My 26T Coupe build thread

[roadster32]

While i had the doors on the bench i though i might as well look for garnish moulding as my body had none with it.

Did a bit of digging around and it turned out that there was a restorer guy doing a 27T coupe only 3 miles from my house, result

He kindly came over with his garnish's but as my body is grp it was a no go, it meant a lot of tweaking and as my car is hopefully gonna look like a 60's car i decided to make some custom mouldings, I'm sure my new friends 27T will be handy for reference though





First job was to key up the area that i had straightened at the top of the door and skim with some filler, It didn't need much and the Rage filler i use is so easy to rub down, its excellent stuff.




Then i cut some 6mm x 25mm stainless flat bar to the lengths needed, The bottom bar now sits at a slight angle compared to the stock flat, I think it looks better. Had to notch each end so it sat flush with the window opening so it will look tidy when i add a rubber finisher (I hate it when you can see the inside of the door through the window slot, looks untidy)

All the edges were radiused to look rolled.










The 4 parts were then attached to the door with countersunk screws ready for tack welding, had to be careful with the tacks as the GRP can catch light pretty easily

All the parts were rough polished before so to make the final polish easier.

the stainless i had wasn't the best so a fair bit of sanding was needed









Small tacks were done to keep it all together then it was clamped down to my welding bench for finish welding.

While on the bench clamped flat i decided to add rounded corners at the top of the moulding, I think it looks better.







Heres the finished job after the welds were polished out, they still need a bit more polishing work but i'm pretty pleased how they came out





















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