Thread: One way to build a '32 sedan

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Flipper1938-I didn't have a rendering done on this car, I should.


Steve- The first time you take her for a ride you will be her hero!!

BradC-I'm always afraid to sell these things, thinking something will go wrong with it and I will be married to it forever. You should see my warehouse


I was looking back at my posts on this build and realized that I don't do a very good job at explaining how things are done. If you haven't done a copped top before and are thinking about doing it, maybe it would help if I showed whats involved. There are many ways to go about this, but this is how I do it, I hope this helps someone.
The first thing is to level the body on a flat surface. I use my chassis fixture, but you can use a table or make one out of some tubing, just make it solid. Any movement is your enemy, it can't move.
Then I build this rectangular frame that will be big enough to go on the outside of the car. This has to be as perfect as you can make it, flat and square. Then add one tube perfectly down the center, add any cross members to make it rigid. All the dementions will be taken off of this framework. Now clamp your body to this frame work centering the body on the center tube. Now make a infrastructure frame work inside of the body to level it and make it absolutely rigid. This doesn't have to be pretty just rigid in all directions. Write down all your dementions before you start cutting. For instance the dimension from the top of the windows to the outside of your frame work then the bottom of your windows, door openings anything you are going to change. Well that's it start whacking.
Ken