Moving forward with progress! Progress is progressing at a progressive rate.
After coming off the high of the hood coming out so well,I moved onto the trunk... and that's when the problems started.
I slipped on the press and whacked my noodle (which normally is a good thing, but this time, it wasn't like it sounds). That resulted in my New Jersey temper flaring up and me treating inanimate objects like living things which means I yell and curse at them thinking they learned their lesson, which they never do. But despite all that, I'm happy to say the trunk is formed as are many bruises and lacerations.
After forming the frame I placed it in the opening and then positioned the hinges. I'm using 1968 Mustang Fastback hinges since they are compact and have a coiled spring, so no torsion bars.
And then of course after all the fabrication the trunk lid is too heavy so I'll just add a pair of smaller helper struts or possibly another spring somewhere. Not sure just yet. Then after all the hammering and such, the skin got welded to the frame and viola.... trunk lid!
So now all the exterior sheet metal is done. What's that mean for the body buck? Mwwaaahhaaahaaa!!
Cheers
Dave
10-24-2022, 06:49 PM
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