Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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Brian: If yours are 29 inches, the fordor doors are not as wide. I measured them for you, and they are exactly 27 and 1/2 inches wide. Hope this helps.


I've been working on the body the last few days, and it is slow going. The thing I have been doing is fairing in the rear cutout section and the front of the trans tunnel. It is a matter of using body filler, sanding that smooth, then adding more to get it even smoother. Then I can turn the body back to the position it rides at, and start the actual body work.

The stuff I am doing now is not particularly exciting or photo worthy, so I have nothing to post picturewise, but I am happy to report my Son is really cooking on his '29. I left at 2 am last night, and he stayed till about 5. He seems to get more done when the temperature drops, and I can really understand that. Welcome to Summer in SW Florida.

He is just about finished with the back section of his cab, because last night he bent up the lower rear panel, rolled some beads into it, and welded it in place. I helped him bend up the rear driveshaft hoop, and he got that welded in too. Now he just has to bend up a forward hoop, and he can start forming the tin for the tunnel and floorboards.

For the first time last night I heard him actually say the car is getting close to being done. Up until now when I would say it was coming along well, he would say " I still have tons of work to do." But he is finally seeing the light at the end.

Here are a couple of pictures of what he got done last night. Sad part is, when the car is together, you see none of this tin work. But at least he knows its there.


Don