18-07-2019, 05:58 PM
Hi All
I've now finished the initial welding of the sub frame. Having built this "on the car" some of my welds are not very pretty so I'm now going to clean them up and then drill 3/16" mounting holes around the frame. Finally wire brush, prime and paint with my favourite "Technogrip" paint (Lechler paints).
I've also cut a dashboard, seat back and rear floor panel mainly to help with getting the lines right for panelling. None of these will provide support for the body.
I'm homing in on a 3.6mm ply (available cheaply at my local builders merchant) skin attached to the sub frame then a very sparse 12mm ply skin (kurfed around the bendy bits and glued onto the 3.6mm ply. By sparse I mean to have just a skeleton of 12mm ply providing sufficient form to carry the hessian, wadding and fabric. I'll kind of attack the 12mm ply with a free form jig saw. Should be fun!
That will have to wait until after Guildtown now
.
Cheers
Howard
I've now finished the initial welding of the sub frame. Having built this "on the car" some of my welds are not very pretty so I'm now going to clean them up and then drill 3/16" mounting holes around the frame. Finally wire brush, prime and paint with my favourite "Technogrip" paint (Lechler paints).
I've also cut a dashboard, seat back and rear floor panel mainly to help with getting the lines right for panelling. None of these will provide support for the body.
I'm homing in on a 3.6mm ply (available cheaply at my local builders merchant) skin attached to the sub frame then a very sparse 12mm ply skin (kurfed around the bendy bits and glued onto the 3.6mm ply. By sparse I mean to have just a skeleton of 12mm ply providing sufficient form to carry the hessian, wadding and fabric. I'll kind of attack the 12mm ply with a free form jig saw. Should be fun!
That will have to wait until after Guildtown now
.Cheers
Howard