1930 Ford Sheetmetal Work

[31 Ken]

Thanks Flop for posting. You ran through most of the parts I need to massage on my car. Nice work
Ken

 

[Flop]

thanks ken!

heres the fender above finished up

 

[Flop]

this set of rear fenders are for thebanjoman on here

it ended up being in the wrong spot .i think this was a pick up fender with ther holes drilled for a coupe

a litttle thin

 

[Flop]

some work i am doing on a 30 roadster

heres the start! dug inot the driver side cowl today

found a mix of cement and some red oxide filler of sorts

cut out the mess and found a solid area to work with

welded up the inner piece and seam sealed it up

i made the body line on the harbor freight bead roller with the step die and some work to give it crown . way easier to make your own in my opinion then mess with patch panels

finished up

this crack is really throwing the alignment of the door off on the bottom. its on the top rail you could say on the quarter panel

crack open

craack closed.makes the door fit waaaay tighter to the body

ground a bunch more useless red oxide out of the door now its loking like a nice solid start!

 

[Tom Wesenberg]

Nice work! I'll bet I can find 3 houses for sale in the neighborhood if you, Marco, and Brent want to move in. Then I wouldn't have to learn body work.

 

[jeep44]

Thanks for the very informative thread. I'm going to have to do this myself on my "new" '30, and it's great to see how it's done before I tackle it.

 

[CHuDWah]

Nice work! I'll bet I can find 3 houses for sale in the neighborhood if you, Marco, and Brent want to move in. Then I wouldn't have to learn body work.

Heck, I got a finished basement - carpet, TV, pool table, beds - all ready for 'em to move into - country life, pond full of fish in the backyard, and my wife's a great cook!

Seriously, Flop, for one of your "tender" years, you obviously have great talent - I'm 2-1/2 times your age and wouldn't have a clue where to start doing the stuff you do.

BTW, just curious - any idea what those roadster cowl lights are from? Definitely not Model A.

 

[Flop]

i appreciate all the offer to move guys !!

thats why i put it up here jeep so maybe someone can learn from it.

chud i looked at the lights for a long time today . on the lens it saw c.w. hall lamp company detroit michigan


figured out why the door was hangin out at the bottom

all welded up

some filler. but i would much rather have some well used filler then rust

half finished ...the rest of the filler.

gonna have to pull the door to get around the hinges and pull the lock assembly to get around the handle hole

the next mess

 

[jeep44]

a question: what do you use to cut out those bad sections?

 

[Flop]

norton cutting wheel on a 4 inch grinder.only wheel i have never had explode.

 

[jeep44]

Thanks-that's what I use, but I was wondering how you got those nice,straight lines. I guess I have to be more careful.

 

[Greg Jones]

Hey Flop, keep up the great work and especially keep up the pictures and posting. Your pictures bring back great memories of my own endless hours of sheetmetal working-you're an inspiration, kind of makes me itch to get the ol sheetmetal work underway on something. If only I had the time......

 

[Stinch]

Thanks-that's what I use, but I was wondering how you got those nice,straight lines. I guess I have to be more careful.

I start by putting masking tape where I want to cut, then cut close to the edge of the tape. I get pretty good results that way.

Rich

 

[Flop]

glad you are enjoying the posts greg!

new subframe patch put it seam sealed ready for action haha

from the top

new patch tacked in

 

[Flop]

firewall business

a few extras

maybe the cleanest heater hole i have ever seen

goooone

 

[1931 flamingo]

AMAZING!!
Paul in CT

 

[Flop]

thanks paul!


onto the passenger side

this side is way more solid in the subrail dept

some cement and red oxide type filler

sandblasted primed and seamsealed the few pin holes i welded up

begining of the patch

after the step

tacked in

finished up

 

[Flop]

heres another project that came in . late 31 pick up cab with some severe bondo abuse and in a million piece

up to about a half an inch in some spots .

just a little bondo dust on the street .



mostly stripped now gonna start on it in the spring have it ready for next june all back in one piece.

 

[31ster]

Hey flop. Thats a good looking cab there hahahahhah. Can't wait to see it when you get done!

 

[Flop]

hah thanks ian !


here are some 32 ford motor pans i did for jim on here


just a bunch of cracks and brass nothing to exciting