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Your workmanship is fantastic!
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Thanks Guy's, Its a pleasure.... The next group of photo's is of the lower valance, Many race cars and speedsters had belly pans fitted under them to help with aero dynamics. The idea behind the lower valance is to give the look of a belly pan without going to the trouble... To start the valance an oversize peice of Aluminium was cut and rolled in the slip rolls and then sat in position. I then marked all lines of the body and headlight pod and started turning the edges and checking until I was happy with the fit... This was continued through to the front of the rear axle, there was no need to continue through to the tail as the guards or fenders cover this area. The top of the Valance was attached to the underside of the body with screws into the timber. The bottom of Valance was attached to underside of the chassis via a rubber packer, 1/4" screws were tapped into the chassis... |
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Jamie,
This last series of photos shows how accurate your panel fit up, flow and edges are. You and your crew should be proud of the workmanship. What sort of body was on this chassis previously?
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This thing is awesome. Great job. I liked what you did with the head lights. Very unique, to me at least, Im not very familiar with these cars to know if thats a popular thing to do. But never the less it looks awesome. I think it looks good fender less even with the body shaped for fenders, I still think it looks good with out them.
I look forward to seeing it finished.
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WOW!
That is some fine shaping. Thanks for posting. |
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Wow is right. This is one of the best documented builds that has been posted. Can't wait to see more progress. Thanks for taking the time to post the pictures.
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We are proud and enjoy building cars, Thanks for the compliment Richard. Originally the chassi had a saloon body on it. Quote:
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The next stage is the bonnet, Stella marked the paper patterns before laying them on the Aluminium sheet. When the sheets were cut, we then marked all datum lines on the back side of the sheets and made card board templates to suit the scuttle and grille surround. We then went ahead and rolled the shoulders in the slip rolls fitting them to the car as we went. Hard to see, but here on the bonnet side, I rough marked the vents for the top of the bonnet and the louvers on the sides. Next, Fences were made and fitted to the each end of the bonnet sides to guide off in the pullmax when forming the recess for the leather bonnet straps. At this stage the lower edges of the bonnet sides were wired, fitting 8mm rod. Next we took a short journey to Peter's work shop to use the Vibroshear as the bonnet was to long with the addition of fences to fit in our pullmax. Thanks Pete All hands on deck!!! Concentrate..... A final inspection and back to our work shop we go. At this stage Cal cut the holes in the top of the bonnet for the sliding vents. Then the Z brackets for the sliders were installed with screws before solid riveted in position. We allowed for a bulge in the left side of the bonnet to give space for the air cleaner. Last edited by www.kustomgarage.com.au; 04-24-2012 at 07:49 PM. |
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Superb craftsmanship Jamie Stella Cal , thank you for showing. Ben |
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That is an epic job! Superb workmanship.
And I can't tell you how many appendages I'd give for a workshop like that.
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Thanks Ben, Our pleasure. |
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