New member from England

Jim Tomczyk · #1 02-07-2013, 06:33 PM

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

HEATNBEAT · #2 02-07-2013, 08:41 PM

Hi Jim and welcome!

Peter Tommasini · #3 02-07-2013, 10:40 PM

HI Jim welcome to the forum
Peter

BryanB · #4 02-08-2013, 01:51 PM

Hi Jim
Welcome along, quite a few from this side of the pond now! Sounds like some very interesting projects coming up? Any clues as to base models for the specials? I'm intrigued!
Regards
Bryan

carl 180 · #5 02-08-2013, 03:48 PM

hi jim welcome

scotsman · #6 02-09-2013, 02:52 PM

hi jim and welcome along.

Z5Roadster · #7 02-10-2013, 05:18 AM

Hi Jim, welcome to the site, great guys on here just waiting to help, looks like we could be going down the same road.

Jim Tomczyk · #8 02-12-2013, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by BryanB

Hi Jim
Welcome along, quite a few from this side of the pond now! Sounds like some very interesting projects coming up? Any clues as to base models for the specials? I'm intrigued!
Regards
Bryan

Hi Bryan and thanks to all the welcomers- Yes can now see that there are quite afew Brits on this site as well.
Base models for the specials are Riley - fortunate to have found one that had sat in the open in a garden for over 30 years and was in such poor condition that it was totally uneconomic to repair the steel body although the running gear was mostly salvageable. Also found a bare rolling chassis ( no body panels at all) that wasn't rolling! - EVERYTHING had been totally dismantled in the 60's and had never been put back together - the chassis had also been butchered badly and was literally held together with coach bolts and scaffold tube.
All bits coming together now - with panel work to be started yet!!!

Whilst I now have a wheel - air powered planishing hammers seem to take up a lot of discussion on the forum. What do you all think of them vs the wheel is it worth getting one in addition to a wheel?