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cornfield customs
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thanks man i got a copy and one of those companies that frame mag articals sent me one to hang in the office
cornfield customs
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so today i worked on my buddies RPU some. he wanted to add a 32 cowl vent to his cowl top. so i went to work on it
trimmed out the vent from brookeville
made a card board pattern of the shape of the panel, and a negative cut out of the vent to make sure i get it where i want it
scribed the cut line
all tig welded up
after some filing, hammering and dollying. and a trip through the planisher it is getting pretty close
and installed on the car
then moved on to putting on extended cab corners
stock corners
stockers removed
old rear pan taken out and extended rear pan installed
trimmed out the vent from brookeville
made a card board pattern of the shape of the panel, and a negative cut out of the vent to make sure i get it where i want it
scribed the cut line
all tig welded up
after some filing, hammering and dollying. and a trip through the planisher it is getting pretty close
and installed on the car
then moved on to putting on extended cab corners
stock corners
stockers removed
old rear pan taken out and extended rear pan installed
cornfield customs
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new sides clamped on
cut the old rear panel off from the sides, going to but weld them back on instead of flanged so they can be metal finished after welding
cut the old rear panel off from the sides, going to but weld them back on instead of flanged so they can be metal finished after welding
Todd
He's just one of them Rusty-Chainers!
Beautiful work. Is there room in your neighborhood? 
cornfield customs
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a little more progress on the RPU. reversed the fire wall and re shaped the bottom of it. wanted to make it look like it was made this way. not perfect but turned out pretty good
here is where i flipped the fire wall, making patches and patterns to smooth out the bottom of it
all patched and smoothed out
here is the back side with a new flange to make mounting the floor easier and a more factory look
and clamped in the car. just need to spot weld to the sides, weld along the bottom, and drill holes for mounting screws at the top
cornfield customs
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only got to spend a couple hours on cool hot rod stuff today
started off by making a new floor pan for under the seat bottom. 18 gauge steel, pre stretched the areas the bead rolling would be done to keep it flat.
then made a cover panel for over the tail shaft of the trans. made from on piece ,no welding was done. still pretty rough, needs a lot of finish work but ran out of time for the day on this one
started off by making a new floor pan for under the seat bottom. 18 gauge steel, pre stretched the areas the bead rolling would be done to keep it flat.
then made a cover panel for over the tail shaft of the trans. made from on piece ,no welding was done. still pretty rough, needs a lot of finish work but ran out of time for the day on this one
cornfield customs
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a little progress on the RPU tonight. started making the floor pans and trans tunnel
floor pans cleco'ed in place
want to make the trans tunnel as small as possible since room is tight in this one. so i made some blisters in the tunnel for clearance. also had to make a blister to fit around where shifter comes out. so here are the basic steps i took to make the big weld on blister
blister laid out, the black line is the hightlight or edge line of the blister
using thumb nail shrinking dies in the recip. hammer. i shrink up to the black line
all the shrinking done
after a trip through the planisher
and all welded on. you can see all the other blisters formed in the tunnel, stills needs to be hammered and dollied and metal finished out, but that will wait until i get all the other panels made and fit up
floor pans cleco'ed in place
want to make the trans tunnel as small as possible since room is tight in this one. so i made some blisters in the tunnel for clearance. also had to make a blister to fit around where shifter comes out. so here are the basic steps i took to make the big weld on blister
blister laid out, the black line is the hightlight or edge line of the blister
using thumb nail shrinking dies in the recip. hammer. i shrink up to the black line
all the shrinking done
after a trip through the planisher
and all welded on. you can see all the other blisters formed in the tunnel, stills needs to be hammered and dollied and metal finished out, but that will wait until i get all the other panels made and fit up
Dirtyrat
Got Fins?
Those look really cool, you did a great job on that tunnel for sure!
DJ3100
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Beautiful work. Your "pretty rough" would be my "delighted".
Todd
He's just one of them Rusty-Chainers!
Love the detail around the flange of the pieces [dr[cl So much nicer than a straight edge.
So much nicer than a straight edge.
I-R-POPS
''Rusty Mopar Slacker''
AMEN BROTHER! Me too.
Flipper_1938
He recycles the right way
Pretty darn impressive!
cornfield customs
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thanks for the kind words, i will keep the progress coming
starting forming the front part of the trans tunnel
starting forming the front part of the trans tunnel
cornfield customs
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a little more progress on the floor and tunnel
and made some new upper cowl braces. looks much better
and had a photo shoot with the Riley roadster i built last year for my new website i having done
and made some new upper cowl braces. looks much better
and had a photo shoot with the Riley roadster i built last year for my new website i having done
Flipper_1938
He recycles the right way
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GJunktionMike
Something's wrong with that boy!
All I can say is WOW!!!!
bob w
Still crazy after all these years!
You couldn't do all tha beautiful work if you weren't so talented.[cl
cornfield customs
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started tig welding up the sides of the body
after a little grinding and some dykem for guide, and a pass with the file
hammered and dollied for a while. then hit it with the high speed sander with 80 grit
started with the DA on the top half, still need to work on the bottom some more. it is a tough spot to get to since i have to hammer left handed
after a little grinding and some dykem for guide, and a pass with the file
hammered and dollied for a while. then hit it with the high speed sander with 80 grit
started with the DA on the top half, still need to work on the bottom some more. it is a tough spot to get to since i have to hammer left handed
DJ3100
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Very impressive work.
