Projects new member. watch me section my Desoto.

Awesome!

 

Amazing work young man, wow and double wow.

 

I'm really impressed. I'm sure you lined up those hinge barrels too?

 

I tried to line up everything... If not, I'll have a '54 no door!

 

Not a whole lot of difference getting in it with the door open or shut I'm sure lol.

 

Awesome metal work! It's cool watching how you overcome obstacles without becoming disheartened.

Keep up the great work!

 

I'm still reading through this thread and I love customs and damn near every other type of build and style on the H.A.M.B. Love what you're doing and am following.


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This has been my favorite thread since day one. Keep up the great work!

 

Got everything fully welded, except the areas I'm cutting out. Some pie cuts later, everything lined up like it was measured! Here's a photo that shows some of the pie cuts. After everything was welded I started working on the main big hole in the firewall. Here you can see some clekos holding the sheet metal in place. Then I cut around the metal and used the butt clamps to hold everything in place. This was my first time trying this. It just made sense in my head. I liked it a lot better than cutting the metal out of your car, then making a template, then cutting it out of sheet metal, then grinding and grinding until it fits. Then I removed the clekos and clamps, and pulled the old metal out. This is the piece I cut away. Then I put the new sheet metal back in, clamped it, and stated tacking. Made another filler piece for the weird hole on the passenger side, tacked that too. I always fully clamp everything, pie cuts and all before I tack weld anything. Lots of welding and grinding left, but it's starting to look good! I never thought I'd be able to section a firewall 4 inches and then metal finish it... I honestly thought I'd be hiding everything with Bondo. I'm pretty proud.

 

Doors next?

 

Very clever man!

 

Nice and clean work and surprising how clean the mig welds can be with stuff all distortion. Take your time and it will be all good.

 

Amazing work!

 

Looking good...

 

very nice work, thanks for posting all the pics....

 

Slowly coming along.

 

Looking better all the time. Snowman

 

When I built the 49 I set the engine way back . I run a long water pump with radiator in stock location...

 

Very clean work - you deserve to feel proud of your work.

 

There's a 54 4 door like yours on eBay with running 331 hemi...nice body....not big money...any one want to start a trend....Rytang already paved the way....

 

I haven't checked this out for a while- you're killin' it, Man!! Super job.

 

Thanks Mike!

 

And a guy like you can't have to many clekos either.

 

I've got a few! One of my favorite tools.

 

Still needs a few days worth of work on the firewall itself then I can start to finish the passenger side. 4 inches gone! Here's some progress photos.

 

Hell, that is so clean one wouldn't know it is missing those 4" of steel. Will be awesome to see your car parked beside a stock height one of the same model. I have a photo of a Ford Anglia that a ggod friend was building for his wife but sadly died of cancer before he finished it. It has a 3" roof chop and 2" sectioned out of the middle. The photo is it parked beside a stock height Anglia that is sitting on only rims on the front but one can appreciated the work that has happened to the car on the left.

 

That's awesome! Thank you for sharing!

 

Today I stated cutting some of the ugly of the firewall. Then these next holes had me confused for a bit. I didn't have much room to cut them out... So I started thinking a torch and dolly? Then I remembered my hole saw kit! And cut them all out. Now I have 5 slightly bigger holes. But I'll work on those tomorrow. Soon the firewall will be nice and smooth.

 

Excessive! I love it.

 

Getting closer. No more holes. Still a TON of work left.