Thread: 49 More-door build

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

How's about a rolled pan and some slotted tailights?????

That'd be cool, Dave but I dont think I have anything to make a curved piece like that. Dont you need something like an english wheel to pull that off?

Originally Posted by falconvan

That'd be cool, Dave but I dont think I have anything to make a curved piece like that. Dont you need something like an english wheel to pull that off?

Nope, a piece of 20ga. can be easily shaped to a rolled pan configuration by just bending it around a round post, welding bottle, or something with the radius that would be correct, then shaping it a bit by gently pushing with the palm of your hand a little bit at a time along the length of the piece---a nice straight line where you want the middle of the radius makes a good guide.....

It's a thought, Dave. I'm half tossing around the idea of cutting this thing in half and making an RPU out of it when my 48 is done so it may end up with something quick and easy for now. But you never know; I got a bad habit of changing car plans!

Not to steal someone else's idea but I'm thinking this is where this may be going eventually. This guy built this from a 46 Ford 4dr sedan.

Found tail lights; going with 59 Pontiac Catalina

Changing tail lights is a cool way to spruce up the looks of a car you going to mount them vertical??

Im not sure yet, Charlie. I bought them off of Evilbay so I'll have to see once I have them in hand. Got most of the dash back together, a little more wiring done, got the old tires cut off of four wheels and getting ready to clean up and paint, and engine gaskets came in today. Here's my grand kids as anxious for a ride as I am. My granddaughter is just like her mama; always has to be in the drivers seat!

Coming along nice on the build Falcon! Not sure you'll get to do much driving, looks like that position has already been claimed!!! I wouldn't mess with the dude wearing the shades, he looks like trouble for sure!!!!

Originally Posted by falconvan

That'd be cool, Dave but I dont think I have anything to make a curved piece like that. Dont you need something like an english wheel to pull that off?

i used a telephone pole one time to roll the front pan on a 64 corvair with a power screw driver and use of a 2by 4 would make this go fast just do it in the cloak of night lay the steel up on the pole screw the 2x4 to the pole as a hand helper and bend the sheet cut to size after bending abit longer sheet helps in bending. less you have a slip roller

That thing got a Hemi????

I remember a time I bent some sheet metal around a light pole

Originally Posted by cffisher

I remember a time I bent some sheet metal around a light pole

knew some nice gals that i pulled there upper control arm back on there TR 7. there been many times were a pole or tree has worked like a charm .try not to bend body metal around polls of cars i am driving but a time or to got very close

I had a few death defying crashes when I was younger but never hit a pole. Always seemed to figure out a way to put a car on it's side or it's roof!

It needs a hemi, Dave! Maybe someday; I got a feeling this one is going to be around a long time and go through a lot of changes. Except they'll be more gradual and I'll try to keep it on the road as much as possible at the same time. I did just pick up a set of rust free front doors although Im not putting them on now.

I've always thought of doing that build it while I'm driving it, always did them that way when we were kids. Now I seem to get so carried away on the build that after the first day on a project, there's nothing there to drive!!!!!

Same here! I always have to reduce a car to it's molecular constituents before I'm ready to start putting it back together. Im going to try and avoid that this time so I can actually enjoy driving it, too.