Thread: 57 Chevy Cruizer

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Originally Posted by pro70z28

Dave, here is a pic. of the hood I was talking about. I don't think he used the ''Audi technique'' on this though.

looks like pre 66 gm A body trunk lid??

That could be. All he said was a 60's era deck lid.

Originally Posted by pro70z28

That could be. All he said was a 60's era deck lid.

re skin with alum ???????

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

re skin with alum ???????

nope, the whole deck lid is scratch built inside & out. He used .050 3003 H14 for the inner structure. Mad skills.

Originally Posted by pro70z28

nope, the whole deck lid is scratch built inside & out. He used .050 3003 H14 for the inner structure. Mad skills.

you can make one or two time forms bucks out of marglass and form alum over it by making a mold off a old part . i was going to do a gto hood beat the inner and then beat the hood blister and roll the outer skin .3003 is good for beating on or hand bending /forming.rolling. for mill or lathe work not so hot 6061T6 is ok and still can tig 7075t6 is better to machine . but you knew that . i still may do it but i can never get the time and the money timing right . i was going with the Tin Indian theme with the GTO as i have the 632 donovan and the 735 was going to start with the front inners and work out to the hood and front bumper

Very nice deck lid!!! Went to all the trouble to build the inner structure and everything!!! Wouldn't even want to think about the amount of hours it took!

He estimated about 200 hours, mostly on the inner structure I would imagine.

were did this post start at ? there is many ways to build the innner i would like to see the path he took ? i made very small dies to form metal.did he use wood to form over then cut and past the inner ?

Originally Posted by pro70z28

He estimated about 200 hours, mostly on the inner structure I would imagine.

i had over a 150 hours in a glass hood one time

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

were did this post start at ? there is many ways to build the innner i would like to see the path he took ? i made very small dies to form metal.did he use wood to form over then cut and past the inner ?

It's on
metalmeet.com. He only posted the finished product. I would have liked to see the build process too. But, there are a bunch of guys on there that document some pretty amazing work step by step. Anything from patch panels to complete bodies.

Originally Posted by pro70z28

It's on
metalmeet.com. He only posted the finished product. I would have liked to see the build process too. But, there are a bunch of guys on there that document some pretty amazing work step by step. Anything from patch panels to complete bodies.

THANKS .i made many patch panels can you say RUST BELT BABBY wish i took photos and some very very bent up steel that i metal finish.one comes to mind a guy used his 36 ford to re work the front of his cinder block shopi really wanted to move up to the next level to see if i had the right stuff and build bodies parts . but my arms fell off . back 15 years ago i could work on metal all day and did... i loved it

???? hmmmm

Nothing really exciting today...Plugging some of the extra holes in the framerails, got a bit of grinding left to do, then I'll clean up and put up some new pics. Shot a bit of primer on some of the new metal for the floor and called it a day!

I think i was you in the beginning when I came in that said , any work is headway no matter the amount . Small plugs here and there get you to the end .

Guess I did tell you that once Bobby! The frame is on it's way to the sandblaster today, should be able to get some more time in on the body now. Also have a customer's car to get back to work on and maybe finally get my pickup finished!