Hot Rods Boat Tail Builders

I was wondering the same thing? Its certainly looking great !

 

New doors are being constructed of MDF board, and bondo to splash a mold off of and laying up fiberglass doors in the new temporary mold.

 

An original 32 Chevy Speedster

 

Fantastic work on these. Way above my talents.

 

Here are some images of a build by Juri Castricum ,Netherlands...

 

What chassis is that, Bob?

 

Dawie, it's an ALVIS.

 

Man, this thing is freakin' huge!!!! Check out the size of the thing next to the guy!!!

 

Then again, there's this beauty that was for sale a couple of months ago........

Saweeeeeeeeeetttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

This is a 1929 Citroen in an old car dealer in a small country town called Kellerberrin in W.A.

 

Citroen Trefle (clover) because of the 3 seating positions, quite popular at the time often time compared to the Model T.

 

This one was at Frog Follies last year

 

An interesting meeting of American woody-wagon and French skiff.

 

From Bas Jansen in the Netherlands.More than likely this body will be fitted to an Austin Seven chassis.

 

How about this early Amilcar on offer a Retrolegends.

 

I don't really call them boat tails because to me like someone else said a boat tail looks like the bow of a boat but here are a few of the ones I have built...


A little MG.


A couple of Riley nines.


Another Riley

David

 

David,it is always a pleasure to view your work.It matters little if you are done or just starting the project! I am fully aware that it is harder than you make it look and that it took you years to develop your skill.

BanjeauX Bob

 

Bob its like anything else, you have to learn the basics then it is a case of practicing.
If you don't learn the basics you can never go any further.

Here is a shot that shows the brake down of the panels that make up the back of the Riley above that may help the O.P....



David

 

killed another thread?

David

 

Well David, I freely admit to being all very bruised thumbs when it comes to shaping sheet metal and your work leaves me speechless. Is the construction of this fantastic boattail on your DVD? Perhaps you you could post a few build pics so I (and perhaps a couple others) could pretend for a few moments that we could do similar work?

 

Hi Jim (Jiminy), I already did a thread on building one of these you can find it here...
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=526153
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I show the building of the body for the car above.
I do show many of the techniques used in building something like these bodies including aluminium welding and wire edging in the way I do it on these bodies on the DVD.

David

 

Thanks for the pointer David. I had missed this thread and will read through it thoroughly when I get home from work - my quick browse was very humbling. I will have to check out all your threads to see what other amazing craftsmanship I have missed.

 

Thanks for the complement Jim.

Anyone got any more pics?

David

 

Just purchased the molds for this car and will soon be doing a limited run of the boattail. The car in the photo was produced from these molds. This is the photoshopped version you did Rik, I just changed the color to Candy Red. These are the same molds that FASI used to build his boattail.

 

WOW..........The color makes this pop. Mine will be more subdued but I love this look. Looking forward to seeing what you do.

 

That was quite a trip to pick up the molds and I got lucky that my cousins came and help load the trailer. FASI can lift pretty good for an old geezer. Thats the tail of the boattail on the trailer.

 

its just something about those lines, that makes it a timeless piece =)

 

I am trying some different front end stylings for the Boattail. This is a Brewster grille that was used on the Oliver Hines coupe in Detroit in the fifties. It is part of the Hot Rod display at the Gilmore Museum in Hickory Corners Mi.
Definitely needs the Duvalle Windshield.
Rough Photoshop, the cowl is off.

 

Bob, thanks for the Brewster look. You know the direction I am going with mine. Perfect look. Keith

 

I am making my own `36 ford boattail, I want it to look something like this.