1936 Roadster hand formed & other projects

Awesome metal work. Nuff said.

 

Two thumbs up, Dan! GREAT work and a really neat project! I'm subscribed.

 

MY "JAW DROPPED " When I Started Watchin' THIS !

Still in Awe !

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I'm getting 1 1/2 mpg MORE !, Now that, I don't Stop for "Red Lights ", or, "Stop Signs"............

Smoked' up, in Tha' Great Smokey Mts.

 

A few out side shots.





With one of my hand formed fenders clamped on.



More to come.

 

Simply Beautiful!

 

For Joe (Motorhead Extraordinaire) I have to make the lower trunk gutter so I thought I would show some of what goes into it. Now this is a lot tougher then it looks.



















More to come.

 

I am both impressed and psyched. Looking real good.

Dan, are you heading to the L.A. Roadster Show next month in Pomona?

Joe

 

I am so in awe of this work. Thanx for sharing this process with us. ~sololobo~

 

Dan,

I also need the two steel brackets that bolt to the rear corners of the frame which are used to bolt the body/bumper onto. Do you know which ones I am referring to?

Joe

 

I dunno, all these people saying this is awesome and they are in awe? Clearly these descriptives fall WAY short!!
There isn't the words to describe just how good your work is, oh to just have a thousandth of your talent.

Doc.

 

Nice!
What do you use to do your major shaping(large panels)?
Ever try oxy/acet to join your panels?...even less finish work!

 

Thanks guys its a lot of work but its all fun to this sneaking up on 64 year old. Joe I don't have extra brackets. I will ck my frame for this car & see if they are on it & post pictures to make sure its what you are talking about.

 

Marshall I use to oxy panels but got into tiging them.

 

A little Polished NOS eye candy for the roadster.

 

I am redoing on of Joe's gutter pieces I was not happy with it so more tomorrow I hope.

 

Nice weather yesterday so the honey do list took part of the day but I did get some time in on the trunk gutter for Joe. I was not happy with the inner flange part the rolled lip at the top is just shy of 3/16 of an inch so it is hard to roll over. when you turn the first 90 it wants to pull & straighten the contour curve that need's to be there, then when you roll it over the rest of the way it pulls again.









Today I will trim & fit the 2 sections together & start tig tacking them.
I do believe they call this a learning curve.

 

How are you trying to roll the the small edge that folds back on itself?
You would be better to fold and stretch your angle then throw your 90.
You would also find it easier to make your welded join on the leg of the other angle instead of the centre of the piece, you would get less warpage, the whole job would be easier to control and the clean up grind would be a hell of a lot less work.

 

1932tub your post is to late almost finished.

 

I had to finish some honey do stuff before i could go out to the shop & play. But I got the lower gutter pieces trimmed & tack welded together.













So far it fits great & the new piece I made looks good, some more welding & grind clean up next & more later.

 

I finished welding & grinding the lower gutter section for Joe's coupe.











Tuesday I will start on the sides section's to fill in from the existing section down to the corner.

 

Some progress on the right rear gutter corner & filler section.








Notice the rolled over lip as in the factory cars.



It still needs a little grinding & clean up sanding then on to the last piece the left side.

 

You have way too much talent. LOL

Joe

 

I built the left side today.






I need to put the corner drain tubes in then they are read to go. Joe will need to trim & fit into his coupe trunk area.

 

I bent, formed, welded & ground the left side today.







I need to make & install the corner drain tubes then they are ready to ship. Joe will need to trim & fit them to his car.

 

I finished the drain tubes on Joe's gutters.






Now there ready for UPS thanks Joe.

 

The owner attempted to repair this then changed his mind & decided to have it done wright.




New hand fab-bed panel.

Starting to install.

Tacked in place


tacked & some welding & ground.


It's not looking so ugly now more welding & grinding to look good.

 

Finished welding in the replacement panel ground, hammer & dolly worked.





Now on to the front section of the quarter.

 

Where were you all when I posted this a while back?

Just kidding... Dan nice work...I put my heart into building this body with slaps and dollies (till my hands went numb) and its nice to see your refining it. Looking foward to the day You post a pic of the rest of the rear section complete and sitting on a frame.

 

I have Max working on a 57 Pontiac 4 dr just some rust out repair to start & the replacement panels that are available for the floor are way off & the small floor pan sections that the customer supplyed need a lot of help to work & look close .

Left front floor the rust mites were hungry.

The panel on the left is what we got the one on the right is reworked, now a lot for a closer fit & original look.

Rust area cut out.

Por 15 the inside lower floor support.

Rust cleaned where the heater core goes in the floor.

Another shot of the replacement & modified floor pan.

New heater delete Max made & the front section fit in place.

Heater delete will be screwed in just in case the owner wants the old style heater reinstalled later & floor pan section is fully tig welded in.

More of the welded front section.

More to come.

 

Max started on the left rear floor it was not as bad as the front but very thin in areas plus thru so we just replaced it in stead of several small patches for a cleaner & stronger floor.























There is still welding, grinding & hammer dolly work to do on this section but it is starting to take shape.