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| John Kelly |
 Oct 30 2003, 05:00 PM
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Zach's car with a little more work done. More shape above the axle centerline and blended into the rest. I think it looks better than before when it had a slightly droopy appearance. Still needs a little more work.
The video is almost ready for editting. For those of you waiting, thanks for your patience! John www.ghiaspecialties.com Attached image(s) 
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| John Kelly |
Oct 30 2003, 06:30 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 692 Joined: 1-May 03 From: Moclips WA. Member No.: 640 |
Hi Andrew,
Heat shrinks, or creates less area by thickening the metal a bit, which is the exact opposite of what you want to do...stretch, or thin the metal creating more area. The only time I can think of that heat is used to move metal is when the material is too tough to be bent cold or when reducing area (shrinking). Sheet metal is easy to form (bend or roll) or shape (shrink or stretch). Get a leather thriftstore purse with a handle on it, fill it with sand (non silica) hang it off the side of the car, and start pounding on the inside with a ballpeen hammer with the purse as a back up to the blows. Very simple. The slightly more difficult part is the smoothing. The right hammer and the right dolly are required to get good results. You'll have to wait for the video for more... one more thing, you just keep pounding and smoothing over and over to get this much shape. More would be possible, but I think it would start to look funny. John www.ghiaspecialties.com |
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John Kelly A lttle bit fatter flare Oct 30 2003, 05:00 PM
redshift :)
I won't be able to do the whole car in an ... Oct 30 2003, 05:04 PM Andyrew Now that looks nice!!! I need to start... Oct 30 2003, 05:53 PM Andyrew BTW how do you get that much flare out of the fend... Oct 30 2003, 05:55 PM itsa914 Man that looks nice. Can't wait to see some pi... Oct 30 2003, 09:19 PM Mike9142.0 Will flareing the fender like this leave the metal... Oct 30 2003, 09:31 PM redshift I am choking on my drink.
M Oct 30 2003, 10:31 PM
John Kelly The metal is only slightly thinner. The stretchin... Oct 31 2003, 02:33 PM |
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