Thread: 49 More-door build

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Originally Posted by falconvan

Not sure on tail lights yet; I'll browse Ebay and see what I can come up with.

How's about a rolled pan and some slotted tailights?????

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

How's about a rolled pan and some slotted tailights?????

That'd be cool, Dave but I dont think I have anything to make a curved piece like that. Dont you need something like an english wheel to pull that off?

Originally Posted by falconvan

That'd be cool, Dave but I dont think I have anything to make a curved piece like that. Dont you need something like an english wheel to pull that off?

Nope, a piece of 20ga. can be easily shaped to a rolled pan configuration by just bending it around a round post, welding bottle, or something with the radius that would be correct, then shaping it a bit by gently pushing with the palm of your hand a little bit at a time along the length of the piece---a nice straight line where you want the middle of the radius makes a good guide.....

Originally Posted by falconvan

That'd be cool, Dave but I dont think I have anything to make a curved piece like that. Dont you need something like an english wheel to pull that off?

i used a telephone pole one time to roll the front pan on a 64 corvair with a power screw driver and use of a 2by 4 would make this go fast just do it in the cloak of night lay the steel up on the pole screw the 2x4 to the pole as a hand helper and bend the sheet cut to size after bending abit longer sheet helps in bending. less you have a slip roller