cornfield customs
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all the sheet steel i use in the shop is 18 gauge
model A coupe
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zpi28
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Awesome job on those doors, hell the whole car is looking awesome. THUMBS UP
bob w
Still crazy after all these years!
Excellent work.[cl You are replacing most of the body. A person could build a real ratty one with the panels you have removed.
cornfield customs
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ok so here are some pics i took today, since i forgot to take pics of the making of the actual door skin
once the skin was cut out of new sheet metal, i laid out some lines to show the wheeling pattern to get a crown started on the skin
after some wheeling you can see some shape on the skin
then to get the crown in the other direction you turn the skin 90* and wheel away.
after more wheeling you can see the crown, or compound curve on the skin
moved on to putting the body line on the bottom of the skin
after a run through the bead roller
then broke the edges of the skin
once the skin was cut out of new sheet metal, i laid out some lines to show the wheeling pattern to get a crown started on the skin
after some wheeling you can see some shape on the skin
then to get the crown in the other direction you turn the skin 90* and wheel away.
after more wheeling you can see the crown, or compound curve on the skin
moved on to putting the body line on the bottom of the skin
after a run through the bead roller
then broke the edges of the skin
cornfield customs
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then shrank the edges to follow the crown of the skin
cornfield customs
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so i went to re skin the driver door today, when i got the old skin off there was a lot of rot and pin holes in the bottom of the door frame, so i had to make a new door bottom.
after a couple hours of bending, drilling and bead rolling i came up with this
after a few more hours of cutting, welding and grinding
had to do some steel buck rivets
pretty much all finished
after a couple hours of bending, drilling and bead rolling i came up with this
after a few more hours of cutting, welding and grinding
had to do some steel buck rivets
pretty much all finished
cornfield customs
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in black primer ready for the new skin
overall i think it turned out pretty nice
overall i think it turned out pretty nice
ratchet041
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Awsome
patina
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Thats a nice job on the door. Looks good
cornfield customs
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so today i decided to make another hood for the coupe, the more i looked at the first one the more i was not happy with the way it turned out. the new one looks much better. still needs some minor work but coming along
cornfield customs
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finally back on this one for some work. i pulled all the sheet metal out to weld all the floor skeleton up and ad some bracing that was all beat up form being a drag car
welding all the 1x1 up
here is how the bracing has been all beat up and destroyed
here is a new brace a bent up to replace the old ones
a before and after shot while making the braces, and some during fabrication pics
a finished pair
welding all the 1x1 up
here is how the bracing has been all beat up and destroyed
here is a new brace a bent up to replace the old ones
a before and after shot while making the braces, and some during fabrication pics
a finished pair
cornfield customs
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new and old
new one in
new one in
That door repair is ridiculous. I am now going to go and find every single bit of metalwork I have done in my life, push it all into a big hole and bury it.
Right. After your last post I am now going to have to dig all that stuff back up, burn it, and then bury it again.
Beautiful work.
Right. After your last post I am now going to have to dig all that stuff back up, burn it, and then bury it again.
Beautiful work.
Lol! Now that is funny! Nice work as usual......[P
cornfield customs
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more on this one, things feel like they are going slowly but i am at the point where it is all small detail finish work the seems to take forever and not show much progress.
both new ( front ) braces installed
making the sheet metal panels that will separate the passenger compartment from the trunk area
made the final body mounts and welded them to frame, drilled to be bolt able
lots of grinding on the welds to get the sheet metal to lay flat
floors getting welded in
both new ( front ) braces installed
making the sheet metal panels that will separate the passenger compartment from the trunk area
made the final body mounts and welded them to frame, drilled to be bolt able
lots of grinding on the welds to get the sheet metal to lay flat
floors getting welded in
ratchet041
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Nice work that is some expert fabricating there
Neverdone
He's not done yet...
I love the look of the louvres in the trans tunnel!!! and everything else about this build!
BlueJeep
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Looks great!
What are you using for an english wheel and how do you like it?
Do you do any pre-stretching with the wheel before running the beads to keep the panels from deforming?
What are you using for an english wheel and how do you like it?
Do you do any pre-stretching with the wheel before running the beads to keep the panels from deforming?
cornfield customs
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the e wheel i have is a cheap HF unit, and well it works lol i have used but it works ok for the money and gets decent results . some times i do a pre stretching it depends on the bead width, depth, and panel size.
