Thread: 55 Wagon Progress

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Guys, I'll agree that cutting up anything like that, especially a 32, should be a last resort. You would think a publication like Rod and Custom would have adequate contacts to find someone to duplicate that from fresh sheet metal. Not sure who they had doing the work (not a subscriber, no sneak peak for me...) but it sounds like they picked the wrong place to showcase for a magazine article, and likely had someone better qualified three blocks away..


Jack, just to clarify, here's how I did the profile layout..





Start with a profile "blank" and span the profile you need to copy.





Using a compass, open up the span to insure it is wide enough to make the mark on the blank on both ends ...





Don't rotate the compass as you move it, this will make the radius larger than the original. Keep it "locked" pointed in the same direction as you glide across the roof surface, leaving the profile to cut....





Cut with a band saw, jig saw, tin snips, whatever is easiest for you and most accurate. Test fit and adjust as needed.