1930 Ford Roadster From the Subrails Up! by Flop

8 minute(s) of a 35 minute read

thanks first born !!

thanks durant!!

had to put it all back together after the move .. soon its going from the frame to the body cart 

onto the drivers door!!

a mess

cracks in the hinge areas

annnd some rot!

the roadster is all subframed up!!

cracks stripped

tiged and smoothed

on the fence about using this panel under the decklid pinholes everywhere some rot i cut out . i think its gonna be easier (time wise) to re skin and use the orig inner structure. I already chased some pin holes around while trying to weld them up .

put a door on 

next onto the triangle pieces onto the rear quarters

and how much the repops are off compared to orig ones

once again removing the triangles

and how much this side is off

just realized there was a patch panel here as well . I dont know how i missed it .

there is something missing .

filled in some blanks . gonna grind the welds tomorrow

epoxy primer on the inside of the new skin 

tomorrow they get stuck together!

its like a new door!

and the new skin on !

now we are getting somewhere

also deskinned the panel under the decklid and got it in primer 

an older repop panel for below the decklid . not anyway like the ones they sell now 

i put Jeffs orig inners in it and i think this ones gonna fit like a glove!!

no weird twists or turns and an even gap on the bottom of the subrail im excited!1

well i put a door skin on the passenger side today as it would save about 6 hours of work total in the end betwen metal work and body work .

turns out jeff had a badly bent hinge as well if you notice the gap

notice the gap after a little work with a big pair of channel locks 

this roadster is solid!!!

2 pinholes and 3 stres cracks !!

a little mess from the old channel job 

patch seems a little big!

nothing exciting here 

got it filled in but forgot the after picture

before

a little after action 

i love the way this car fits together 

a little arts and crafts here today . i wanted to make a patch panel for the passenger side quarter 

heres what i can up with after a little work 

fitted up !!

now i gotta fire up the tig 

took the bracket off for that rivets to the subframe

now its getting there!!