Sorry Derrick (and Seymour) --- b-bop, I'm on maui for the next bit, up at kaanapali. If you have time for a gl*** of rum or whatever shoot me a pm. ---- Back to our regularly scheduled programming --
rocker by derrick1032 posted Jan 15, 2015 at 2:19 PM fabbed up the rocker and donor B pillar cab by derrick1032 posted Jan 15, 2015 at 2:19 PM
door by derrick1032 posted Jan 21, 2015 at 7:31 AM Had to make the rear doors. Started with the inner door shell. The grey window\pillar section is from a donor door and the lower is fabbed. door by derrick1032 posted Jan 21, 2015 at 7:31 AM old outer skin door by derrick1032 posted Jan 21, 2015 at 7:31 AM the replacement sections will get final welded once the doors are fit on the cab
Al you need to make some t-shirts with COEzuns on it with a Ford, Chevy, and a White COE picture. I would buy one.
Derrick, any chance you saved the upper hinge area of the drivers door you cut out to make your rear doors? I really could use the upper door hinge and that part of the door. I'm in the process of doing the opposite of you. I'm making a coe door from a pickup door.
Nice fabrication work. I know how much time it takes to build doors. It's coming along great. I'll call you tomorrow about the coe doors. Tony
I went down to my buddies skate shop and picked up about a dozen old skate wheels he had laying around for free! I could use a few more steel dies but made due with what I have for the moment. I'm happy with the results, but I think a motor for the bead roller might need to get ordered soon skate wheell by derrick1032 posted Mar 3, 2015 at 6:48 AM 2 skate wheels by derrick1032 posted Mar 3, 2015 at 6:53 AM tipping/skate by derrick1032 posted Mar 3, 2015 at 6:53 AM final tip by derrick1032 posted Mar 3, 2015 at 6:53 AM test fit by derrick1032 posted Mar 3, 2015 at 6:53 AM
Time to make the bead around the hinge. I'm always a little reluctant to cut up perfectly good tools, but once in a while the Car Gods require a sacrificial lamb. I will use the vice grips to make the beads on the custom length turbo and coolant tubes when the time comes. vice grips by derrick1032 posted Mar 7, 2015 at 7:12 AM cut out by derrick1032 posted Mar 7, 2015 at 7:12 AM start bead by derrick1032 posted Mar 7, 2015 at 7:12 AM finish bead by derrick1032 posted Mar 7, 2015 at 7:12 AM fitting by derrick1032 posted Mar 7, 2015 at 7:12 AM
It took some practice pieces to figure it out.I started with a 45° angle in the corner and did multiple p***es on the flats to flatten out the overlap. It took some hammer and dolly work as well I used a #2 Robertson bit as a small punch to get the corners crisp. ###Added the link for the bead thread I made 47 ford coe hinge bead thread here!
I also would like to see more pictures. I have to reproduce the same bead on my LH door. Somebody welded the gap shut and mudded it up. Not nice, but I think I can fix it.
cab1 by derrick1032 posted Jul 18, 2015 at 7:37 PM I hung the rear cab section on. I still need to tie it all in but its starting to look like a cab again cab2 by derrick1032 posted Jul 18, 2015 at 7:37 PM
cab patch by derrick1032 posted Apr 24, 2016 at 1:18 PM It's been almost a year since I touched the C.O.E. It felt good to get something done this weekend. cab patched by derrick1032 posted Apr 24, 2016 at 1:19 PM welded in both cab corner re-pops from Northern Cl***ic Trucks. They screwed up and sent two right pieces, but its my fault for not checking sooner. I put it in anyway and it turned out fairly well.
b pillar by derrick1032 posted May 1, 2016 at 2:57 AM Fabbed up new drip rails drip rail by derrick1032 posted May 1, 2016 at 2:57 AM finished the top section of the b-pillar as well
roof section by derrick1032 posted May 29, 2016 at 12:37 AM I was admiring Tony ( 65standard) roof section chop to eliminate the big forehead look, but I'm not sure i can push myself to put that much more time into this build. I might be able to live with the lines the extended roof is taking. Any thoughts? roof section2 by derrick1032 posted May 29, 2016 at 12:37 AM lots of double crowning. My english wheel skills are shaping up......just not fast roof section1 by derrick1032 posted May 29, 2016 at 12:37 AM I fear the day when it comes time to make the top roof skin. A drinking buddy suggested a moon roof.... I almost considered the idea but that would be too easy(and cheating)
I think the lines are looking fine. You don't have the radical chop to skew the windshield / roof thickness ratio out of whack. Plus the added length of the crew stretch lends itself too to needing a beefier roof thickness IMHO. It looks very proportionate to me right now. Caveat: Sidebar: I have an old roof skin from some unknown '40s or '50s donor car. Hoping that might be usable when I come to filling my stretched crew roof hole. I'd love to hear the feedback of you more experienced fabbers on this... What are the odds you could fetch a decent donor roof somewhere? Caveat resumed: the crown of any donor would have to be scrutinized in the overall aesthetic equation. Now that I think about it and am looking at how flat your invisible, yet-to-exist roof panel appears to need to be, I'm worried about the amount of crown in my donor roof. How hard would it be pull crown out of a big roof panel? Would it be relief cutting radially into it or could the edges be stretched out to lower it?
I didn't consider the fact it isn't chopped, so the roof thickness ratio doesn't stand out as much. I appreciate outside opinion and perspective. I also thought long and hard about a donor roof skin. I think unless you have a yard full of 30-50's similar sized donor prospects, I would be damn hard to find one the proper size and shape. Somewhere out there is probably a good donor, the logistics of finding it are out of the question for me. I'm always keeping an eye open though. I don't have the most experience fabbing roof skins, but if your donor roof is close, I'd say stretching out the perimeter would be a better way to flatten out the crown as opposed to shrinking the centre.
I used a roof skin from a'59 Impala, which is pretty rounded. My roof still turned out too flat for my liking. But it's up high enough most people don't notice. Still bugs me though..... My advice would be to keep looking for one with the best shape, re-shaping or shrinking/stretching a large low crown panel like that can go sideways in a hurry....
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