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I disagree about the club coupes don’t look as good, I seen this one at the Street Rod Nationals this year. [ATTACH]
The main flaws were the length being about an inch too short and the triangle being too far to the right. I will flatten out the right hand flange...
Hey Guys. I got the first one made up with mixed results. [ATTACH]
Tomorrow I start on the real deal, this is the steel I’m using and it’s top quality. It’s been cut out of the roof from a mid 1970’s Ford Falcon...
After trying out some scrap I was happy with the results and ready to proceed, I was considering doing a test one on a smaller section, but...
Hey Guys. I was keen to add in the raised section on the upper part of the door skin today so the first thing i needed to figure out was my...
Once I’ve figured that out, I will move onto doing the actual ones. A couple of observations, the swage along the bottom was added to give the...
The only downside with doing it this way is not being able to finish the ends of the swages. I may end up using some pipe to punch a half round...
The second time around I wasn’t going to repeat the mistakes, so this time around I used a step die combination rather than the usual half round...
Hey Guys. This was my first attempt at making the inner skin, I used sheet metal from old shelves that I salvaged from work. Needless to say it...
The plan is to reinforce the perimeter with RHS and make the inner skin removeable for easy access. [ATTACH]
I also made a secondary pattern out of cardboard to trace over the sheetmetal. The three quarter inch strip will be added to the rear of the...
After fine tuning the pattern last night, I fitted it up to my door for a rough idea of what it might look like. [ATTACH]
As I outlined earlier, the doors in mine were framed with timber and I wanted to replace it all with steel. I brought down my door for a...
Hey Guys. The local rodder has the 32 pickup back in his shop to finish the wiring and get the upholstery done, so I took the opportunity to take...
Then once you have a pattern you are happy with, transfer it onto a sheet of MDF. The MDF pattern will be needed as the template to cut out around...
I’m going to go out on a bit of a limb here and suggest something a little different. Rather than looking for an original dash that you need to...
I also fitted it onto my roadster pickup cab as it also needs a cowl vent. A couple of observations, the length front to back is a little narrow,...
The next task will be to reproduce the hinge itself. [ATTACH]
The other thing I did was drill the holes for the hinges.[ATTACH]
Once the original cowl vent was carefully taken apart, I was better able to study the inner support and hinging and take patterns from the inner...
This was the first one I produced. [ATTACH]
I designed it in such away that I am able to get clamps between the base and upper level to clamp down the piece. [ATTACH]
One thing missing from the truck was the cowl vent, so in the spirit of frugalness I decided to make my own. Luckily the other truck cab had a...
Hey Guys. A long overdue update, the last few months have been pretty hectic, it seemed like from every other weekend from April up until last...
The other thing I got measurements of is the floor. They were originally steel but the owner decided he wanted a timber one instead. This one is...
There’s a quarter inch stepped flange running along the top where the mounts for the hinges fasten. I will be able to make this section in the...
With all that out of the way, I’m keen to get to work on the cross rails first, starting with the one the tailgate attaches [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
I was also able to get measurements of all the cross rails. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I think it has something to do with the frame needing to line up with the mounts on the chassis rails.
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