The Jalopy Journal
SOLD Cast brass 32 Roadster windshield frame. SoCal, was purchased for a long gone project. Still new in box. Paid $1300. $900 obo plus the ride.
Wow Brent! Can't believe I never realized this thread was so local. Haha I love it. It's so perfect. Keep on rollin man! I'm following Sent...
School's over now. Last day today. So the 34' is getting put on the back burner for a bit. Shooting to have the 39' ready for the Hill Climb in...
The last task at school was wheeling the deck lid
Pretty happy with the result.
Next was the passenger door skin. I wanted to see if I could finish without a grinder or pick & file. I spent more time getting a good fit which...
But was able to get it close & welded in & mostly finished [ATTACH][ATTACH]
I guess the wheel well patch was close.......kinda
Welded the rh quarter patch in & got some of the metal finishing done
Ok guys sorry for the delay on updates. We had an upholstery class as well as a custom paint class this semester which took time away from the 34'...
While I was waiting for the inner door bottoms to arrive I decided to replace the wooden door headers with square tubing
Finally fitted to the door & metal finished to 80 grit. It's officially a door skin ready to install. I learned a ton doing it. The first one was...
Then made a lower die for the Pullmax to put the tipped flange in exactly the right place. Hopefully Then a slapper, which I made from an old...
Cut the old skin away then fitted the skin back onto the door & flipped over for marking. I bent a small test strip to get the exact point I need...
I decided to make an attempt at door skins. I could have gotten away with just replacing some rust at the bottom but mainly wanted to see if I...
36 Rokit. Yes. I am using hammer & dolly. I am really liking slappers or "flippers" I made one from a leaf spring in the shop, Ill try to get a...
Thanks a bunch guys! The wheel well needed a little tune up on a couple of the stamped spots. Shaped fitted then welded in
So it was at this point I realize I had fitted the pieces together on the bench but.......on the car they were actually approximately 3/4"...
Get the lower panel installed & fab the pieces to round the corners
the quarter extensions needed a little adjustment to line up with the factory quarters. Got them welded on.
I spent a lot of time on the replacement pieces getting them to fit together well
Couple bullet holes opened up & repaired, as well as another chain damaged area
Decided to round the corners while I was at it.
The double layer brace at the roof/deck lid area was rusty on both sides so I had to fab up the pieces for replacement
Cut away everything that was rusty. The quarter extensions didn't line up to the lower trunk panel very well so cut em up!
The side window was made with a simple hammerform. Then a little metal finishing, a little polishing and done. Now I need to find the correct...
I then used 1/8" bead roller to put in the belt line & hood louvers. The pullmax was used to put the bead along the bottom edge, while keeping the...
I then used a router to round over the mdf & sandwiched the aluminum between them, allowing me to make a LH and RH.
Speaking of the cop shop coupe. My project for the aluminum shaping part of the course. Projected a profile of the Cop Shop coupe on the wall the...
I love the Bonneville chop but I'm 6,' 250# so I'm just going maybe 3 1/2 in the back 4 in the front. 392 hemi, I love the 15 oz coupe and the 553...
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