Dave, I’m fired up about you doing the body in metal. I can’t wait to see your progress. If I had any metal skills, I’d head your way with my English wheel and hammer. This is going to be great.

Thanks, Tim! Although intimidated, I’m excited to learn the art of metal shaping. When it comes right down to it, metal is just way easier to work with and the fact of the matter is, fiberglass is a lot more messy that you realize!!! I have only done a few parts so far and it seems my clothes, hands, floor, the neighbors....all covered with more fiberglass than the part I was working on!:frown: So, decision made; METAL!!!!:scholar:

I think they’ll be a lot of ways around areas that might give me a really hard time by either using donor metal from various cars, or creating the parts by using strips of metal to form the curve. Either way, I’m really looking forward to starting to fabricate this thing!!!

Now, time to find a sheet metal supply house...:confused2:

Cheers:beers:
Dave

+++ on going metal.

Just install some wheels, pedals and a chain. Pedal it as is!!

Dave:

What about acquiring an English wheel? That's what all the "metal men" use to create body panels and such.

Yes, I’ll be buying an English wheel, metal brake, a pair of electric sheers, and a couple other things (mallets, bags) to start the shaping!:biggthumpup:

More next week!

Cheers
Dave

This is probably the most amazing build thread ever on this site. I wish I had 1/3rd your talent.

Will you be using silicon or aluminum killed steel or just normal steel for the body?

Wow, thanks Charley! That’s quite a compliment......Thank you!

Freddie, just regular steel. Right now the car is covered in fairing compound (boat stuff) which is a lot lighter, and cheaper, than body filler for the final sculpting. I can load the low areas up!

Cheers
Dave

Round one of blocking is complete, and another coating of fairing compound is hardening as we speak. This needs to set a day before I can sand it down, which will be no problem since I'm headed up for my annual recurrent training for three days.

Meanwhile, I got some steel to start fabricating up the windshield frame. Next week I'll be buying steel to start forming panels and hope to have the body buck at the final stages. Also, going to look at a couple R107s for my donor chassis. :biggthumpup:

Cheers
Dave