Thread: One way to build a '32 sedan

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Ken, you're a bad influence. I see your stuff and now I want to blow my sedan apart and make some changes I've been planning. You are truly a 'craftsman'. Great build.

wingman9-Thank you, let's see some pic's of yours.
Ken

Wingman9... you're right! He makes the rest of us look like a bunch of hacks!

It's really amazing the world that the internet has opened up for all of us. We would never have had access to builds like this or the people who are so very good at their crafts and hobbies. I feel so lucky to be able to rub elbows with guys like Ken and all the others on here who freely take their time and share their hard earned secrets with everyone else.

It also raises the bar for the rest of us to see how the real experts build an engine, or craft an unbelievable creation from drawings on the garage floor.

Don

Originally Posted by Ken Thurm

wingman9-Thank you, let's see some pic's of yours.
Ken

Here you go...

wingman9- Nice car, do you go to any of the local shows?

I got to spend a little time on the sedan, I wanted to get some more of the strength back in the body after removing all the wood. I used 1"x 2" .065 rectangular tubing to tie the A pillar to the B pillar, then 1 1/2"x3/4x.065 that slips inside the 1"x2" from the B pillar down to the wheel well tub.
I don't have a rectangular tubing bender so I made 9 pie cut slits in the tubing then bent it 90 degrees to form it, then welded up the cuts. made some 3/16" bungs and welded them inside the tubing so I could mount the panel for the window regulators.
starting on filling the roof next week.
Ken

Hey Don, you and your sons are up there too in the craftmans stakes and with Ken, Jim Robinson, Techinspector, Bob Parameter and many more I am sure that I will remember their names once I have posted this,you all have been so helpful with ideas,advice and pictures.

That should strenthen the heck out of the C-dan, Ken!!! Neat work, as always.

Well thought out. It has to be nice to find some time to spend on your sedan. This is going to be a very nice car. Thanks for posting Ken.

Hi Ken i've only just come across this thread and must say its nice to see how others tackle jobs differently, Very nice work so far. I'm now off to read the other pages as i've only read 5 so far.

Dave Severson - Thanks, Dave. I'm going to add two more pieces in parallel going around the back from side to side. The gas tank will be mounted to those. Trying to give some collision strength back there, so I don't turn into a Pinto if some one rear ends me .


deuce4papa - Yes, I have missed working on it. Next is filling the roof and finishing the steering.


roadster32 - Thanks, there is a million ways to do this stuff. I enjoy seeing how other people approach problems on there builds.
Ken

Mike - Thanks, I cut mine on the inside it just doesn't look like it in the photo. Great suggestion on how to lay your cuts out.
Ken

Ken - I had about given up hope of more on this build. Phew

Oh yeah, bending square/rectangular tubing - I just used regular (conduit) tubing benders for 1/2 and 3/4 inch. It took a while so it wouldn't kink, but I really didn't want to weld up those cuts which was my other option. This is my in process (currently unused) top frame which was 'bent up' with that bender, tho only 1/2" on that:

Ken, I've been reading all your builds and they are fantastic! I really love the look you have - stance is perfect.

I bend square tube by cutting slits like that for the signs that I fabricate all the time. One thing to speed it up a bit and use less filler is to put the cuts on the inside. Another thing that makes it quick to determine the distance between the cuts is to lay out the curve on the table and lay a tape measure on it - whatever increment lays on the 'flat' of the curve is the spacing for the cuts.
keep up the great work!
Mike

Looks great Ken! Should make that old Shroeder work like a champ!