Projects 1930 Pontiac 3W rescue. (sheetmetal heavy)

Wow, I love this type of thread, thanks.

 

You're a metal god! Love this thread!

 

so good.keep the pics coming please

 

Pushed it outside today. All bare metal is new..the cowl piece is seen. It's not welded yet, just sitting there

 

very nice and off the beaten track

 

Wheeled out a roof insert. Won't use it for a while but its there when I need it

 

Redid the door. Again.

Also did a quick trunk skin treatment




Time to build inner door stuff and lock the panels in place

 

Looks really friggin' good. Nice metal work.

-Chris

 

Steve, that hotrod is looking great! Looks like that fellow helping you wheel out the roof panel is doing a pretty good job also.
Jim

 

Steve...If you kept all the rotten panels (plus some of yours that you replaced) you can tack the old stuff together and sell it like you bought it: to another ambitious metal craftsman!
Kind of a 'recycle' of Pontiac 3 windows. We need all we can get...

Great work, BTW...makes my '27 T tub look like a walk in the park!

 

Took a break to start on a car for me but I'm back... Tied some lines together, worked on the roof some.

 

Glad to see you back on it!

 

Looks great! Still following along. Thanks for posting your progress.

 

Those lines really give the car character. Nice work Steve!

 

Gave it some love last night

 

WOW!! That's nice. I guess you did give it some love.

Ryan.

 

This is the sickest metal working build I have ever seen

 

Slow motion better than none. Got my buddy Ray "apruved" prue to come help me get the roof closer and I got the passenger floor roughed in

 

When you roll the beads in your panels, do you run the panel through an English wheel first? I find that when I'm working on a panel with the bead roller that the panel sometimes warps. I've been told that running the panel through a wheeling machine first can help with this.
Your panels look fantastic by the way!!

 

I should pre stretch but I don't. If I wasn't going to spot weld them a million times I would. For beads I put in with the Pullmax I don't pre stretch ever as the machine does it for me IMO. When I pre stretch for beads like these I prefer my CP hammer and a 1" radius die

 

Drivers side floor roughed out

 

Interesting. You mentioned a few times in this post that you built your Pull max. Am I lucky enough that there might be a build thread on it some place?? You certainly are a craftsman with the metal. Your work is outstanding. I thank you very much for sharing with us.

 

There is one on allmetalshaping.com You have to sign up to see pictures most likely.


Wire buck forming.

 

Amazing work!

 

Progress

 

machined a little "body lift" for the car for some wheel arch clearance.


Progress on the tunnel. It's quite a few pieces



New stance after the extra 1.25"

 

Frankly, I lost count of how many times I said "WOW" while going through this thread...
What is left of the original tin?
r

 

Since I have it in 3D, here's a view of what's left that's original. It is highlighted in red.

 

That's just amazing work!