Thread: '37 Oze build

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I spent about 9 days doing more body work. I matched and aligned the running boards to the fenders, did some more work to the hood sides and started doing some work on the belt line on the doors. The belt line is particularly difficult. I expect to several days getting both sides straight, with a uniform radius.

I spent about 6 hours reinstalling the hood sides, front fenders, running boards, hood, headlights and grille. I took the car out for a spin in the downtown traffic yesterday afternoon. I get more thumbs up in the hot rod than my new Corvette.





This area required a lot of work to extend the peak of the fender all the way down to the running board, and match the bolting flange to the running board. The peak of the fender only clears the door by about 1/8" when it's opened. The rolled edges of the fenders and running boards all need some work to match them up. Also notice that there's about 2 inches of the hood side that rests against the running board. Some cars are built to have a large gap that matches the door to running board gap, but I matched the running board to the body everywhere, except the bottom of the doors.



I installed the grille, but won't be using it, due to it's poor quality. No use doing any body work to fit the body to that grille.