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D&S convertible
I have always loved 356 Porsches but no matter how good I've been all year, come Christmas and I have never found one under the tree
Thought I'd take matters into my own hands after see pic of a coachbuilt Dannenhauer and Stauss that was built in Belgium (?) Apparently the guy restored a genuine one and was allowed to take patterns to build one for himself D S Belgium.jpg Dannenhauer-Stauss-1951.jpg this car was restored by West Coast Classics from memory Mine will be a loose interpretation with a bit of artistic licence I tried to visualise making a buck but that got distracted and built a door instead 783 30.jpg Edges were formed over MDF sheet . I tried a bit of torch shrinking. Probably went a little heavy in places ! Stretch 'em back 784 30.jpg created a step, drilled and plug welded 786 30.jpg wrapped a bit of steel over the flange to try out the skinning process 781 30.jpg I used mdf to indent the striker plate area only to realise its a suicide door so this is the hinge end . Darn ! 782 30.jpg I don't like the straight internal edge as it just doesn't seem to match the graceful ( to me) flow of the car but will run with it for now as I am really enjoying just doing something with tin Cheers john
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