Projects 34 Ford Five winder

Hey all, been a while since I have posted.
I started the Street Rod Technology program at Utah Valley University & loving every minute.
Anyone thinking about trying something like it should seriously look into this program.
Chris the instructor is amazing! Very talented, tons of experience & very patient with the newbs.
There is all the cool equipment there too. Power Hammer, P5 Pullmax, Marchant kick shrinker, Eckold shrinker, bead rollers, they have it all.
Anyway I have a few pics of my 34 Project and I will try to keep it updated as it helps to motivate me.

 

Subrail rusty piece cut out, fabricated piece welded in and metal finished

 

Very cool..Wish they had classes like that when I was in school!..Show some updates when you get going on your 5 window.

 

small rusty spot on the lower cowl fabbed up, welded in and metal finished

 

Subrail finished, replacement rocker was a little short and needed a wedge section added to line up with the door and quarter panel

 

LH quarter patch and my shrinking disc initiation. lol

 

It appeared a chain had been wrapped around the body in a couple spots kinda crushing the top. Took a porta power and some scary pushing but got the shape back then metal finished what looked like claw hammer marks

 

Nice work... Gonna be a cool ride.

 

very nice work young man

 

Nice work!

How much of a chop is it getting?

 

Thanks for posting the pics. Good work, keep after it! Tim

 

Good stuff, nice work. Is this an all week class which is your primary class?

 

What a future, doing what you love !!

 

Thanks guys!
Yes it's a full time program 12 credits I believe. Mon-Thur. 7:00 am -12:30.
However the instructor stays till 2:00 and allows us to work on our projects.
He also comes in on Friday 8:00-12:00 just for us as well .
I wish I had done this when I was young!
I'm not young any more!
Went through a divorce, had a shop burn to the ground and I was just looking for something that I really loved.
Nailed it!

 

I love the Bonneville chop but I'm 6,' 250# so I'm just going maybe 3 1/2 in the back 4 in the front.
392 hemi,
I love the 15 oz coupe and the 553 coupe, also the cop shop coupe. So there will probably be a little of all of these in the build.

 

Nice work keep the updates coming.

 

I wish I had your skills.

 

Speaking of the cop shop coupe.
My project for the aluminum shaping part of the course.
Projected a profile of the Cop Shop coupe on the wall the size I wanted.
Original plan was for a mailbox but was afraid to leave it on the street so it became a pair of wall hangers, one of which I give to my buddy for Christmas.
I first cut the aluminum blanks and annealed them, then cut the pattern from mdf.

 

I then used a router to round over the mdf & sandwiched the aluminum between them, allowing me to make a LH and RH.

 

I then used 1/8" bead roller to put in the belt line & hood louvers. The pullmax was used to put the bead along the bottom edge, while keeping the tipped flange. Then a flat die on the bottom & tipping die on top of the bead roller I "creased" in the door & hood seams. The tipping die on top with a skateboard wheel on bottom was used to put the reveal in the roof sides.
It was made without a hood to allow access for the mail, so I had to add a hood.

 

The side window was made with a simple hammerform. Then a little metal finishing, a little polishing and done.
Now I need to find the correct wheels for it. Haha

 

Now you need to do it again and make a 5 window! Nice work on all you've done so far.

 

Thanks for posting the pics. Your workmanship is impressive and the class sounds great. Have fun.

 

Cut away everything that was rusty. The quarter extensions didn't line up to the lower trunk panel very well so cut em up!

 

The double layer brace at the roof/deck lid area was rusty on both sides so I had to fab up the pieces for replacement

 

Decided to round the corners while I was at it.

 

Couple bullet holes opened up & repaired, as well as another chain damaged area

 

I spent a lot of time on the replacement pieces getting them to fit together well

 

the quarter extensions needed a little adjustment to line up with the factory quarters. Got them welded on.

 

Get the lower panel installed & fab the pieces to round the corners