Introducing my Fuel Coupe-styled Tudor

.......That's hilarious, Gary, and spot on.

 

Thanks for all the info you share. It will help a lot of us....................

 

I had missed this thread until today and I have to say it is simply awesome! I appreciate the workmanship and details (and the lower carbon emissions from the hole drilling!).

 

No , but I noticed TAMCO Paint has a booth at the show: https://www.facebook.com/events/371194351448033

Based on @Roothawg 's comments, I'm gonna pick their brains r.e. high-build primer.

 

And they are local to you Gary.

 

This car demanded SW Deluxe instruments.

My NOS speedo sidesteps their modern ones' unreliability. The others are new.
The 0-90 ohm gas gauge matches the tank's sending unit.


To keep the holes perfectly round, I clamped plywood behind the dash. Then, after drilling pilot holes, I replaced the hole saw's center bit with a metal rod.




Basic switches. Bezels are 1.25" stainless steel fender washers.


Racecar spartan.

 

Slick!

 

Nice Gary. Clean, simple and functional. Looks good.

 

Always great to see your work. What is the metal rod in place of the drill bit for?

 

You do good work for a Buckeye….

 

Hi Larry!
If the drill bit is retained & your drill wobbles, the bit's flutes will wallow out the pilot hole slightly so its bigger & the hole saw cuts a bigger hole.

The metal rod has no flutes, so it just spins harmlessly in the pilot hole, keeping the hole saw precisely where you want it.

 

Lots of great details. Keep in keeping on. This will be finished before you know it.

 

Not a lot to report, although DMV finally came through with a new ***le & VIN.

@Dino 64 & some OT car buddies hoisted the body off the ch***is...



...and onto his body dolly.


Now to finish-weld some previously hard-to-reach frame brackets & block sand the body.

Will close with a picture of my son's college physics test.

His professor appreciated his frictional ****ysis of a hoodless highboy on an inclined slope.

 

You’re coming around the the final curve

 

Looking good. Hey Gary, get all those guys to help sand as well. LOL.

 

Making good progress! I ***ume the big “M” in the equation is for Mercury!

 

loving the progress, going to be a killer car.
Just wondering how you're going to get the coil wire to the engine, will there be a plug on the firewall, or will you just run the cable thru a hole in the firewall ?

 

I do not know witch way Gary will route his coil wire, I run my coil under car on tail shaft , wire runs up spine of trans & bell , over 650hp No skip or miss. Coil is over 30 years old Yellow Accel square,
MSD does make a p*** threw tower for coil /etc.

 

@ol55 M is the Greek letter "Mu", representing the Coefficient of Friction.

Thanks for asking. I'm keeping it simple with a small grommeted hole in the center of the firewall, just below the top/bottom flange.

 

With the car dis***embled, I finished a few previously inaccessible welds.




Temporary epoxy protects the bare metal.



Most of the body got a skim coat of Rage Gold a few months ago.

On those few areas that felt straight, I spread 3M guide coat and scuffed with #150 grit. Those with no low spots are ignored for now.



This is my first attempt at bodywork so I began on the roof, where a vinyl top will cover any mistakes.


The ridges & bumps got knocked down with #40 on a jitterbug...


... then 3M guide coat & #40 on a variety of boards.

More:




I realized that beautiful '28-'29 cowl top & the two sides are "saddlebacks" (concave in one direction & convex in the other direction, like a Pringle).


Math majors would call them *hyperbolic paraboloids*.


Then another thin skim coat of filler & #80 on a variety of sanding boards until the guide coat was gone, but without revealing bare metal.

Lesson Learned: If I'd spread the filler more smoothly, I could've *started* with #80.


#80:


Next: Finish everything with #80, then a bit of filler on the lows, then Motrin and #150.

 

90% ends up on the ground......
It will be worth all of the labor, once you lay down your first coat of paint.

 

Gary, you got that ‘bondo’ look about you !
Great job

 

Looks like your ready to go in and do some drywall! So how are you going to keep the “pringle” effect?

 

The secret(?) to aging?! Patience......... Gr***hopper.

 

Yeah, it makes you age more !

 

Ahh, fun with old cars! You can't beat it.

 

Gary. Your work is always exceptional. You got this well under control. Un-like me , who just keeps finding and fighting with annoying little problems. But HEY, thats hot rodding in it's purist form.

 

Thanks for the kudos, fellas.

Am nearly done with #80. It's taken waaaaaay longer than ***umed.
Anyone who complains about the high cost of bodywork has obviously never done it themselves.

The dark spots are guide coat lows & blue tape shows where I sanded thru filler to expose primer.

 

Darks are lows blues are highs.

body work is eeeeeeendless.
Not looking forward to the next one I do lol

 

When I get to that point I throw a coat of high build primer on. That way it minimizes all of the visual things that confuse the eye.