It’s been a while since I’ve built a car. Like 4 or 5 years. I really got into woodworking and making stuff, and cars just ended up on the back burner. A podcast I listen to, the Modern Maker Podcast, is doing a challenge where you have to build something out of wood for one of your other hobbies. I immediately knew what I wanted to do. I tracked down a pretty complete roller, and got to work. D7191CCB-4309-45EC-A29A-DD180C92FDDC by 28av8 posted Oct 5, 2021 at 12:08 PM A181BD73-0D15-49D5-8BEB-34BB3FD09618 by 28av8 posted Oct 5, 2021 at 12:08 PM 04687192-00BF-4703-886F-39F951C32388 by 28av8 posted Oct 5, 2021 at 12:08 PM I started making a cardboard template for the floor. 69F8C388-FEBC-4D28-B826-B51775042E2B by 28av8 posted Oct 5, 2021 at 12:08 PM 93F697F2-8113-4637-95BF-A5F51B5F903F by 28av8 posted Oct 5, 2021 at 12:08 PM 93F697F2-8113-4637-95BF-A5F51B5F903F by 28av8 posted Oct 5, 2021 at 12:08 PM When I was happy, I cut it out of wood. 5262201A-3DE6-443C-87D3-839C06219E00 by 28av8 posted Oct 5, 2021 at 12:08 PM FD39B664-D2B7-4895-A14C-35A6860EC8A1 by 28av8 posted Oct 5, 2021 at 12:08 PM Next I started in the tail section. 256D798D-91C2-4E50-B668-B4011DA71F43 by 28av8 posted Oct 5, 2021 at 12:25 PM 964EAEC4-58FF-4B95-9205-E67B94A4F27C by 28av8 posted Oct 5, 2021 at 12:25 PM 5CE6DB43-B2C6-4170-8D4B-31FE782B4052 by 28av8 posted Oct 5, 2021 at 12:25 PM Today I broke out more cardboard and some painters tape, and started trying to figure out the cowl. 9D254F96-2C32-49C9-8F30-62F6EC11B013 by 28av8 posted Oct 5, 2021 at 12:25 PM 2E8EFDC6-0125-40A2-80A5-AC12C7B736A1 by 28av8 posted Oct 5, 2021 at 12:25 PM 618994A4-E969-42B4-A063-4765BE4EF877 by 28av8 posted Oct 5, 2021 at 12:25 PM B187B77E-8DE7-4AB6-B30F-A35A051D7C4B by 28av8 posted Oct 5, 2021 at 12:25 PM 82E6D3FF-653A-4C7C-B2E5-E1421FA70331 by 28av8 posted Oct 5, 2021 at 12:25 PM F49AC547-074C-4918-9474-91A5401C8FFD by 28av8 posted Oct 5, 2021 at 12:25 PM I’ll try to make a couple updates a week as I make more progress. You can also check out the build on IG under full_steam_designs if you’re into that sort of thing.
He's not done yet, that's just the basic structure. I am liking that, I am building a boat tail on a 28 or so Chevy frame and am thinking about passing the 29 A cowl I have on to someone else and just fabbing the whole front of the body out of sheet metal over bent to shape tubing.
Nice start! I would encourage you to mock up the whole thing in paper and tape and roll it outside before cutting any wood. Easy to adjust the proportions while it’s still paper.
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