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I will weld it clamped to the roof and do some of the grinding and planishing up there until it back to the right shape again I think.
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How much lower is that roof panel from original? I really like the overall look.
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Thanks mate. It is 40mm/1.5" overall.
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None of my business, of course .....
but still ..... I would tack all the roof seams with it clamped down - where the tacks want to happen, first. Then I would go back and tack the rest so that I had 1.5" distances twixt tax. Then I would slapper/big face hammer and dolly all the tacks to get them back up - as many as I could reach. Then I would pull the works and weld and hammer out each center seam on the flat, in its turn. Re-position and check/adjust. Pull again and weld the corners and radii and hammer them. Re-inst. and check. (I wish I had taken photos of Halvorson cutting the Morris pickup down in sections, and gas welding and hand hammering it all back out. No filing until the very end. Musta had 100 ft of welds on that tiny pickup ....)
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Learnt to drive quite a few moons ago in a Morris Minor Pickup around the quite lanes of Southern Yorkshire circa age 12...
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Many thanks for your input Kent. Had not thought of leaving the corners until last.
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Woo hoo. First time to see what it looks like with the infill panel that was wheeled up at the metal meet 18 months ago. Fits way better than expected! Thanks again to Nigel being at the other end of the sheet while wheeling it all day and the guidance of Peter Tommasini. I like the look across the back as well. Will have to reshape along here to get it to fit a bit better. Along the front it is looking quite good. Just in the middle though you might be able to see that it dips down. I will put more curve in the front piece to make it blend. Flows a lot better now. Did it all by hand with a dolly with more crown and a flat faced hammer and a flipper. The back is looking like it is nearly there as well. Just the weight of a dolly gets the roof panel to sit down and a single finger pressure can lift it from underneath. Shaping up to be alright. Think I am ready to scribe around the edge to cut the overlap off ready for a butt join. I have come up with this to support the infill panel once the perimeter roof is cut to size so it doesn't just fall through! I measured the difference between the stock and this new roof and it is 38mm-1.5" lower overall. It has taken the baseball cap look out of it.
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GrandWillys Project
Hi, Marcus, amazing work. Thanks for posting.
A question, what is that gizmo lying on the cowl in the first pic in post 704?
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I reckon it's a Dolly and one of those Blue handled Vice Grips in post 704 on the Cowell.
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Leigh got it right John, One pair of vice grips and a separate dolly. It is a completely round one with a different crown at each end. I find it very handy for lifting small dents.
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