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Post by krassandbernie on Feb 26, 2018 1:04:26 GMT -5
I especially love how the trans tunnel 'pokes up' through the front seat in the middle! I can picture the tonneau cover behind the back seat with a 'hole' cut out so that the gas tank can poke up through in the same manner! The hardest part about this latest post for me to swallow is that it's been a year since you quit working on it!? I thought it was just this past summer or even early fall for that matter.
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Post by cturner on Feb 26, 2018 9:16:05 GMT -5
I think this could one one of my favorite builds of yours! well..besides all your other ones! LOL Very cool work my friend!
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Post by dakotajohn on Feb 26, 2018 9:24:07 GMT -5
Glad to see you back on this one!! Going to be another cool one !!
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Post by spex84 on Feb 26, 2018 17:45:50 GMT -5
I'm SO glad to see this project back on the bench! I was reviewing photos of it just the other day, thinking "hmm, I hope Dennis hasn't forgotten about that one". The headlights work well, and the floor/tunnel/firewall engineering process photos are instructive. I think either a tonneau or extended interior panels would be good..the tonneau might be easier to fabricate; fewer funny curves and angles there.
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Post by Dennis on Feb 27, 2018 1:30:24 GMT -5
I especially love how the trans tunnel 'pokes up' through the front seat in the middle! I can picture the tonneau cover behind the back seat with a 'hole' cut out so that the gas tank can poke up through in the same manner! The hardest part about this latest post for me to swallow is that it's been a year since you quit working on it!? I thought it was just this past summer or even early fall for that matter. It didn't occur to me to make a cutout in the tonneau for the tank to poke through. Gonna give that some serious thought! I didn't think it had been that long, either, but sure enough!
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Post by Dennis on Feb 27, 2018 1:32:03 GMT -5
I think this could one one of my favorite builds of yours! well..besides all your other ones! LOL Very cool work my friend! Haha! Thanks, Craig. Glad you dig it!
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Post by Dennis on Feb 27, 2018 1:39:38 GMT -5
I'm SO glad to see this project back on the bench! I was reviewing photos of it just the other day, thinking "hmm, I hope Dennis hasn't forgotten about that one". The headlights work well, and the floor/tunnel/firewall engineering process photos are instructive. I think either a tonneau or extended interior panels would be good..the tonneau might be easier to fabricate; fewer funny curves and angles there. Sadly, I did forget about it for a while. I'm glad I re-discovered it and I'm REALLY GLAD the basic floor and firewall are figured out so I can just fill in the details now. The shape of the rear of the tub is what has me questioning doing panels or not? Maybe some inner body structure? Either way it's getting the tonneau. That's been the plan since the beginning.
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Post by Dennis on Mar 4, 2018 21:35:09 GMT -5
UPDATE!Got the interior just about worked out. Here are my finished interior side panels (top) compared to an un modified pair of channeled option panels from Revell's '29 Roadster. If you look close it can be seen where I added a wedge of material to the top and sections of material to the rear edges. Hosted on FotkiHere's the finished seat which also started as the channeled option from the '29 Roadster. It's been thinned on the sides to make it fit in the T body then I filled in the sides and back. It's also had been trimmed a bunch to fit over the driveline tunnel. Hosted on FotkiHosted on FotkiI made a dashboard from .040" sheet and gave the bottom edge a '32 Ford profile and used .040" half-round to make a trim bead. An oval hole was cut-in for a Revell '32 Ford series gauge panel and (it might be hard to see) I beveled the edges of the oval so the gauge panel didn't look so "tunneled". The steering wheel is from Revell's '29 Pickup on an .080" rod. Hosted on FotkiIn the rear area I trimmed the edge around the floor with .040" rod then added brackets for the gas tank. Hosted on FotkiI also added some material to the bottom of the firewall to close up the gap at the floor. Hosted on FotkiHere's the interior all mocked up. I added a shifter to the floor and the gas tank is from the Ed Roth Tweedy Pie. I added some straps to the tank and a filler neck. I also added a half-round cap to the top edge of the body. Hosted on FotkiHosted on FotkiHosted on FotkiHosted on FotkiComments Welcome!
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Post by lo51merc on Mar 4, 2018 22:59:14 GMT -5
Dennis, you have a real sense for the bigs and the littles. And the skills to make them awesome too, plastic and steel. Gary
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Post by jbwelda on Mar 4, 2018 23:00:35 GMT -5
Hey this is beyond bitchin' in every way but I just wanted to say I am considering using those same wheels on a Corvair I am building right now and I went back and read your background on them, that they came in the Avanti kit and were actually offered by Studebaker. Very interesting and refreshing to the memory! I love your attention to detail and am trying hard to think like that, a true inspiration.
jb
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Post by skip on Mar 4, 2018 23:05:26 GMT -5
This one is really inspiring! I frequently go back and study your work done on this one, the last round is nothing less than amazing!!
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Post by spex84 on Mar 4, 2018 23:49:20 GMT -5
This project is really getting buttoned up! Love the 1/2 round on the sills and round rod trimming out the rear floor panel, that's not something I'd have thought of, but it looks very finished. How did you clamp and glue that piece, or did you use CA and kicker? ...and all without accidentally gluing it to the body, too. Lol. I hadn't thought the Tweedy Pie gas tank needed much, but the straps and cap are welcome details. The dash looks like a kit piece! Too cool
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Post by Dennis on Mar 5, 2018 0:33:29 GMT -5
Hey this is beyond bitchin' in every way but I just wanted to say I am considering using those same wheels on a Corvair I am building right now and I went back and read your background on them, that they came in the Avanti kit and were actually offered by Studebaker. Very interesting and refreshing to the memory! I love your attention to detail and am trying hard to think like that, a true inspiration. jb Thanks a bunch, JB! Actually, the wheels are from any of Revell's '31 Sedan or Sedan Delivery kits.
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Post by Dennis on Mar 5, 2018 0:43:04 GMT -5
This project is really getting buttoned up! Love the 1/2 round on the sills and round rod trimming out the rear floor panel, that's not something I'd have thought of, but it looks very finished. How did you clamp and glue that piece, or did you use CA and kicker? ...and all without accidentally gluing it to the body, too. Lol. I hadn't thought the Tweedy Pie gas tank needed much, but the straps and cap are welcome details. The dash looks like a kit piece! Too cool Thanks, Chris! The round rod was glued in place with Zap-A-Gap which is about the fastest setting CA and what I use for 99% of my work. Don't really need a kicker, just hold firm for a few seconds and it's good. I laid-in the rod (bends through the corners easy) and glued a little at a time until I had made it all the way around. But yeah, I'm really happy with the results. As you said, it lends a nice finished look. Kind of like piping on the edge of a carpet. (Which is actually what it's intended to represent.) For as much as I was dreading building the floor and interior, I'm quite pleased with how it's turning out.
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Post by Johnny on Mar 5, 2018 5:40:36 GMT -5
Amazing work as always Dennis, just love it!
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