Thinking about building a '32 highboy roadster an am wondering why people say a steel body takes so much longer to build over a glass body.
You must be talking to the wrong folks ... Most glass bodies are no walk in the park to get straight enough to paint.
Hmmm...hours/days/weeks of rust repair, pounding dents, finding or making panels.... I feel soooooooo bad for those who chose to block sand their revel kit car a couple of times....
No offense, but that statement doesn't make any sense, either way. What steel body? A new Brookville? A decent survivor? A basket case that's been upside down in a creek for decades? And which Glass body? Downs? Kilbourne? Or some fly-by-night fiberglass chop-shop selling bodys on Ebay for a few hundred bucks?
i agree... it depends on what you're working on. Steel bodies usually need some repair work, but glass usually needs some work to get it to look anywhere near "right". that being said, i'd rather spend 1,000 hours on a steel body than 100 hours on a fiberglass one.
Glass bodies are far more work to get straight and align. If you are talking smack about plastic models and kit cars, and have never done one start to finish, you're ignorant of what you speak. I have first hand experience with both and will tell you that they both present challenges and there are talented people that excell in either or both that have my full respect. For me, I'll never build a glass car. I have found it more difficult. I also have an affinity for metal work, so I guess my position is to be expected. I know folks that are just the opposite. My advice? Go visit first hand with someoen building whatever you are contemplating. They will have the info you really need.
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