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Old 09-27-2022, 06:36 AM
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Rock, your car looks great.
Thanks, Pugsy! That was a 7 year build since I was still working at the time.
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Old 09-27-2022, 07:57 AM
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Look'n good, Jari. What color you gonna paint it?
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Old 09-27-2022, 03:16 PM
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Pugsy,

The '41 is looking great!
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Old 09-27-2022, 04:04 PM
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Thanks Gentlemen.


Color is undetermined still. I will need to look at thousands of roundy-round car pics on the internet.


Every shape of car has a color that is so so, and has a color that pops. I seen a 39 Chevy in an off white that looked amazing. Cannot find the pics anymore though.
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Well I was walking around an old truck job today with the owner, trying to get a feel for which issues to fix and found myself asking about the color, as that is truthfully a contributing factor to the guidelines I'll use to give satisfactory results. In a nutshell, light colors showcase gaps and dark ones showcase panel faces. So while a hobbyist can optimally go for both... when focus must be applied sparingly to stay within a reasonable balance of budget and quality... and time... it kind of matters. But theres a lot of "grey" area haha. Just rattling your grey matters. I can picture it in a retro solid or a modern pearl, and like either. But they portray very different characters.

What you've done to the profile of the car is dramatic, remarkable, and tasteful. The metal work ain't too shabby either.
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Old 09-27-2022, 06:11 PM
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Thanks Matt.


Interesting gap observation. It's in the vault.
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Old 09-28-2022, 01:48 AM
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Pugsy, good progress. It looks good. I would try to color photos or a smaller car model. You'll see right away.
Dark roof, red sides, white fenders?
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Thanks Guys.


I have a feeling this will never reach paint. After assembling in epoxy, it may never get painted.
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Old 02-22-2023, 06:25 PM
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I made a couple of tail light boxes and screwed them to a tube jig to get them level and on the same plane. Learned from doing head lights three times.
















Oversized holes with plates screwed on to zero in on the exact cut out location.








Cutting bit by bit from the bottom up:




















Welded in the "wrong" way as I didn't weld on the flats. In this case I knew the inside corner weld would shrink and warp the plate. Easy on the shrinker to get the whole plate shrunken nicely.































That left a nicely shaped panel to weld in with enough flange to planish.



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My new plates arrived. Her new name seems fitting with the Harley tail lights on the back.











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