06-03-2023, 03:00 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-03-2023, 03:04 AM by Steve Bryant.)
March 4th 2023
Not a lot of progress to report. I went into the shop Saturday (yesterday) with the goal to assembling front wings, cowls and running boards to allow the development of the patterns to make the wheelhouse bits for the rear wings. Well it was a case of one step forward and two steps back. I got the cowls lined up with the inclined toe boards and positioned so as to drill the holes for the attachment bolts. This enabled me to attach the front wings to the cowl and all the other associated parts so that things could be positioned correctly and would allow the positioning of the running boards to permit me to make the patterns for the wheel house sheet metal....or so I thought. The bodged right angle back end was cut off to allow the running board to be positioned under the sill on the drivers side but nothing fit or lined up. I bolted the running board to the front wing but it was contorted and twisted out of shape. It wasn't until I clamped both running boards together that the problem became obvious. The running board had been trimmed at the front as well as the inner edge so that it is unusable in its present state. Words of unpleasant nature were uttered with the realization that I have a lot of metal work to do to fix the problem.
Meanwhile I turned my attention to a few other wee things when I got home so it wasn't a total loss.
Cheers,
Stephen
Not a lot of progress to report. I went into the shop Saturday (yesterday) with the goal to assembling front wings, cowls and running boards to allow the development of the patterns to make the wheelhouse bits for the rear wings. Well it was a case of one step forward and two steps back. I got the cowls lined up with the inclined toe boards and positioned so as to drill the holes for the attachment bolts. This enabled me to attach the front wings to the cowl and all the other associated parts so that things could be positioned correctly and would allow the positioning of the running boards to permit me to make the patterns for the wheel house sheet metal....or so I thought. The bodged right angle back end was cut off to allow the running board to be positioned under the sill on the drivers side but nothing fit or lined up. I bolted the running board to the front wing but it was contorted and twisted out of shape. It wasn't until I clamped both running boards together that the problem became obvious. The running board had been trimmed at the front as well as the inner edge so that it is unusable in its present state. Words of unpleasant nature were uttered with the realization that I have a lot of metal work to do to fix the problem.
Meanwhile I turned my attention to a few other wee things when I got home so it wasn't a total loss.
Cheers,
Stephen