I also needed to finish the left qtr window where the window attaches to the wood. I made the pieces from 19 gauge sheet metal and shaped with a shrinker. Welded them in using the wood to verify!
One of the other projects on the to do list is reparing the roof opening. Part of the left corner is actually missing The remaining areas are is weak and pitted.
Fortunatley I have a back window section from a sedan for the center section. it has a slow curve that is differnt than the coupe, so it's not a direct fit. Corner curves are a combbination of scrap pieces.
Good luck on the build. FYI be carefull with those folding ladders hanging on the wall, this past Saturday I was careless and took the end of my finger with one of those.
Well another minor setback. The rear wood for the back window is wrong. It was cut one inch short, look at how the wood sticks up above the bottom of the window opening. Going to have to make the new pieces........
Here's the error ...note the pencil line. Exactly an inch off. If this cut was wrong, I wonder how long the entire board should have been? Hmmmm.....
Here's the window with the new boards, I cut them last night. The old ones were 17 5/16. Really need measurement before finalizing this.
When I first saw the body I thought "hopeless," but you have certainly proven me (and i bet others) that we were wrong, outstanding careful work!!
Something abour a sow's ear... YOU and others on the HAMB continue to amaze this OF (70) with your skills. Great job, looks really nice!
Instead of re-making the incorrect wood pieces, why didn't you just take the easy way out? Chop the steel one inch.
W O W ! ! ! subscribed. I just went through and read this entire build thread and I'm so amazed at your skill and patient craftmanship... I liked the 57 Porsche blue too. As if that isn't enough to make a hack like me inspired - I see you are involved in your son's builds as well. My hat's off to you sir. My goodness what a pleasure it would be to meet you and see this car in person... thank you for all the detailed photos. It's quite a tranformation and should give us all inspiration to keep at it. Thanks to the HAMB we all get to see some of the incredible craftsman on the planet. Never ceases to amaze me.
Ok, I'll add my 2 cents worth and give a different perspective on projects of this magnitude and nature. This is very nice work indeed that I hope will bring alot of personal satisfaction and gratification. This type of work takes a lot of talent, patience and time. Here's where I'm goin.........you would be financially farther ahead if you took this talent, patience and time and applied it to customers cars. You could be driving a nice 32 all the while your working and earning on someone else's car. Just a suggestion cause I know there's work out there for guys like you.... keep up the good work.
Looking great!!! You do amazing work!!! I can't believe how far the 32 has come. Keep up the great work!!!
Usually, people with enough money to pay for this type of work would buy a nicer car to begin with. The only guys fixing stuff like this (me included) are going to do it for themselves. Keep up the good work rcnut.
Car looks great and you are a great craftsman, BUT YOU REALLY NEED A TRUCK!!! Towing a '32 with a a SAAB????
"Instead of re-making the incorrect wood pieces, why didn't you just take the easy way out? Chop the steel one inch". Hmm...I wish i had thought of that! Not .
"you would be financially farther ahead if you took this talent, patience and time and applied it to customers cars. You could be driving a nice 32 all the while your working and earning on someone else's car." Fair statement, I spent the first ten years of my career as a body man. It was at this time that I realized that while this was a very honorable way to earn a living, my body was not going to be up to the task forever. As I have gotten older my interest in metal shaping drove me to attending a few metal meets. Here I realized that you can shape anything if you have the basic knowledge (shrinking and stretching) and plenty of time and patience. My goal was to build a car from scratch, it was at about this time the the 4 door front half became available, followed shortly by the quarter and so on. While i would consider myself a decent body man and mechanic. I really was not any good at metal finishing or shaping before attempting this project. So while I appear to have had this skill set prior to the build it really has become my instrument of learning.
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