Hi from France!
 

Hello to everybody

I am french and found of vintage cars.
I have had several projects for which i had the body job done, but always wanted to learn myself.
I then started to handform some aluminum detailed parts for a jaguar, and had fun to do it, so now I plan to buy some equipement and train to learn basics for a new project.

Greg

Hi Greg and welcome !:)

Welcome Greg lots to learn from this site.

Jere

Hi Greg welcome to the forum. You don't need a lot of equipment to start shaping metal.

David

Hi Greg welcome to the forum
Peter

Welcome Greg. Where in France are you? There's a really great metal working shop outside of Paris called Le Coq. I believe they allow visitors.

Tanks to all of you for this welcome ! ;)
I live next to the beach were the us and canadian troups landed in 1944... Quite a well known place all around the world for this.
It is about 2 hours north ouest from Paris
I know lecocq. It is a very famous company here

I recently met an independant body worker, so i think we will arrange him to come at my workshop for my project so i can learn in the same time.

For the moment i only experienced basic details with a hammer and wood, but intend to buy a nibbler (found a nice trumpf) and probably an english wheel.

I have had a look at baileigh products on the web... Does anyone have experienced them? Look well made..

Hi Greg,
I've spent some time wandering between Bayeux and Arromanches...yes, quite well known. Baileigh's US made products are very good.

Great! I live very close to bayeux... About 20 miles... What did you do there.. Metalshaping?
Here are the few first thing i have done in aluminum

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Here an air box made from period picture

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