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« Reply #90 on: July 22, 2011, 13:27:38 pm »

This thread is awesome.  Cool
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« Reply #91 on: July 22, 2011, 21:59:09 pm »

Thank you nico, Glad you enjoy them ! Well a little more progress. A reminder of what it suppose to look like and whats left of the right side bottom.
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« Reply #92 on: July 22, 2011, 22:01:16 pm »

Now for one of the last peices I need to make.
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« Reply #93 on: July 22, 2011, 22:03:26 pm »

Well , All but one little peice to go, And then its time to glue this thing back together !
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« Reply #94 on: July 26, 2011, 23:17:25 pm »

Here is a four tab hood I got to repair.
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« Reply #95 on: July 26, 2011, 23:20:13 pm »

Couple more shots of repairs needed.
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« Reply #96 on: July 26, 2011, 23:36:04 pm »

Tacking and welding patch into place
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« Reply #97 on: July 26, 2011, 23:39:20 pm »

These are for you JHU, Started by grinding just the weld with cut-off wheel and then came back over with a new 3.0 inch 36 grit disk and knocked down the rest of weld.
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« Reply #98 on: July 26, 2011, 23:42:49 pm »

After grinding I hammer and dollied shape back into area and started filling and metalfinishing
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« Reply #99 on: July 26, 2011, 23:46:01 pm »

After welding and metalfinishing I layed out and drilled holes for handle. And here is a male/female die I made for the embossed area on lower part of handle.
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« Reply #100 on: July 26, 2011, 23:47:22 pm »

And the finished hood handle area.
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« Reply #101 on: July 26, 2011, 23:58:11 pm »

Thanks Danny, you make it look easy Wink
Great work as usual!!!  But how are you going to fix the "waves" you mention on the hood... Would be cool to see that too... If you have the time?  Smiley
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« Reply #102 on: July 27, 2011, 01:11:47 am »

Great thread Danny! thanks for the step by step pics and explanations.
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« Reply #103 on: July 27, 2011, 01:19:34 am »

My pleasure, Glade you like ! and JHU Thats going to be hard, Its kinda a bump and feel thing if you know what I mean ? First thing is make sure ALL ! body lines are where there suppose to be, Then run a file over area and figure out what happen or what caused any of the low spots. After 30 something years _ucking around with these things, I still have to be in the right mood to fix the embossed areas on a vw hood. Not a thing to do if ya had to much coffee and in a hurry!!!!
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« Reply #104 on: July 27, 2011, 22:42:53 pm »

My pleasure, Glade you like ! and JHU Thats going to be hard, Its kinda a bump and feel thing if you know what I mean ? First thing is make sure ALL ! body lines are where there suppose to be, Then run a file over area and figure out what happen or what caused any of the low spots. After 30 something years _ucking around with these things, I still have to be in the right mood to fix the embossed areas on a vw hood. Not a thing to do if ya had to much coffee and in a hurry!!!!

I love this thread - I am learning ALOT about this "_uckin' around with metal stuff" at my new job  Wink

http://www.norwegianhammerworks.no/
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« Reply #105 on: July 28, 2011, 11:18:23 am »

Really inspiring thread! Makes me wanna start on my friends '56 barnfind Ghia!
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« Reply #106 on: January 06, 2012, 20:21:24 pm »

Just want to say a big thanks to texas tom for helping me with the math to raise compression on 40 hp motor. I didnt have a fly cutter so I widdled one out. Now I can raise compression. I am at almost 5000 ft here in northern nevada. also checking to make sure both side are at same height, I dont do this stuff that often and I get parinold machineing stuff like this
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« Reply #107 on: January 06, 2012, 20:43:32 pm »

Now after finding center, I started machineing chambers to get compression ratio I needed. Tom was so on the money, He gave me three sets of numbers from a picture and measurement of chambers to cut to. I started with .052 to get CC's I needed and was on the money!! Then went to finish set of numbers and machined and again on the money for amount of CC's. Ole Texas Tom really shines when It comes to machineing and engine building!!! Again thanks my friend!!
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« Reply #108 on: January 06, 2012, 20:50:54 pm »

Now that I've got motor finished I can start on the manifolds for the dual pci-1 carbs going on, With any luck I will get both carbs useing stock choke cable. First I cut stock flanges off stock manifold. Then I made plate so I could spin in lathe and bore center to 1.0 inch
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« Reply #109 on: January 06, 2012, 20:55:34 pm »

Now a 1.0 dia tube fits, Now I have to swedge end of tube, to 1.125 carb side of manifold
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« Reply #110 on: January 06, 2012, 21:06:32 pm »

A slightly rusty early ghia convertable. OK Low light! Hard for me to say that. Anyway after cutting and after walnut shell blasting and chemical cleaning rusted area's
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« Reply #111 on: January 06, 2012, 21:10:15 pm »

Nice heater channels  HUH ?
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« Reply #112 on: January 06, 2012, 21:17:52 pm »

NOS panel on left repro peice on right. They where stamped wrong. Wireing loom runs along passinger side rocker. So on right side rocker theres a notched stamped for wireing loom to clear. Left side should not have notch like stamped repo part. So I hammered out notch to look like stock nos peice
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« Reply #113 on: January 06, 2012, 21:21:41 pm »

Now starting to reconstruct and weld in rust patch peices I made.
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« Reply #114 on: January 06, 2012, 21:26:25 pm »

34 chevy street rod I am doing some restyleing on. These are before and after shots and what it took to get there.
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« Reply #115 on: January 06, 2012, 21:31:27 pm »

If you look at last picture, You can see where stock frame rail sticks out past fender edge. And more nasty patch work from fixing cracks. Both fenders were like that.
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« Reply #116 on: January 06, 2012, 21:37:09 pm »

Its hard to see because of fenders are blasted, But right side fender is beat up, But very saveable. Second shot is after some hammering.
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« Reply #117 on: January 06, 2012, 21:41:53 pm »

After bobing off and refinishing bumper end. Started to fill area on fender were bumper came underneath
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« Reply #118 on: January 06, 2012, 21:50:45 pm »

Now that patch is welded on and edge returned. I can start to focus on filling cut off area's on left side. Time to make a flexable pattern, a cool little trick I learned back some time ago. First I coat right fender or the fender to make patch from with a very low tack spray adhesive. Its about the same as peeling a sticker off the paper.
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« Reply #119 on: January 06, 2012, 21:56:31 pm »

The reason for the contact cement, I lay a layer of 3/4 inch masking tape down , sticky side up and then go back over with another layer sticky side down. So now that there two layers sticky to sticky I can peel off and turn it inside out and have pattern for other side
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