need help from you bodymen out there

[12pack]

hi there how are you all doing.heres the problem,well i have the car but i have to make the doors.the car in question is a 34 ford roadster.so far i have managed to cut and section 34 ford 4door doors to fit car.now i am stuck on how to make the top of the doors.any help would be great,thanks. wish i had a real garage..

[TINGLER]

I could probably point you in the right direction if I could see what you are working with.
I think a pic of what you have done so far would be helpful.
At least for me....
JT.

[12pack]

heres a old pic of the top only one i have.

[TINGLER]

Oh.

Well, that area is more complex than what I can handle. SO I am just BTTT so somebody else can help ya.

I could probably tell you how to do it with lots of patch work and a few gallons of bondo, but I figure you don't want any monkey business like that.... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Good luck.
JT.

[autocol]

you need to fabricate the section i've circled, correct?...

well, and i'm no "bodyman" (see my post about fabricating a bra!) i would search.... here wait, i'll do it for you...

ten minutes later...

for this thread (http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB4&Number=95096&page=0&v iew=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1)... damn, it being in tech-o-matic totally threw me off finding it...

anyway, the part where he pie-cuts the straight section and welds it back together to get the appropriate curve is the bit that i was trying to get to... you'll need to do a bit more bashing of flat sections to fill out that curved area but you should be able to get there, with a good dose of swearing thrown in http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

col.

[12pack]

a big thanks guys im going to give it a whirl,its a good thing metal is cheap. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Unkl Ian]

Try using a hammer form.

[Unkl Ian]

Hammer form demo. (http://www.heritagesonline.homestead.com/metalworking.html)

[12pack]

thanks unkl ian thats awesome .gona have to dig out my old sheet metal books and dust off my woodworking tools.