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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by ratamahata, Mar 11, 2012.

  1. ratamahata
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    I'm trying to build the 32 rears quarters for my roadster project, so I decided building from scratch, I don't have a real 32 roadster to take measures, but I have a model A, Could I use a 1929 model A rear quarter panels to take the curvature of the top between the two belt lines?
    You think, will be some similar? I let a picture for reference...
     

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  2. fleet-master
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    I'd say they'd be quite different Ratamahata. Maybe someone on here could do you a template of that area?
     
  3. ratamahata
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    Mostly I'm interested in taking several curves p***ing between the lines to the bottom...
     
  4. ratamahata
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  5. Homemade44
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    Maybe this will help a little.


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  6. ratamahata
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  7. RoosRoast Metro
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    This place is insane!
     
  8. ratamahata
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    Uh that's van scare me!
     
  9. metalman
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    I'm a bit confused. I take it you have a roadster missing 1/4s or are you building the whole thing from scratch?
    When I built a Vicky from a 4 door cowl and a pair of tudor door frames I didn't have another Vicky body to make templates off of. Pretty much worked off of photos scaling to some part I did have. When that wasn't enough (particularly figuring the amount of curveature or crown like your facing) I just relied on the old eyeball, worked it till it "looked" right compared to the photos. It might not be exactly the same as an original but close enough no one has been able to tell and I don't expect anyone to be checking with a template!
     
  10. ratamahata
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    I have the ch***is and a phaeton cowl and doors as a reference to start building the quarters panels, The car originaly was a phaeton, then in some past time was cut for make a pick up truck, A friend of mine acquired the car in auction the past year, then he sold to me, I have some photos in my profile of the whole car, but sold me only the body and later I managed to get the ch***is...
     
  11. metalman
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    Cool project, dig the right hand drive. Biggest problem I see is getting the deck lid and upper, lower filler panels right without a reference. I take being in Argentina Duece roadsters aren't too common where you could "borrow" one for an hour or so and get some measurements. Would be a BIG help if you could. If you can print the dimension drawings that Homemade44 posted well enough to read them that would be a big help as well. Maybe you could project them on a wall life size as a reference as well. Back to what I said before, get pictures and just wing it and start building, if it comes out looking like the pictures no one will know unless you happen to park it next to an original.
     
  12. ratamahata
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    Many thanks for the help!! I would really like quite close to the original form and proportion as well, I do not care that the metal is completely smoothed, I want a traditional roadster like Vic or Veda and therefore may have a knock on the body...
     

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