Hot Rods The car I've been waiting for

Get it outside and look at it from a distance is the only way

 

Been fitting and welding the cowl to the subrails. Got both sides tack welded to secure it. Passenger side got more welding to the subrails extension then fitted the cowl patch panel, uggh! Much more to do here but I'm making progress

 

Not easy fitting and re-fitting. Cutting and more fitting. Stand back and look, more cutting and fitting
Nothing fits, every piece needs massaging

 

Looking better every day!!

 

Yep, and when you're finished, if no-one can see the work that was done... it's perfect!

 

Cut down 37 truck dash fits pretty good and even looks kinda cool

 

That little thing is gonna be a whole car one of these days real soon. Keep it up and don't catch the carpet on fire.

-Abone.

 

Wheel well and quarter patch in. Mucho grinding in my future

 

Been working alot but had a couple hours of quality time with the 33 today
Continuing sub rails to body work. While I'm mig welding these tight areas I am thinking about how tough it must have been for a teenager in the 50s to braze a channeled car, damn!

 

Lookin' more & more solid each time!

 

Needing to chop up the dash and bit more to get it to fit. Truck dash is straight across on the top and 33 car is curved. I have a plan- let's see if it'll work

 

Gathering much needed goodies is part of the fun for me. Visited with old pal Pete, he's got model 40 stuff

 

Looking awesome so far. Keep the updates coming.

 

Got an original radiator from a fellow Snapper for mock up. Turns out the radiator mounts on brackets in front of the cross member. I don't have those. I called and went over to another friend's house, he's got a beautiful 34. I measured up where the radiator is supposed to go and made a crude drawing. Anyway - measure, cut, grind, bend, fit, cut, bend, clamp, fit, stand back and look. More fitting to do

 

Looking good Ron!

 

Mocked up a 34 shell and then put on the chrome hood. Mike brushed it black. It fit pretty good and I decided to strip the paint off- oh my that was a really good idea. All shiney and smooth.

 

Looking good! Are the new doors for patches? I would think the doors that came with the body would fit best.

Bob

 

@The37Kid those doors are for the next build, a 3 window

 

OK! You can never have too many future projects.

 

Minotti Style

 

I moved the car over to the other bay to make room for the roadster. I have a lot of fixing to do on this side.

 

In the last couple pictures you can see the last foot of bead is cut off and right above that they "relieved" the quarter at the deck lid opening. This along with the huge missing part in front of the wheel well really messed up everything.
Here I spent a few minutes lining things up better. Next is measuring and tack welding- lots of measuring and tack welding

 

Way bettah already

 

Doesn't look like much but this has already made a difference. Very thin and wavy metal from previous work. Small steps here, i cannot afford to make it any worse than it was.

 

Great updates.

 

Baby steps... progress is progress!

 

I tore into the sub rails on the driver side tonight. Previous owner had overlapped plate (2 pieces) from cowl to B pillars. This was tack welded and it came out relatively easily. Lower cowl patch and below the door panel are barely tacked on. Lots of measuring and fitting before I weld anything. Tonight was cut out stuff, step back and look. Sometimes you don't get a lot done but I am making progress

 

The B pillar is twisted to the rear, door side hinges bent a little. I asked Frank to come by and take a look. He said I bet the door opened while driving- AHA!
Today I pulled the door off, pulled pillar forward and added a gusset to the front side of the B pillar.

 

Need to heat up and bend lower door side hinge back and then I think that'll get things much closer.
I ran out of MIG wire- that 11lb spool lasted a very long time.