1936 Roadster hand formed & other projects

damfingers just when I thought you had it a figured out for us then you fell in the crapper owell on with the show.

 

Max had to finish the right front quarter section by making another small patch.


Thinking about ride height.

Pillar support being made to go in the rocker.



And more later.

 

A little fab work has to be done to make it so the rear Quarter windows will roll down before the new quarter filler can be installed.

















Just a little fabrication.

 

Just seen this - very, very impressed by your work and ideas.

 

Very cool Carbuilder! The operational quarter glass will be a class touch.
Keep 'em coming, we are watching. Can't wait to see what is in store.

~Alden

 

James D I like your work also any ideas for front grill & bumper plus still thinking on the rear.

 

Thanks!

You mean ideas for the Pontiac?

 

Yes ideas for the Pontiac its a custom we dont want gaudy we want class & something that will flow with the car not look like it was just thrown on.

 

Stock... (Hope I got the right model!)



And a couple of versions. What do you think? Too stock looking? Too much like a 57 Chevy? (Ignore the colour and four doored-ness) I was just trying to clean up what was there already, rather than start from scratch.

 

Yes thats what we started with & way to stock for this project.

 

A little more progress on the 2dr ht part of the conversion.






A little roll out & the owner really likes the new Dodge top.


Keep a watching more to come.

 

Coming along nicely...Jim

 

Very nice work. It looks like it was ment to be that way

 

Ah, ok, I thought that might be the case. I´m happy to help, but you do need to give me something to go on.

 

The owner is leaning towards 57 or 58 olds front bumper, custom grill, my be 57 olds head light bezels . It will have possible custom hand made tail lites, rolled rear pan with bumperets at present no side trim. Its just gotta look clean & sexy we want to push the envelope some old classy 60's 70's with a modern updated twist. Wide whitewalls, maybe chrome wheels with spider caps still thinking on the wheels, air bag system. It will have a Jag front & rear suspension Pontiac Motor over drive auto trans So we are open to Ideas.

 

Nothing big at present we spun the car around & are doing the same repairs to the left side now.









But progress is progress.

 

A little more progress on the right side.















Progress is good & keeps the customer happy.

 

Again, very nice work....Jim

 

A little more work on the left rear quarter.







Regretfully for the next few weeks we will not be working on the Pontiac as much the owners ck book is getting a little thin it will progress but at a slower pace so keep watching, more thing & projects to come.

 

We can all relate, no matter which side of the fence your on......Jim

 

We are playing with the roof hair cut & the overall flow of the roof lines.











The old windshield was cracked so it is getting cut for looks & template.

 

Looks good, so far.....Jim

 

We do a lot of projects that are not necessarily H.A.M.B. friendly but the work we do all has good content for reference work on other projects that are H.A.M.B. friendly so I will mix it in some time unless Ryan or the other moderators or member's do not want the how to metal content. To me metal work is metal work it's all about the learning experiance content. So here we are repairing a pair of box sides & tail gate.


First the center braces were removed.

Next the outer rolled over lip was turned up.

Then that panel was removed.

Bottom section the lip turned & the section removed.

Same process to the top.

Several holes will need to be filled.

New bolt retention recess's had to be made.


After all 3 panels are disassembled they will go to the blast shop for clean up.

 

Amazing Work!

 

The usable parts were taken to the blast shop.

The Hinges will be removed from the old chanel & go into the Molasses dip tank over the weekend.

More soon

 

We are really starting to like the new top profile as we work on the chop amount & roof line flow. It makes a big difference being able to roll it out side to take a look once & awhile.











More stuff to come.

 

Wow! Quite the transformation, great work as always

 

nice work you guys do!

 

I know it´s the wrong colour and all, but here it is a bit more "finished off", to give you an idea. You don´t really want to lose the side chrome do you? The spear will look too short if you do.

 

James D the spear will come forward to about the roll down line on the rear window or so still playing with it. Our main concern now is the top & glass fitments. I will pass your rendering on to the owner thanks & keep the ideas coming.