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a little more progress. got the driver side of the upper cock pit made, then moved onto shaping the other side of the windscreen cowling





also got the cock pit fresh air vent scoop cleco'd on, and notched the cowling around it. not 100% sure why these were on the cars since it was an open cockpit, but my guess was to help keep driver cool from engine and trans heat











hope to keep updates coming on this one. plan is to habe the body all tacked up and kinda hammered back out by detroit

 

Continued thanks for sharing the art you and your team continue to churn out. It truly is awe inspiring.

I will say that air movement is welcome and that may have been a request back in the day by the drivers leading to addition of those scoops. I have a Model A Coupe which is no where near in the same league but dead air does inhabit the space despite the many openings. You never know till you drive it how the air moves over and within the surfaces.

 

Just think how cool it would be to drive that thing on the street...

Rich

 

Wow you are a MAGICIAN with working metal.

 

thanks guys

 

Thanks for the updates! Can’t wait to see it at Detroit.

 

If you had been alive in the '50's and '60's you would have been steadily employed by Kurtis and Watson and a lot of Can-Am teams. I have always loved seeing aluminum bodies when they are clicoed together and the welded seams still show. Absolutely beautiful work. I don't believe the average person realizes what an art form metal shaping really is.

 

thanks every one for the positive feed back

 

so i have really been thrashing on the body on this car lately. most weeks in work on other jobs in the shop in the mornings and this one in the afternoons. part of last week and this week i have been full tilt on it trying to get it to look presentable for some of the upcoming indoor shows i will be attending with this in tow. so i changed up the tail area quite a bit so i threw out all the pieces i had already made, and designed new. i used foam board glued together coated with body filler to make a quite solid buck to check the design. then started going to town on panels. wont post a ton of those pics unless requested since i am going to be posting a ton of pics already in this post.

so after starting to rough out some of the new tail we rolled the car out side to to get the first real look at the car with a lot of its top skins.





ok now for some fun stuff

shaping the pass side of the head cowl. went with mallet and lead bag to get the shape beat into the panel

















using the rubber wheel to add the form to the planished panel








then it was time to start welding and finishing the panels







fuse tacked the piece together before welding solid

















got some welding done on some of the other body panels as well







making the last panel for top of the tail



should be making for progress this weekend and week so i will try to post up again

 

Outstanding! Gary

 

Amazing work Mike! Can’t wait to see it at Detroit.

 

Wow! Beautiful work, wish I was going to see it in Detroit.

 

Just awesome work as always!

 

What all those guys said......breathtaking stuff...it really is.

 

Sonofabitch that's good stuff man!

 

You guys are amazing just grab some metal and turn it into a car you make it look easy.

 

thanks for all the kind words guys

 

Speechless! Talent beyond words.

 

here is a pic of me driving it in the building at cavalcade of customs

 

Unreal.

 

unbelievable.

 

Your'e going to get tired of explaining/showing how clecos work.

vic

 

Just found this build - amazing work - ART. I could never do but curious how went from Root Bros drawing to body station files & never saw water jet cut wood - that form is wood right? Their drawing plus other drawings of side view, top, etc and a little computer magic I guess give each body section. Would love little more detail of that step.

 

Handsome.

 

Your craftsmanship gives me a stiffy.

 

been working on this a lot the past few weeks. i was not really happy with the shape of the nose so i decided to re do it.

had to make a new buck, this one i made to fit on the car to make sure i liked the looks as i went







used some masking tape to check the shape on the corners





the driver side rough shaped



passenger side of the nose after shrinking





after a little blending



using more tape to lay out light lines to mark them on the panel for fine tuning and planishing





after that was addressed i could move onto the bottom half of the passenger side







then i could move into welding the top and bottom together and putting the nostril in place

 

I'm just in awe at your skill set, love it. Keep the updates coming. I look forward to seeing some other shop work as I never tire of admiring this type of work. Wow is an understatement!

 

My God that is awesome!

 

Beautiful combination of alchemy and sorcery.

 

Jaw droppingly stunning workmanship...always holding the bar so very high...amazing things do happen and as others have said incredible to take in. Thanks @cornfieldcustoms.