Greetings From Utah
 

Hi All,

I am from town about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City. I have a huge interest in all things automotive and would love to build a small car inspired by race cars from the 20's. Something along the lines of a Bugatti Type 35 but not really a copy of a Bugatti. Simple straight 6 or 8 cylinder engine and vintage brakes and gear. Something of a 4 wheeled motorcycle.

I used to work at a place that does aluminum bodied Cobra replicas. I worked a little in the machine shop but mostly at the desk and didn't do panel shaping, but some finish work, mostly polishing.

As a total beginner, All Metal Shaping seems like a great place to glean some knowledge and get started. I would like to start purchasing some tools and start forming some shapes but don't have a huge budget. I plan on getting some hand tools and then move up from there.

Thanks!

Welcome Joe. You're in the right place.

Did you work for the Kirkham brothers?

Indeed I did.

I never learned to shape the bodies though. They hadn't started forming the coupes when I was there and the regular Cobras came from Poland mostly done. I ran machines in the machine shop and did a little bit of coding but mostly did sales and customer service work.

I started out polishing the cars and helped develop the polishing method that they use now though it has continued to evolve.

Hi Joe welcome to the forum
the Cobra body has a very unique shape
Peter

Hi Joe and welcome!:)