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03-26-2020, 12:08 PM
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Thank guys! Right now instead of running to the auto parts places for coils, wires, etc...I’m running to Home Depot for 80 grit, Sawzall blades, and wood! More to come over the weekend.
Cheers Dave 
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03-26-2020, 04:26 PM
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Love watching this develop Dave. So, please refresh my memory, are you going fiberglass, aluminum or steel for the body panels? Will you be forming them yourself, or do you have a guy for that?
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1968 Camaro Ex-ISCA Show Car - Sold  On The Lookout For My Next Classic... John 10:30
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03-27-2020, 12:23 PM
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Thanks, Mark! I’m going through all of this to make the body out of 20ga or 22ga steel. I didn’t want to use aluminum since I’m not familiar with it, and the expense. And yes, I’ll be doing all the forming myself. I know! I can’t wait to watch this train slowly derail too!
    I’m working my way around the car sanding and blending curves. The plan over the weekend is to start forming the nose as one solid piece. That’s called a hammer buck since I’ll actually be hammering the metal on that piece to form the nose. I’ll have to fall back on all my artistic experience sculpting the curves, etc. Fortunately before becoming a pilot, I wanted to be a car designer, so all my high school classes were art and design related. I dun just knew’d that edjumacashun would come in handy!  Cheers Dave
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03-27-2020, 12:54 PM
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Very cool Dave, keep up the great work!!
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Dave Dykstra 1968 Camaro Palomino Ivory/Ivy Gold interior -Delivered to Courtesy Chevrolet, Los Angeles, CA 2013 Corvette Grand Sport 60th Anniversary Edition Arctic White/Diamond Blue interior -Delivered to Bill Jacobs Chevrolet, Joliet, IL NCRS#66003 Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that’s what gets you. – Jeremy Clarkson. Dykstra Motorsports
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03-27-2020, 12:57 PM
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Dave, there are some good Kirkham videos on YouTube that show great metal forming skills. The Kirkhams are the ones that built my bronze bodied Cobra. What these guys do with a flat piece of metal is amazing.
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03-27-2020, 03:05 PM
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Way cool Dave! Are folks down in Texas smaller than us Yankees?
I don’t know how I’d fit my keester in them tiny cavities you got. Oh well, you took art in HS, so who am I to second guess?!
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Sam...  
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03-27-2020, 03:36 PM
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1968 Camaro Ex-ISCA Show Car - Sold On The Lookout For My Next Classic... John 10:30
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03-28-2020, 02:27 PM
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I watched some of the Kirkhams videos on YouYube yesterday and as a A&P mech and sheet metal hack I found it very interesting. Like the repair to the left rear fender/Q panel that was caved in..... WOW ! These guys are GOOD. Question Tim What was the metal and or process in making your bronze body ? Thanks Mike
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03-27-2020, 05:54 PM
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Here you go.
Last edited by TimG; 03-27-2020 at 05:59 PM.
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03-27-2020, 06:02 PM
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