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Matt, I've seen some cowls people built from scratch and most of them looked too boxy IMO. The true cowls have some graceful curves that would be difficult to recreate without an engish wheel and planishing hammer I think. Of all the body parts, cowls are the most commonly found, they are every place and generally go for little money because most people consider them not very desirable without doors and the rest of the body.

Like I mentioned, we bought a very nice cowl at a swap meet for $ 300 and only bought it because it was so clean. We later realized we were never going to get around to doing anything with it, so we sold it on Ebay. If you keep your eyes open you will find them all over the place.

Don

Today Dan and I put in a long day and finally turned the corner getting his body put together. The cowl is the key to getting everything else lined up, so we have been concentrating on making sure it is as straight as possible. We temporarily bolted the firewall to the side panels and then installed the front door jams.

When we slid the doors into place they lined up perfectly, so it was time to do some welding. Dan finally broke out the tig and used it because we needed some small, neat welds in the door jams. It did a great job, much neater than the mig would have been. Finally, we temporarily put the back panel in place to see what it would look like. Still lots and lots of work to do, but it is coming along.

Oh, and the best part is that the new cowl top panel now fits since everything is in line. Now he won't have to use the original model a tank that we were using to jig things up.

Here are some pictures of what we got done tonight. Tomorrow we have the whole day and should get the doors swinging on their hinges we hope.

Don