1936 Roadster hand formed & other projects

Max is working on the rear pillar section's now. He cut away the old thin holy part.

Then formed up a 16 gage cap to add some strength to the pillar.



Tig welded it in.


Next he made a 16 gage tapered filler panel.

Notice how it follows the glass line.

More to come next week

 

Nice...Jim

 

Max has been working on the roof rear pillar some more.





















Things are cleaning up & starting to take shape.

 

nice thread and excellent work!


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Impressive, lots of good work there!!!!...

 

Tell Max he is doing a great job, looks super....Jim

 

this is amazing

 

Absolute perfection!! Keep the pics coming very inspirational. Makes me want more garage time to play!

 

holy crap

 

A little progress on the Pontiac roof tie in supports


the rear package try area has to be reworked for the rear window chanel.




another roof support.


Welded in the roof isn't coming off now.

Coated with por 15

Rear package tray section coated with por 15

Yes thing are flowing together.



And more to come.

 

Very nice, looking great....Jim

 

A Little progress on the 57 custom Pontiac the pictures should give you an idea what is going on its all time consuming hand fab at the present. Doing a total roof style change & chop is a lot more complicated then a straight chop. but this thing is starting to look real good in our & the owners opinion.











More to come.

 

Nice.....Jim

 

The rear quarter was put back on temporally to check fit & looks also the drip rail gutter was removed & the seam welded.


A rear quarter widow idea we are working on.

O the roof flow we like how about you.

Back on to the Coronet tomorrow for a couple of days its back from the blast shop..

 

Love it! Interesting idea for a window line too. Not something I recall seeing on a 50ies car, but it does look good.

 

James D we are trying to take a lot of the ugly out of a 60's era custom's. Our goal when finished is make people stop & look then re look & look some more. This is not your normal cookies cutter custom. We are going for a very unique & eye appealing car. Having an energetic owner that wants to make it different then the other's out there helps. We are always open to ideas.

 

The Coronet is back from the blast shop so the first thing we do is sand every thing with 80 grit it is less prone to start rusting & the metal etch works better.



Then we finished stripping off the old sheet metal & coated the wheel tub & inner structure where no patch panels will be be needed with Por 15.

The trunk floor needs so care in a few spots so Max started making patch panels

Then welded them in.


The trunk floor drop needs some attention also.


thats it for today but more to come.

 

Looking good....Jim

 

We sand the cars down with 80 grit at our shop too. It works great. The cars can sit for months in the shop and the only rust they accumulate is where people decide to lean on them or touch them

 

And a quick minor re sand where that happens, FOMOCOKID enjoying your build hope after the first of the year to get back on one of my (2) 36 roadsters. Between customer work & building expansion my budget & time are stretched to the limit at 64 I just don't work the hrs & have the energy I used to.

 

Max did some more repairs on the Coronet today. The right wheel tub needed some patch work in the arches.


Off to the right is Theresa our new helper she is a certified welder
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Getting prepared for Por 15.

Por 15 coated.

Rear patch being made for the left side Theresa is working on that side.

I have been off working on some machines for customers so shortly I will be back on car projects, more to come next week.

 

Theresa known as Miss T in the shop was working on the left side of the Coronet today.



















Max next.

 

Max was working on the right side.

























More tomorrow with the 57 Pontiac.

 

Young lady does some nice work, but so does the whole crew....Jim

 

Yes she dose & with some coaching & helpful instruction's she will be real good with time.

 

Theresa is working on the Coronet.




Max is now working on the left side of the custom 57 Pontiac to match the right side.







More progress later.

 

Damn I am really loving this car!!

 

Max was doing some more on the left rear window pillar.





Theresa or as I call her Miss T, hang on guys she is going to be real good at this metal forming stuff, very good welder already.

Of till next week then more on both plus more projects coming in.

 

Nice work, catch you next week....Jim

 

Koolkemp & Jim thanks with out some acknowledgment or suggestion's it ain't worth posting or wasting my time.