Elvis' BMW 507: Original Buck: How-To
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Also at Stuttgart: Martelleria is a restoration company in Forstern, Germany owned by Martin Deggelmann. It was given the assignment to restore the metal on Elvis Presley's recently discovered BMW 507. It used ORIGINAL BUCKS to remake panels, including this left front fender. The bucks are still owned by BMW and were lent to Martelleria.
I asked Deggelmann to explain the process, and he instructed one of his team members with better English to fill me in. HOWEVER, the team member who spoke to me mostly does 3-D scanning in the company, and is not a metal worker. I therefore SUSPECT some of his answers, and would INVITE COMMENT from those who know more. According to the person I spoke to, this is the process: 1. Using MOSTLY AN ECKOLD KRAFTFORMER, the shape of the fender is created so that it fits tightly over the buck. NOTE: I questioned how this could be done with the protruding body line which keep the panel at least a 1/2" off the buck. 2. Once the shape is in the panel, the panel is clamped to the buck and using a series of caulking (corking) tools, the bodyline is impressed into the panel. NOTE: The bodyline is make of cast zamak and is screwed into the wooden buck. I ASKED if the casting was removed to first shape the panel and was specifically told "No." 3. I asked how the flat top of the body line was retained during the caulking process, and was told that a series of wood strips were clamped to it as the shape came up which maintained its flatness. 4. I wanted to confirm these answers with Deggelmann, but he was very busy with other people, and I didn't want to appear impolite or ungrateful to the man who answered my questions. HOWEVER: I hope those more familiar with this process will comment. KENT WHITE? MARK SAVORY? The egg crate buck was made using 3-D scanning and CNC cutting, and is covered in fiberglass so that details can be caulked/corked in. DRAT! I forget what car it is for, but know that it was for a competition car wrecked in the 1950/60s which needed a nose in the original configuration to replace a bad repair. I think it was English. MOST WORK ON BOTH CARS DONE ON AN ECKOLD! Attachment 40751 Attachment 40752 Attachment 40753 Attachment 40754 Attachment 40755 Attachment 40756 Attachment 40757 Attachment 40758 Attachment 40759 Attachment 40760 Attachment 40761 Attachment 40762 Attachment 40763 Attachment 40764 Attachment 40765 Attachment 40766 Attachment 40767 Attachment 40768 Attachment 40769 Attachment 40770 |
Looks like a Lister
The last few photos of buck egg crate is a lister. They first came with jaguar engines and then they stuffed big blocks (chevy) into em, ergo chevy-lister. It looks like this is a chevy one with the big raised scoop.
Nice photographs, thank you for sharing. |
Hans,
Yes, now that you've jogged my memory, I was told it was a Chevy powered Lister. |
Bill, thanks for the wonderful photos!
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What show where all these at? I was in Stuttgart often for my last job and would have loved to stop and see this show if it was annually.
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The only 507 I ever saw was on the road coming out of the little town I lived in down on the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. I was driving a 4.2 litre E Type Jag (the fastest E-Types ever made). The 507 was getting it on, so I figured I would give him some dust to eat. When you're going about sixty in a Jag and you put the pedal to the medal, fantastic things happen. It's not many seconds before you're going a hundred and fifty. Last I saw of the 507.
I must say they are the only beautiful car BMW has ever made. The post-war Germans seem to specialize in homely cars. Richard |
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The mechanically-selected supercharger made the 507 a bit faster, but the little 3.1L 8v 140hp motor had aluminum parts, iirc, and not developed for "racing." It's tough to lose a war and keep making cars ..... few car makers came out with a 2L V12 right after WW2. |
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It's Europe's largest classic car show held annually at the expo center at the Stuttgart airport. It's called Retro Classics. Although it is a large show and was very good, I believe the annual Essen show, coming up next month, is a better show. It has a larger assembly of high-value cars. |
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