Projects Recreating the jesse lopez coupe

I'm with Dave, lots of talented pinstripers out there.

 

No pinstriping on this one, please.

Great that you got the worst rot under control.
Looking forward to the rest!

 

Oh man...

 

Looks like more mud than in my backyard

Chrome 'n' Flake

 

If I say "that's not un-typical" - does it help?

Good thing is, I know you can deal with it properly!

-Dave

 

Youv'e heard the term "best of both worlds". Here we have the "unholy trinity", bondo on top of lead, on top of rust.

 

Nice work Jer. If these photos are in real time, quick too.

 

good work

 

Well aint this just fine. Not as quite as bad as Snooky's but, this is supposed to be after the "fix".

 

Can't wait!

 

you should see what I had to do to make a trunklid

 

That's a fair amount of lead there. Guess they couldn't, or didn't want to, pull it out. Ill take that lead off your hands if you don't want it.

 

Here it is worked out a little. I'm going to get access from the back.

 

lead sled ! just had to add that, sorry Jer... You work fast looking great !

 

I've welded up all the holes. I didn't want to completely remove the inner lid support. I did some more pushing and shoving. I've put more bondo on it than I'm comfortable with. I'm going to keep my eye's peeled for a better lid. I've got some cheap rattle can primer on it for the time being.

 

Let's clean up the rear fenders. They're in great shape.

 

Looks like fun!

 

Hey Jerry,making steady progress I see...i was checking out a old barris custom book,noticed a pic where Sam and George have the top cut off of the Jesse Lopez car,it was cut across the middle,right through the rear window,ala model A ,as you said to me in our last conversation...looking forward to see the actual chop on yours...

 

It's comin' (so's Christmas).

 

I’m going to try and combine old school with new. For the sake of tradition. I asked Jesse how much brass was used on his car, he said “lots, we liked how it flowed”. I’ve brazed my share of ¼’s on back in the day. So we’ll see how this go’s.

 

As in the new TRJ look at Barris Kustom, all seams are completely covered with brass.

 

Looking good Jer. I not a fan of brass though. I got your message. I'll try to call soon

 

Hey,

Fourty years ago plus, before the days of ''squirtgun'' welders we brazed just 'bout everything. It was faster than a full gas weld, and usually required less heat- the down side was the flux Be sure you remove all of the flux and fire scale from all of your brazed areas before you go with your epoxy undercoat.

Whata great project



" A government by the people, for the people " My ass!

 

Yeah that flux can be a headache. I've had to fix some real nightmares having to do with brass over the years.

 

For decades it was what you did to weld things together. The auto body industry used it and thrived. Simple discipline, keep things clean. No failures, no hassles.

 

We sandblast or glass bead all brass and leaded seams before we start "body work"

 

Exactly. That's the only way to be sure you won't have any problems. BUT... it always scares me when my paint rep tells me that they can't and won't warranty any of their products over brass.

 

Cool.

 

Those pesky tail light openings.