1956/2012 : A hot rod then / A hot rod again

thanks ooltewah!!

thanks draider

skaterman i doubt pittsburgh has anything on hawaii!!

nz i may end up doing some body work and primer on this one

well the panel above the decklid needs some work... looks like at one time someone had some 47 chevy style hinges on it and changed it to a decklid instead of a rumble . boy that really stretched it to hell!





brasssssssss my enemy!

 

.... a great detailed post. Thanks for taking the time to show how it SHOULD be done...

 

Amazing work ...feel like I've just "gone to school " . Apparently you CAN make chicken salad out of chicken shit .

T

 

Great thread. Love seeing projects being brought back to life. Beautiful work so far.

 

Thanks for posting the pictures. your work is first class

 

thanks bgb.

it takes some work teejay but this was a very nice car to begin with .

thanks Jim.

no prob hammered thanks!!

this panel was really really really stretched from the decklid hinges being bolted to it




really dont want to think of how many shrinks are in it

 

Mucho talent-o dude, diggin this transformation big time. ~sololobo~

 

what holds the body panels to the subframe members?

 

rivets at the firewall. spot welds under the cowl . the panel simply wraps at the lower quarters . rivets, wrap and a few spot welds on the wheel wells . the quarter corner has a spot weld as well .

thanks sololobo

 

Do you use one of those shrinking disks or just an O/A Torch to shrink??

 

flt blk. i was using a stud gun to shrink .

 

so you just put the stud on to add heat, then cut it back off?

Next time I'm Pitt to visit my Brother in law I need to stop by.

 

they have a shrinking tip you can buy for em ! i like it no need to mess with torches having someone else around to hold the torch while you hammer on the red spot etc

messed with the gaps on the drivers door tonight and got it fitting pretty well






then i decided to tack in the handmade patch i made for the drivers side.



back at it tomorrow!

 

Good stuff!

 

Outstanding work Flop!! Makes me wanna work on my junk,of course after a hour I would want to beat the hell out of it with a hammer.

 

Been there done that 6 years ago!! Good work it looks nice

 

thanks 117 1

thanks firepower .this car got hit with a hammer for the past 6 hours hahah

thanks fuzzy

half way through welding the quarter in






and from the back




finished up the panel then burned some lead out of the bead




getting back into shape one panel at a time!!

 

Very nice work as always. Quick business question..

How do you determine what you work on every day? You've got several Model As and that scooter you post pictures of but you're a one-man shop. Just curious as to how you decide that..

 

Thanks Matt ! I have a certain number of hours per week into each project so eveything progresses nicely .


put the triangle braces in this morning



green lines are stress cracks .

i welded them after the braces were in just incase the weld penetration prevented the pieces from sitting together nicely



a little tig work



i cannot get over the fit of this panel !



uncovering some old work



some old lead i dug out






does anyone have the measurement for the holes that go in the belt line behind the door?

 

cut out the big hunk of brass



and filled in the hole with some sheetmetal



the top was pretty rough where they shaved the reveal where the tab comes through for the top



so i made up a new piece



after some welding and filing i am pretty pleased with it

 

thanks General! I still have to make the reveal for the tab to come through . todays mission actually .

 

well this is how i made the reveal for the top tab

really nothing fancy and reallly close to looking stock



cut it put it in the vice to straighten it out and tacked it together



after it was tigged in



alot of work in this little area to get it back to looking right

 

An excellent step by step how-to by a talented metal worker.

 

Lookng great, awesome metal work!

 

Wow Flop I cant beleive the fit and finish of this car!! I am sure it's better than when it was new! Thanks for taking us along for the ride! I gotta try and get a TIG someday !!

 

wow making something out of really rough parts , good job , mad patience

 

thanks tinmann!

thanks tj

its always easy to over complicate things general gow

no prob koolkemp! thanks alot! tig helps out a ton in my book with easy of grinding and how much hammering it can take

thanks captain !!


wheel wells




old rot



a little shrinker work has a new panel made up in no time



gonna finish the welding up today and put the break on the bottom !

 

Really nice work! I've got a pile of 30-31 roadster parts I'm working on, thanks for the step by step.