Thread: 41 Willys Gasser project

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Nice stuff, Steve!!! Working on a Hot Rod is a priority over watching any dang wedding on the tube!

Think this is about the best thread I found where attaching a glass body to metal work . Really good lay out , and may be some great stuff when even rejuvenating some old metal .

Thanks mate, thats very kind of you to say.

Originally Posted by bluestang67

Think this is about the best thread I found where attaching a glass body to metal work . Really good lay out , and may be some great stuff when even rejuvenating some old metal .

Thats looking real good,Steve..You arent going to glass the steel frame to the body,are you??Different rates of expansion and contraction,as you probably know..That Willys is coming along in leaps and bounds,mate..Nothin like a gasser in the neighbourhood to wake up the locals...
I hadnt seen you on here for some hours,so I naturally thought you were out with the half million others,lining the streets to watch the wedding.. I had a good excuse too..Didnt want to sit around an 11pm to see it all..

No mate i know about the expansion/contraction thing plus of course glass don't stick that well to steel, Everything is bolted and clamped, I never hang hinges/locks etc etc on the glass, i prefer to sandwich the glass so its not stressed, never had a star crack ever in any of my glass cars doing it this way. i'm probably teaching my granny to suck eggs here as your obviously a laminator

Originally Posted by lamin8r

Thats looking real good,Steve..You arent going to glass the steel frame to the body,are you??Different rates of expansion and contraction,as you probably know..That Willys is coming along in leaps and bounds,mate..Nothin like a gasser in the neighbourhood to wake up the locals...
I hadnt seen you on here for some hours,so I naturally thought you were out with the half million others,lining the streets to watch the wedding.. I had a good excuse too..Didnt want to sit around an 11pm to see it all..

Originally Posted by roadster32

No mate i know about the expansion/contraction thing plus of course glass don't stick that well to steel, Everything is bolted and clamped, I never hang hinges/locks etc etc on the glass, i prefer to sandwich the glass so its not stressed, never had a star crack ever in any of my glass cars doing it this way. i'm probably teaching my granny to suck eggs here as your obviously a laminator

Haha,Steve,nice one...good turn of phrase there..Thought you would know about that,,I feel like I am teaching granny to suck eggs... I am trying to get back to the redevelopment of the 32/5w bodies,and the new floor[fibreglass,8mm thick,reinforced]so I am very interested in your work in the framing side..Admittedly,we have some stringent regs here with steel framing in glass bodies..so its interesting to watch what you are doing on this particular build..I have had a good hard look at Wescotts framing,Deuce Customs[Australia],so I know where we are going..Just gotta get in there..Hopefully in a week or three..

Lamin8r a lot of them seem to use round tube curved to match the contour, i've done it that way myself but it don't give you anywhere to attach panels as its round and i can't see it being as rigid as square tube in triangles as if its curved it can still be flexed on the bend where as the square tube allows trim clip holes to be drilled into it. Not sure of the science of it all but my cars don't have any rattles like some glass cars.
Obviously if your doing bodies to sell you may have to go the round tube route as it is less time consuming.

We sure agree on that Dave !!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Nice stuff, Steve!!! Working on a Hot Rod is a priority over watching any dang wedding on the tube!