1930 ford coupe corner patch

does anybody make some decent qtr.corner panels,i heard only one place makes those?

 

Where do you mean? If its on the body, rear bottem, way back... I could ony find them at Howells or sometime like that. Place waz out of Tx. Was a while back
Pontiac Slim

 

bottom corner patch on rear qtr.

 

The patch panels ****. Body lines not even close. Make your own.

 

he is right the bead lines do not line up well at all how would i go about making my own?

 

If anyone can find some rear quarter corners that are decent, I'd like to know the source. I'm thinking of trying Brookville Roadster.

 

One way would be to create a "buck" or mandrel, one thickness of 19 ga steel thinner than the actual lower quarter panel end, out of hard wood. I'm thinking using 1/2 rounds as bead material, then cut small triangle-like slots out of the bottom of the patch piece, to form the curve under, then using body hammers, edge the piece to shape on the buck.

 

I am sure a hamber was thinking of repro'ing those on a thread, maybe 3 to 6 months ago.

so, BTT

 

This thread,
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=497290&highlight=rear+quarter+patches

 

Hey,

A big problem with repopped tin is that the master, from which the prototype and thus your part was made, may well not be the same shape as your quarter. Something to keep in mind is that both Briggs and Murray stamped many, many parts over the four year model run. Some sublet stamping, by outside sources may well have taken place given Ford's strict time frame demands.

Is the piece in question the double swaged piece at the lower corner of the quarter where it ninties to the back panel, the one that looks like the panel used on a thirty-two, only a little flatter in shape?
Unless I had access to a lazer cutter and a big press I'd build these with a bead roller and a shrinker, it's usually only the area the size of your fist that needs replacement, no? You'd have to turn the exact shaped dies to fine tune your shape to match the shape/profile of the swage/beads on your existing quarter, but a pretty basic project for anyone with a lathe.

' Life ain't no Disney movie "

 

keep an eye on the thread linked above. Were getting closer and closer to having these panels available.

 

I bought some for my coupe build but they were way off, gave them to a friend and they fit the coupe he was working on, not all the same.

Vergil