Ok,in a perfect world we'd all have a shop like Jessie James or Ron Covell but the truth is most of us have never even seen an english wheel let alone used one.I wanted to make a roll pan for the Brookwood because the original rear valances are rotton and the rear bumper looks ugly on the 60's because of the big license plate bracket thingy. I had wondered how I was going to make a nice bend in the pan then someone on here did a tech article about using big pipe to bend radiuses.So I took a piece of 20 ga and made a 90 degree bend in it. Then I clamped it to the pipe and rolled the pipe over it. I checked the shape and tried it on the car It looked ok so then I had to make the side pieces. This is where all my kindergarden training comes in.I did some measuring and cut another piece of sheet metal. Then laid out some lines with my crayon Then clamped it to the bench and banged out a 90 degree bend Here's where my excellent scissor cutting skills I learned from Miss Riley come in. I clamped it to a pipe and rolled it. Then my paper folding skills all came back to me , it was just like making a paper hat. Checked for fit. Made another one and welded them up.( I would have used paste when I was 5) Put the pieces on the pan Cut some holes for the exhaust. Cut some pipees to put in the holes. Welded em in. Put the pan back on and stuck some Sportster pipes through to see how it looks. There it is, a couple of days stuck in the garage, snowed in with my scissors and crayons. Thanks Miss Riley!
Looks great! I love these posts they make me less afraid to try things and give me a clue of what to do...
cool. looks good. that wagons gonna be cool. hey jethro where'd you get those dollies under the wagon??? later.
Jethro-Great post Man.....did you hapen to price any of those pans?They are HIGH!!!! Could you email me some pics of your frame swapping on the wagon? I have a '61 Bubbletop I wanna do like you did......[choprods@usa.net] sorry I am a pest!
61 Wagon ...those dollies come from Costco for $30.00 a pair .Toooo cheap to pass up. Choprods...Yeah those rear valances if you can find any are insane expensive! I found a couple of NOS front valances on EBAY for not too bad a deal.I'll try and dig up the frame swap pics and E-Bomb them to you.
I totally dig it Jethro, really nice. But, I'm thinking, wouldn't have been possiblt to chop up a pair of headlight buckets and get real close? Then again you might be hunting a junk yeard forever. The exhaust cutouts are really neat. Good job, and very well written, funny too.
Fuckin' A Jethro. Thanks! I've been trying to figure out how I was gonna build a roll pan on my truck and this really helped. BTT because we all need to learn! E
Jethro... I don't know if you saw it in another post, but I am trying to get this damn trim north... at least to Washington!!! Travis
Looks great! Think I'll have to copy you on my 60 Elky.... What are you putting on for a bumper? Nerf bars, nothing? Please show us the front pan fab too! (I have fairly good rear valences but am missing the front ones so making them is my option too...I heard what they cost!!!)
Oh and that's the other thing I need to do! Get some trim down south to DrJ! That bad bad bad piece of trim that sliced my head open and gave me 10 stitches!!! Travis
sweet action pic on the tin snip work...nice work and creative fab, did you trim the overhanging pieces when you folded up the hat? seems like the excess may be a corrosion problem later on. thank god for unofficial tech week. this is what the hamb's about.
Stolenmojo...Yeah I trimmed the "fan blades" so I could butt weld the seams.I was able to dolly the shape a little too. Travis...Been thinkin about you man.A HAMB relay might be just what we need. I'm thinking of making it to the Portland swap in the spring,maybe there.Don't get rid of that trim! Dr.J...I want to use a 59 style one piece bumper that just goes across the top, just to cover the spot weld seam.Behind the rollpan I have a reciever hitch so I can pull my Boler trailer. I 'll try and make a removeable cover that will hold the license plate to cover the hole when the hitch is out. Shiny...I was only five, she may have been hot who knows.She made deadly cookies and milk though!
[ QUOTE ] Oh and that's the other thing I need to do! Get some trim down south to DrJ! That bad bad bad piece of trim that sliced my head open and gave me 10 stitches!!! Travis [/ QUOTE ] Do you still have the address?
[ QUOTE ] I totally dig it Jethro, really nice. But, I'm thinking, wouldn't have been possiblt to chop up a pair of headlight buckets and get real close? Then again you might be hunting a junk yeard forever. The exhaust cutouts are really neat. Good job, and very well written, funny too. [/ QUOTE ] I was eyeballin the rounded bottom of a "do not refill" helium cannister I have sittin around for the corners. Had inert helium in it so it's not an explosion hazzard, as long as it doesn't have any pressure that is...
Nice work ! looks like all of the 59 and 60s are comming out of the wood work. I too would like to see the front pan.
Nads...I wasn't sure what you were talking about with the headlight bucket, but the good Doc turned on the 7 watt bulb for me .That might have worked pretty good , same with the helium tank . I haven't done anything with the front pan because I have good valances for up there. I'll probably leave that area alone because it looks good as is.
That's pretty cool. Was it hard to trim the "hat" strips after it was all bent in place? Did you have a hard time keeping the shape right while you trimmed the pieces for welding?
Django-I just used some tin snips to trim the "blades" and used vise grips tohold the pieces while I tacked things up. Flatshoebox- Good guess
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