Raw deal! lets see some metal work!!!!

I am a huge fan of metal work. Lets see what yo got in the line of naked steel. The red one is a home made body with a midmount small block built by Chris Thompson, the rest are mine.

 

Here's a 1951 repro Murray Pedal Car Jimmy Shine did for our charity auction. Top bid was $1300. The So-Cal car sold for $2500

 

I posted pics of this car as I was doing the metal work on it but incase you didnt see it here it is. Its choped, chaneled, shortened and been modified about every were

 

Here are some rear corners patches Mike Pettit made for the rear end of my car. Nobody makes these corner patches commercially and he did a very good job. They are sweet. I hate the thought if cutting on them to make them fit.

 

started with a coupe...

 

this is what it looked like a while back,,,after a lotta metal work.HRP

 

Heres our 34 pickup. Chopped, floored, and custom tube frame. Dont know whatthehell we're doing, but its a lot of fun !!
HRP... Where you at on that project now? That wagon is killer!

 

Chaz,,,,Thanks,,,,I have just finished all the sandblasting and metal modifications,,,the wagan has been back together for final fit and now blown apart for mud slingin' and paint,,,,,for more photos check out the fotki site.HRP

 

woah -looks great, you aren't fooling around with that thing anymore. Good Job

 

i'm sure youve already seen this
but i did alot of metal work on the body and then made alot from aluminum
still not done though
Zach

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111847

 

Here's some door panels and garnish moldings I made for my buddy's 33 Ford. Bill

 

Here's my roadster. I'm lucky, the body was mint; no need for any patches anywhere.

 

Posted before, but I too am a big fan of metal work.

 

Hey Jacin, If you look at my door panels and garnish molding , you'll see the seeds you planted !!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;-) Bill

 

Hey Bill, I didn't recognize you there!!!! And somehow I missed that post even though it was sittin' there right beneath my nose!! Very nice work - to say the least!!!!!

What else you been up to lately????

 

Bill,
Nice work!! Can you walk us thru the build on those?

 

Yes, very nice. This is a great post too....

 

Hi Jacin, Other than finishing the trunk in aluminum on the same 33 Ford, I've been trying to make progress on my project truck. Pic attached. Bill

 

Pt 2
Next thing you'll do is cut yourself some metal . I left about an inch over size
and trimmed as neccesary as I went along. I don't have a picture of this step
. The next step is clamping the metal between the hammerform. If you are using aluminum , you'll have anneal it. You may want to do it before you put it in the hammerform, although I had to anneal the ones I made several times during the forming process. Once you're all clamped up (at this point I clamped the whole works into a vice ) You're going to start coaxing the metal over the hammerform ( to the inside of the window opening) I used some corking tools I made . mallets and body hammers and slappers

 

does lead count

 

Pt 3
Now once you've got the metal formed over the hammerform, you'll take all your clamps off and remove the molding. Now when you look at this you're gonna think this piece of crap doesn't look like I thought it would. It has all kinds of distortion that you're gonna have to fix and this is gonna take a little patience.
I kept using a straight edge in both directions to check which way the metal needed to go, then used a mechanical shrinker /strecther to encourage the metal in the direction I determined it needed to go. If you're using aluminum you will have to be very gentle with the shrinker/strecther cause you'll have to file out the marks it leaves

 

Pt 4
I have to run some errands right now, If I haven't been clear enough on anything ,I'll be glad to answer any questions.
This takes alot of patience but it can be done
When I get back later,I'll show how I put in the embossing. Bill

 

Bill, no question about it - you do beautiful work. Very nice "How To" you posted as well. Makes me want to try and make a set!!!!! Sweet!!!

 

Hey,
Have ya ever tried usin wet 'n' dry sandpaper between the jaws of your
Lancaster type shrinker jaws? Doesn't leave "quite" as deep a bite in the
aluminum as without.

Swankey Devils C.C.

 

Here's a few.

 

WOW!!! lets keep it goin.I love a naked piece of tortured metal.heres a few more of mine.

 

The floor in my Sedan...

 

Not realy fab work but bare punched metal.

 

There is a lot of talent on this site. Hamb Rules!!!!