garage..

 

Go Man Go!
Round Up is right around the corner

 

Them antenna rock

 

Thanks mang!

 

Great build and a cool car, cant wait to see the candy coating.

 

sweet! same size wheels/tyres as i wanna run! thanks bud!

 

Would love to see this car in person. The direction is so right on!!

 

You will....Paul's gonna drive it up sometime....cause I want a ride.
Right Paul? Lol....

 

Like baby Jesus pulling the devils intestines out!

 

Even if he doesn't Josh (Let's face it, you're not that special ) , I'm moving to Austin so maybe I'll see it when that happens...