Saturday Nov 13 build day pictures Plus Sunday Nov 14

enjenjo · November 13, 2010, 07:19:10 PM

Today we had GPster, MikeJ, Moose, Fatcat, and me, Plus my brother and a couple other guys kibitzing. We did some rust repair in several spots on the cowl, and one quarter window frame. We refined some of the areas we had worked before, but had not finished. We made a new lower winshield frame, and welded it into the cowl. We repaired the top flange on the left quarter panel. Tomorrow we are going to try to get the cowl final mounted so we can start on the roof

Leon · November 13, 2010, 08:35:28 PM

Looks good! I'll have to see about stopping by on our way through there next June to see it.

moose · November 13, 2010, 08:52:15 PM

As Frank stated most of the work today was detail stuff. Cleaning up welds making and installing patches and planning the continuation of the chop.....

Crosley.In.AZ · November 13, 2010, 10:53:57 PM

Looks like you guys were busy..

thanks for pics

i guess a little more work on sunday if the weather holds?

39deluxe · November 14, 2010, 08:41:59 AM

It's 8:30 am and 39*F. Supposed to get up to 50 today with a mix of sun and clouds. We may need you to send us some AZ heat before this is over.

Tom

Crosley.In.AZ · November 14, 2010, 09:27:02 AM

Quote from: "39deluxe"It's 8:30 am and 39*F. Supposed to get up to 50 today with a mix of sun and clouds. We may need you to send us some AZ heat before this is over.

Tom

well, it is 7;27am here and it is 38*F here.

Should hit 70*F

bucketmouth · November 14, 2010, 07:15:12 PM

Well if nothing else it's good to see some faces to the names we know

enjenjo · November 14, 2010, 08:40:20 PM

Sunday we had MikeJ, GPster, 39 Deluxe, Danimal and his sons Court and Eli, Fatcat and Shelby, and me.

We picked up where we left off yesterday, finished the grinding on the cowl, set in place, and welded it in. Then we finished the quarter windows, and welded them in. We also got the new roof edge welded into place on both sides. We are ready to install the roof.

We also installed Bear Claw latches on both doors, we still have to install the latch pins, and fabricate handles and linkage.

jaybee · November 14, 2010, 09:10:08 PM

Fun stuff, I wish I lived close enough to participate. Looks like a fun time and I know I'd learn a bunch.

unklian · November 14, 2010, 09:30:18 PM

Is the roof going to get welded on now,
or after the cage is done ?

enjenjo · November 14, 2010, 10:21:45 PM

Quote from: "unklian"Is the roof going to get welded on now,
or after the cage is done ?

I am thinking now. The body is wider at the bottom than it is at the top, so it should be no problem lifting it on and off for cage fitting. Unless you are thinking of something I have not thought of.

unklian · November 14, 2010, 11:22:47 PM

Nope, just considering possibilities.
I've seen it done both ways.

Mikej · November 15, 2010, 11:37:07 AM

Thanks Frank for a great weekend and to your family for making us feel right at home. We ended up driving all the way home Sunday. Thanks for teaching me how to used the the shrinker/ stretcher, Frank. I thought I had it mastered on the first piece. Most of the metal work was new to me so Frank let me sand welds

It was good to meet some more people from the Forum. I think we made good progress on the car but there's plenty left for the next build day. Join in if you can. I did learn that Frank has alot of tools and I need more and I should visit harbor freight because that where they keep them.

rumrumm · November 15, 2010, 12:28:54 PM

Quote from: "jaybee"Fun stuff, I wish I lived close enough to participate. Looks like a fun time and I know I'd learn a bunch.

Me, too!

GPster · November 15, 2010, 04:57:51 PM

Quote from: "Mikej"Thanks for teaching me how to used the the shrinker/ stretcher, Frank. I thought I had it mastered on the first piece.

You need a heavier foot by about 100#. Metal working involves more than bending sheet metal for heating ducts. There is an art to it and the thing I'm best at is watching. GPster