Not enough "O's" in smooooth or cooool to describe that look!! Nicely done on the "million things" as well.
What a wonderful illustration of the creative and craftsmanship journey,.....for even the most miniscule detail. Thank you for sharing!
I'm generally not a fan of this style car, but the 'flow'/proportions on this one is so 'right' how can anyone not like it?.... Absolutely fabulous job!!! The one 'flaw' I will comment on is the angularity of the grill is a bit jarring, rounding it's corners would be perfection, but that may be too difficult to do.
The one 'flaw' I will comment on is the angularity of the grill is a bit jarring, rounding it's corners would be perfection, but that may be too difficult to do.[/QUOTE] NOT!!!!!... Not because it's too difficult but because the suggestion is "NOT" right. The way the grill is integrated, how it flows into the sheet metal is perfect.
That is going to be fun to paint! I mean that both sarcastically because of it is size and honestly because it is going to be flat and gapped to perfection.
The prospect scares and excites me at the same time! The engine basics (block, heads, rods, new pistons etc.) are also at the machine shop for them to do their thing. It will be good to get into some more mechanical things soon.
Did you grind smooth your block? I haven't done that in years but the blocks sure paint up nice when you do.
I am looking forward to seeing the engine bay dressed out. I like fine finished on the outside of the car, but I love a nice engine house. You picked colors yet or are you keeping those under wraps for now?
I have all the paint. Including for the engine. It will be the first engine for my own car that will not be black. I'm not a hood lifter, so while it won't be a show car, it will be neat, for my own peace of mind. I do like to sleep at night. I thought I'd posted something about paint: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1938-39-40-sloper-custom.1210500/page-7#post-13990769
Love the car! Don't know how you get anything done. I would just want to sit and stare at that beauty!
And in the beginning there was...cardboard. Thoughts are starting to turn to the interior. You know, everything has to be factored in when building a car and how the interior is going to work with everything else is one of them. I played with some cardboard and bits of foam last night. Head clearance? Yes, that's important. As is dealing with the wheel wells. Anyway, early days, but it puts things into perspective.
I like the shape of the arm rest. I suppose the seat will need to be raked back quite a bit to provide head clearance?
I have a small sheet of MDF clamped against the front of the parcel shelf and X brace. That basically defines the angle. Foam can tweak it from there. The angle is a bit distorted in the picture. Also the green foam is sitting a good 2 inches above the parcel shelf. In stock slopers, the seat base folds forward as does the seat back, thus forming a flat floor right to the trunk opening. For this reason, there was no X brace originally. I installed the brace and won't be making the seat fold either. But I will follow the original idea of the seat back having parallel vertical sides. At least right now I think that's what I'll do. With this mock up I have about 4 inches between the top of my head and the roof (naturally this will reduce with the headliner in place.) But that will do. In all honesty, the whole deal is essentially cosmetic because I can't see the back seats being used. Maybe on rare occassions.
Wood takes a bit longer than cardboard, but it's starting to look like something. It was while doing this I discovered how much the hump for the C-notch was going to affect things. Not too bad, but enough to make matters less than straight forward. Just another one of those dominoes that fall once you start modifying parts of a car. Slowly, slowly...
Ha! No. That gap between the back and the base is where the floor rises steeper than stock. I had to angle the lower portion of the back to compensate. The right side with the funny looking bit in the base is where the frame starts to move up. Foam will take care of that. It wouldn't have mattered at all if I didn't factor in head clearance, but I thought that would be a good idea.
@X38 you're a pretty high bar guy...your workmanship and styling reflect that...I really am enjoying your journey with this uniquely designed sedan available Downunder and perhaps a few other select Countries...it's certainly coming together slopingly elegant...we are fortunate to have a front seat to all of this...
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