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Projects 1946 buick sedanette with top chop

Discussion in 'Traditional Customs' started by Lines, Jul 4, 2018.

  1. Lines
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    Replaced the piece with the bolt holes.
     

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  2. Lines
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    Update

    Redone the Wheel house on the driver side and a repai panel where the fender is bolted.
     

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  3. Lines
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    Started working on the passenger side of the trunk. Fun scraping of the tar which was put on nice and thick.
     

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  4. Hnstray
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    Beautiful workmanship!! Just Excellent!! Thank you for the photo progress reports.
     
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  5. Lines
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    Thank you. First I thought it would be to boring to send the pictures of the progress but on the other hand there are a few people here wich could get an idea of how I did it for theire project.
    I learn from other people which posted theire project build and gave theire knowledge further.
     
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  6. Lines
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    New progress.
    The trunk was cut out and I started building the new right and left filler pieces.
    In the meantime I build a new mounting bar for the trunk to mount to the frame.
     

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  7. Lines
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    Trunk parts fitted in and welded.
     

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  10. Lines
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    Tank frame built and ready to fit in.
     

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  11. Lines
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    Not much progress but a bit.
     

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  12. Dick Stevens
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    Any progress is still progress, keep up the good work!
     
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  13. Fortunateson
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    Man oh man that's really good work! Since I'll be doing basically the same repairs on my convertible and Sedanette eventually this thread is REALY appreciated! Keep posting please. If you ever want a vacation in British Columbia let me know. You could stay at my place and do my Buick repairs! LOL
     
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  14. Lines
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    Thanks Forunateson. Hope to get back to the car soon and posting.
     
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  15. Teevee68
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    Great job!
     
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  16. Lines
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    Here is some progress I have been doing the last few weeks after a long break. I had in mind since I bought the car to chop it. It's my first chop I am doing.
    I didn't wanted to have the roof down too radical so my plan was lowering it and giving the rear a bit more fall in the C pillar.
    At the moment the A pillar is cut 1 1"/2" (1" in the horiz.) and the C pillar is 2 1/2"
    the B pillar will stay straight up.
    upload_2020-3-6_13-47-2.png
     
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  17. Lines
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    Had a roll out for look from the distance. upload_2020-3-26_13-13-29.jpeg
     
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    Profile looks Purrfect. Thanks for taking the time to post the pics.
     
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  21. Hey Lines, you floor work looks fantastic. I wanted to ask you a couple quick questions on your mig setup. I'm in the USA so I use the .023 mig wire we have available here for sheet metal work. I was trying to compare the 0.8mm that you use to something available here and came up with 0.030 wire. Do you find you get better results on sheet metal with the 0.08mm you are using rather than something thinner like 0.6mm (roughly .025) wire?
     
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  22. Fortunateson
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    Thanks for the update. I have a '47 Buick Sedanette but I'm not brave enough to chop it. Perhaps with more of your postings I may develop my bravery!
     
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  23. Lines
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    Thank to al of you.
    @Gasser 57- I use the common 0,8 wire and 1mm sheet metal and for stiffing parts 1,2mm sheet metal
    The metal is not the standard , I use the sheet metal for car bodys its called BLKF (
    Special deep-drawing quality).
    @Forunateson I will post the steps I made during the chop in commin post. I spent the most time moving the roof around and checking the flow. Since this is my first chop I don't have the eye in seeing mistakes. The first time I lowered the roof I was so exited and euforic and thought it looked right. I have a lot of Mail Contact with Wolf who is chopping a 47 Buick Sedanette two. When you stand 3m away from the car it looks good but to see the flow you will have to stand back about 8-10m and eye ball the contours. I layed a flat iron over the top to check the bow easier.

    At the moment its back in the garage and I moved the rear part of the roof forward a bit and chnged the angle. Tommorow it will be rolled out and checked again. Ill send the new pictures and will be curios from youre opinions comparing both pictures.

    I am open for all opinions only this brings me further.
    Here is a picture taken from the garage.
     

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  24. hfh
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    Your Buick looks fantastic in the pictures right now. But it might help you to temporarily put the front fenders and hood in place before making permanent decisions because, in the end , it has to look right with these parts too.
     
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  25. Lines
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    Yes yo are right. Wolf made me a photchop to see the complete car in a picture. I have a complete front end from a 47 Cadillac wich I want to instal with a mix from the front end of the Buick. The rear fender on the pasenger side I streched about 5". so the complete car will look diferent in the end. My major part is getting the flow right first.

    upload_2020-3-27_11-37-6.png

    Here is my home made photochop before I began with the chopping
     
  26. Lines
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    Here is the picture
     
  27. Lines
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    Hmm
     

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  28. Lines
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    Since the Buick has a very long front end I wanted to try to get the car in a balance.
     
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  29. Lines
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    So are the new pictures from the weekend as we rolled out the Buick again after changing the rear window again. The rear window is moved forward slightly to line up the trunk lid and to make it a bit longer. In the first picture the rear of the trunk lid is a bit higher in compare to the second.
     
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  30. Lines
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    picture 1
     

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