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    Beautiful job Roger. I am getting some good ideas from this for the 34. I love the arm rests.

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    Here's a few of everything together, before I start tearing it apart to fix all of the mistakes I owe a lot to all of you for your thoughts and ideas, and especially for those who take time to post the neat features you do on your builds. That process keeps the ideas forming, and really adds a lot of fun to the process of building one of these beasts. Still need to cover my garnish moldings, but that may wait until the end of the summer

    Now as Don is so fond of saying, time to DTPOOI!!
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    And a few of the trunk...
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    And one of my favorite features. Recall the earlier post on cutting apart sealed beams to get the lense, and grafting that onto a halogen lamp assembly, and that I added an LED for the parking lamp feature? My headlights look like normal sealed beams, using the lense from my old Jeep headlights, but here's one glowing with the parking lamp:
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    And here it is with the turn signal lit:
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    test,test,test.....If this was an actual post it would make some type of sense
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    Quote Originally Posted by mrmustang View Post
    test,test,test.....If this was an actual post it would make some type of sense
    It makes sense only because I could not seem to find the darned thread, no matter how I searched!! Thanks, Bill.
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    Nice work. That's pretty trick with the headlight/park/directional all in one.
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    Getting Ready For Paint

     



    So I finally jumped into the body prep process, getting ready to shoot some color on the '33. I debated a bit about starting a new thread, or even whether to post anything about the process at all. In the end I decided to post a few shots of what's occupying my time, and to add them to the build thread for continuity.

    It's really hard to make that first cut into a nice gel coat, because once that first cut is made the die is cast, no pulling back. I had been looking at the rear license bracket, and the way the bottom rode up on the reveal line at the bottom of the body where the originals flared into the gas tank cover. I decided an inset was needed to let the plate fit flush. Here's the "before":



    The first step was to go inside the trunk and lay in four or five layers of cloth & resin to fill in the hollow at the bottom, to prevent cutting through and having a hole to patch. Then it was a matter of taking an angle grinder with a thin abrasive disc and making a cut across the bottom, a pair of verticals, and then cut down flat across the license area to pull out the chunk. A bit of Fibral Lite filler (body filler w/ fiberglass added) and a few licks with a 120 grit block and it's nearly primer ready.





    And with the bracket in place:





    The next problem was the cowl. The "widow's peak" at the top center is formed from a stock body, which I believe is higher at the center because of the shape of the center hinged hood. Regardless, the one piece hood top I'm running is more flat, and that "widow's peak" is about 3/8" high - too much to grind down without creating a hole, which would be very hard to patch on a finished car (laying glass on an inside flat surface is not a fun task, especially when you're above carpet, wiring and the HVAC box). Here's a couple of shots of what I'm describing:





    The solution is to make a "V" cut on the flat in front of the "widow's peak", which allows the offending tip to push down.



    With the hood on, and support brackets adjusted to get it centered and aligned as close as possible a spare battery provides the weight needed to drop the peak:



    Turned & centered, checked for even "droop", the inside was filled with Fibral Lite, pushing into the slot cut and creating a solid wedge inside to make it impossible for the peak to shift later.



    After drying over night, another application of Fibral Lite, a contoured sanding block to match the contour line, and it's near ready for primer.



    The resulting alignment is not perfect, but sooooo much better and easily addressed with a dab of filler during final block & fill.



    Next is extending the back edge of the hood ~1/2" to fill the gap, and re-contouring the hood front into the grille shell due to the laying the grille back for clearance & appearance. Later....

    PS - If you'd just as soon not see this kind of stuff just say the word.
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    Nice work, Roger!!!
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    Keep it up Roger and nice progress.
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    Coming along really nice Roger!! Huge improvement on the license plate!
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    I have to echo Dave S on that recessed license plate, looks much better - and reminds me that I should have done mine with a recess but it was a case of OH @#$%, now it's painted and too late and I now need a license plate to drive it.
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    Yes, indeed that's the ticket for the plate much more finished, looks at home and not as an after thought.

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    '33-'34 cowls, grills and hoods seem to be a problem for a lot of people. A good friend of mine built a '33 coupe several years ago, and he had a lot of fitment issues with the hood, cowl and grill. It took him a lot of time to get it right.


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    Keep going,Roger..Love the licence plate recess..It looks kool..Nice work..
    I think just about everyone I know who has built a 33/4 has had to play with the hood/cowl area,too..
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    And don't think we aren't interested as I am learning too from your pictures and how you approach different small issues as I have made a major cock up on my T where I cut first without measuring and having brain engaged , so ,yes, I need to learn from you.
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