New member from England

[Jim Tomczyk]

Hi all. My name is Jim Tomczyk and I'm a new member from "across the pond" to most of you - England . I've Always been interested in and have previously owned Classic/ post 1945 cars and enjoyed restoring and doing my own work on them. My specific interest has developed to pre- war vintage cars (ie pre 1939) of which I own a few. I am also building a couple of what we in the UK call " Specials" - that is too say cars utilising genuine factory vintage running gear but with non- factory bodies etc although these are generally built in a pre-war period style. I have acquired a rare -i am told - medium sized Edwards English Wheel and today my new anvils for it arrived from Joe Andrews of Hoosier.

My aim is to develop my skills and build my own bodies, which will be in aluminium - I think you guys call it ALUMINUM ? - (over an ash wood frame- is this a method used in the US ?.) - but whatever we call it I need to learn how to shape it and will appreciate any help from whoever wants to give it when I ask the questions that I will inevitably have.

Looking forward to posting

JimT