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04-12-2009 12:14 AM #1
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Saturday morning, I played with a roll of masking tape.....trying to convince myself that the shape was right.
There are two things in life where penetration is really important.....and one of them is welding.
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04-12-2009 12:33 AM #2
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The door cut out didn't seem quite right. Played with that some more. Drivers side seat has been cut back 6 more inches or so.
This is what we ended up with. Dad thinks it looks like a WW1 airplane
Looks better. Had to see how it felt.
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04-12-2009 12:53 AM #3
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So now that it starts to look like a car....what are you supposed to do? Tear it all apart and work on the frame.
Did I mention that I was thinking about building this car as a unibody?
All of the 1x1 will be boxed in with sheetmetal.
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There are two things in life where penetration is really important.....and one of them is welding.
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04-12-2009 08:05 PM #4
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People keep asking about my tubing bender for the square tube. Here it is. A big gear used as a radius and a stop welded to the side of the table.
There are two things in life where penetration is really important.....and one of them is welding.
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04-12-2009 08:17 PM #5
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Adding diagonals is a pain. They have to be curved so that match the horizontal pieces. Chassis should be plenty stout though.
Door swoop goes down to the frame / truss thingy.
Rear suspension is the next thing to figure out.There are two things in life where penetration is really important.....and one of them is welding.
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04-12-2009 09:37 PM #6
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"Door swoop goes down to the frame / truss thingy."
On a dragster/funny car, that would be called the top rail. The one at the bottom would be called....ummmmm....the bottom rail.
I agree with dad, it does remind me of a WWI aircraft. But then, what's wrong with that. I like the whole idea and commend you for marching to the beat of a different drummer.
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