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Step 1399: Cut up an F1 shock mount and a Model A headlight bar. Weld them together. Heat the conglomeration and do bendy things. Decide you...
It ties in about as much as my other ramblings, seems like good info to me. It didn't look as dark as bronze, but I wouldn't be surprised if it...
Step 1391: Do torch things. Also hit the things with hammers. Make sure you use your nice expensive impact socket as a bending tool and turn it...
Step 1390: Quit crying and order 12' of 3/8" square stainless. Spend entirely too many hours machining it so it has a neat shape. Watch...
Step 1372: Curse the rat bastard that decided to make the original Buick grill shell insert out of whatever hellish mystery brass-type material...
Step 1352: Combine your two least-worst windsheild frames into one. The top portion had to be narrowed 1/4" and the bottom piece was rotted out...
An addendum to the hood pictures. I guess I didn't post a before pic of the '34 Buick hood. That thing was gigantic![ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Oooooohhhh, I like that. I was thinking about a little shot pin, but I never thought to reuse the hinges. Very nice.
That's a rubber strip cut from an inner tube. It lets the lower wheel curve the sheetmetal without stretching it. The frame is a '54-ish panhead.
Just kidding. I've been getting a lot done. I had to cut at least 12" off the '34 Buick hood to get it to the right length. I then had to cut...
Step 1234: Quit your job. I changed jobs in November. I didn't realize how miserable it made me till I got out. Now I have a 4 10-hour work...
I'm partial to an underslung setup. I have an Alfa 4 banger a '25 Chevy frame and another Mopar axle waiting for a roadster body one of these...
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