- Sample chops 2018 drivers#
- Sample chops 2018 driver#
- Sample chops 2018 full#
- Sample chops 2018 trial#
This left a little of the lap joint step still on the back window section. While I was trail fitting the sail panels, I marked where the lap joint needed to be cut. I decided to make this a butt weld instead. This was originally a lap joint with just a few spot welds holding it together. This is the seam where the sail panel meets the rear window center section. I used my mig welder to do the tacking, but I will be tig welding the rest to end up with a small bead that will be easier to metal work any shrinkage out of. This will make the final welding much easier. I was real happy with the nice tight fit. I used 2" long strips of sheet metal with 1/8" holes for the cleco fasteners to grip onto to hold the pieces in place flush with the main body for fitting and tacking.Īll tacked up.
Sample chops 2018 trial#
I trial fit these pieces over and over again, filing and grinding a little at a time until I got a nice tight fit all around. I used a scribe to trace the main body sheet metal outline onto the inside of the sail panel pieces. I used lot's of clamps to get a nice tight fit. I trimmed the panel down so that it would overlap the surrounding metal by about 3/8". Time for the sail panel piece to go back in. Tomorrow I'll post pics showing how I reinstalled the sail panel pieces. I used these to make sure the roof contour did not change from the "stock" look.
Sample chops 2018 driver#
Here it is tacked in place.īefore any work was done on the car, I made roof profile templates for the driver and passenger sides and also the roof front and back. I stamped out another strip and made a radius die for the brake to make the rounded nose bend. Were original 32 coupes made this way and Brookville just copied it, who knows. Not exactly, I made the roof cut on the passenger side and found that the profile at the drip rail was very different.ĭon't know what happened here. The passenger side should be easy right, just make the cut and tack a piece like this to fill the gap. This piece matched the roof cross section perfectly, it only needed to be tacked in place. A trip to the sheet metal break and I wound up with this. I found a piece of wood in the shop that is as hard and dense as a rock to use for the die.I traced the roof outline at the cut onto it and cut the profile in my bandsaw. I decided to try this method to make the filler strips. You can see examples of that at my Picturetrail site through the link below. I've used homemade dies to stamp parts in a shop press for the 55 Chevy that's in my avatar. Now I needed a filler strip to fill the gap. I installed the chopped interior wood to hold the body shape and to add support to the roof line. This kept the roof section from getting to floppy while I did the driver side. I started with the driver side and left the passenger side uncut. The roof needs to be cut and moved back to line up the door opening at the hinge area. The A pillars were not fully welded until the roof stretch, sail panels and door chop were finished.
Sample chops 2018 full#
I cut a groove in the outer layer at the weld seem as was able to get full penetration weld through both layers. On the Ride in Steel website pictorial, they removed more material on the A pillar to gain access to this for welding. In these photos at the windshield opening side you can see a vertical seem between the front and rear pieces. I used a stud welder and slide hammer to pull the pieces out so the cut lines match. I made relief cuts on the flanges at the top and ground out spot welds to free up the piece and pull it forward to match the lower part.
Sample chops 2018 drivers#
You can see on the drivers side that the upper piece doesn't match the lower at the cut line. The front of the pillars needed more work. You have to be sure the edge that meets the door stays straight and inline with the door edge. I was expecting to have to make cuts here to get all those corners lined up. The outer A pillar and door opening sides didn't need any major work, they lined up at the cut line. Here is the work done to the A pillars to get everything lined up.