FABRICATION!! We want to see what you've built.
#76
04-21-2014, 09:02 PM
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Not specifically old Ford truck related but it is something I made for my other project, my 1937 Buick.
The grills on these cars are made of pot metal and are prone to break into two pieces and like any other pot metal piece they deteriorate over time. To find an unbroken set with good chrome is getting impossible after 70 years. Some time back someone made reproduction pieces out of aluminum but they also don't fare well in the front of a car bouncing down the road.
Here's my solution made out of stainless steel, these should last forever, at least longer than the owner and car. There are 41 horizontal slats, 15 different lengths with a curve and the grill has a slight outward belly with a twist. I give a lot of thanks to Chris Freeman for helping make a welding jib to make these, well he did most of the work, I just got in the way:
The grills on these cars are made of pot metal and are prone to break into two pieces and like any other pot metal piece they deteriorate over time. To find an unbroken set with good chrome is getting impossible after 70 years. Some time back someone made reproduction pieces out of aluminum but they also don't fare well in the front of a car bouncing down the road.
Here's my solution made out of stainless steel, these should last forever, at least longer than the owner and car. There are 41 horizontal slats, 15 different lengths with a curve and the grill has a slight outward belly with a twist. I give a lot of thanks to Chris Freeman for helping make a welding jib to make these, well he did most of the work, I just got in the way:
#77
04-24-2014, 02:48 AM
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That is good that it comes apart easy, 'cuz I would never use duct tape for anything like you did. Once the dash gets hot in the Napa summer sun it will be a big gooey mess. If you must wrap it with something why not electrical tape? Other than that it looks like a great job.
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04-24-2014, 07:27 AM
#80
04-24-2014, 11:16 AM
Not a real big fabrication as some of those that have posted, but I was satisfied with it.
I needed a bracket to mount my alternator in place of the generator. I couldn't find what I needed so I made one myself.
Lately I have been working on the inner fenders. I was just going to replace them but, decided to repair what I have and then replace at a later date.
This is what I started with...
Both driver and passenger sides were basically the same.
Here is the drivers side after cleaning all the road tar, and rust and fabricating a patch panel.
I needed a bracket to mount my alternator in place of the generator. I couldn't find what I needed so I made one myself.
Lately I have been working on the inner fenders. I was just going to replace them but, decided to repair what I have and then replace at a later date.
This is what I started with...
Both driver and passenger sides were basically the same.
Here is the drivers side after cleaning all the road tar, and rust and fabricating a patch panel.
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