Coupe progress

[moose]

Progress continues...



I really liked the look of the firewall extended to the bottom of the cowl but found I failed to account for the brake pedel swing. There was also concern of trapped heat when I add the full hood so I notched the bottoms similar to the original.



I made sure the bottom was level








Measured up the distance I wanted the notch and scribed a level line.







Cut the notches







Used a couple hammerforms to bend an angle with a smooth radius to the edge







The angle matched what I wanted for the toeboards.















Then on to developingthe trans tunnel







Not owning a set of slip rollers I improvised by making a radius bender from the scrap pile







It is a piece of 6" heavy wall pipe I welded a 2"square tube to the bottom to mount in a vice or my stand. I then added a spacer and clamped a length of flat tube to the top. The spacer is just thicker than the stock Iwant to bend.







The next step is to gently bend your piece over the pipe moving it in and out to get the radius needed.











With care you can get nice smooth radiused panels






I need to fine tune scribe cut and weld in place....

[Flipper]

Nice work.

[moose]

Thanks

Tim

[UGLY OLDS]

Tim...SUPER nice work... );b(   I'm going to start keeping these threads... What are you using for "hammerforms" to radius the edges ..... :?:


Thanx.....


Bob....

[moose]

Bob,

I use 3/4" MDF (medium density fiberboard). Cut the shape needed for the form and a slightly smaller for the top clamping piece.

[UGLY OLDS]

I use 3/4" MDF (medium density fiberboard). Cut the shape needed for the form and a slightly smaller for the top clamping piece.

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Got it ....Thanks ....


Bob.......

[DLHCC]

looks good , hope I can do as well when I get going on mine

[moose]

thanks

[jaybee]

Looks great, and I can use this as I build floors for my car this winter.  Thanks for sharing.

[HotRodLadyCrusr]

Looks good bud!  Enjoying the progress.

[phat46]

Good looking stuff.

[nzsimon]

very nice work

[2rods]

Nice!