Again thanks for the kind words.... I will get some earlier progess pics here soon. I want to show the floor. I made all of the panels out of 22 gauge sheetmetal as a patern. The owner of a shop I use to work at here in Cleveland called Stainless Works then made all the panels out of 14 gauge with a cnc lazer cutter and bender. They basically fit together like a puzzle and I welded it all together. It came out real nice. And that's my 2 year old in the background. I'm lucky cuz he loves old cars. He wants the Tudor running so he can go for a ride. We just had another boy so the hot rod is on the back burner for awhile. So progress pics will be a little later....
14 Ga., Wow! How big a fellow are you? Is there a structure (rectangular tubing) under the floor panels too?
hey krash...its a killer-going to beTOP drawer. i love the caddy mill. and i know the worlds fastest vagabond will too. HA! cant wait for finished pics. ive never stolden a rod before. just where did u say u live HA! call me pop.
Mosimpson, I like fat chicks so I needed a 14 gauge floor.....j/k....Yeah it's 14gauge without bracing. Each panel has a few bends which makes it pretty rigid. At the edge of each panel is a 1 inch lip that had slots in it. All the panels were laid in the body sort of like a puzzle. Each piece was squared up and the slots were plug welded. The perimeter was stitch welded to the body. The plug welds made the floor very rigid. The small overlap areas get seam sealed to keep out moisture/rust. I wanted to post some pics, but my wife put the pics in some mystery folder and I can't find them. I will take more as soon as I can and post them. And blown34coupe, The body is suposedly from here in Cleveland. I bought it from Don Moyer on here. He got it from someone in Painsville and then sold it to me just after he got it. I believe it was parked under a lean to overhang thing for a long time.
Your floor pics really helped me out! I was just trying to figure out how I was going to go about designing the rear part of my floor. The whole car looks great!
Nice stance. I dig the look of a 2 seater, but I need the back row. I saved a pic copy of yours for the "one" day.
Very nice job!!Your floor looks awesome.Love everything about it,perfect stance.Please keep us posted.
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