Welcome to Club Hot Rod!  The premier site for everything to do with Hot Rod, Customs, Low Riders, Rat Rods, and more. 

  •  » Members from all over the US and the world!
  •  » Help from all over the world for your questions
  •  » Build logs for you and all members
  •  » Blogs
  •  » Image Gallery
  •  » Many thousands of members and hundreds of thousands of posts! 

YES! I want to register an account for free right now!  p.s.: For registered members this ad will NOT show

 
Like Tree260Likes

Thread: 1947 Biederman Truck Fender Repairs
          
   
   

Reply To Thread
Page 6 of 10 FirstFirst 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LastLast
Results 76 to 90 of 150
  1. #76
    40FordDeluxe's Avatar
    40FordDeluxe is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Apr 2011
    Location
    Prairie City
    Car Year, Make, Model: 40 Ford Deluxe, 68 Corvette, 72&76 K30
    Posts
    7,264
    Blog Entries
    1

    That is so awesome. You do such fast great work. Do you know if this will be at Carlise in August?
    stovens and MP&C like this.
    Ryan
    1940 Ford Deluxe Tudor 354 Hemi 46RH Electric Blue w/multi-color flames, Ford 9" Residing in multiple pieces
    1968 Corvette Coupe 5.9 Cummins Drag Car 11.43@130mph No stall leaving the line with 1250 rpm's and poor 2.2 60'
    1972 Chevy K30 Longhorn P-pumped 24v Compound Turbos 47RH Just another money pit
    1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR Stage 3 cam, SuperT10
    Tire Sizes

  2. #77
    MP&C's Avatar
    MP&C is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Location
    Leonardtown
    Car Year, Make, Model: Walking
    Posts
    1,204

    Quote Originally Posted by falconvan View Post
    Just read your thread, that is some beautiful work! Love the big industrial stuff; that's what built this country. What size flathead is that and how does it do pulling that big beast around?

    AFAIK it is a Hercules flat head 6, not sure on size. It has plenty of pull until it gets to about 50-55 mph


    Quote Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe View Post
    That is so awesome. You do such fast great work. Do you know if this will be at Carlise in August?

    It will be at our local show this coming Sunday and will be at the ATHS National Show in Lexington KY at the end of May. Not sure on that date but I'm told it will be inside the building.
    Last edited by MP&C; 04-24-2018 at 09:13 PM.
    stovens likes this.
    Robert

  3. #78
    MP&C's Avatar
    MP&C is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Location
    Leonardtown
    Car Year, Make, Model: Walking
    Posts
    1,204

    More progress on Biederman hood, the butterfly hinge parts were removed from the old hood, and the piano hinge that attaches the hood sides was removed.







    Piano hinge is actually part of original hood, hemmed at the lower edge. Sanding through the hemmed edge releases the hinge..







    ....and any spot welds were removed by grinding through the hood side to save the hinge..







    This tool was designed and given to me by Clint Button (Carolina Sculpture Studio) at the recent metalshaping workshop I attended in Rock Hill. Worked well to mark the rear edge...



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnRl2RsreNA



    Clamping and plug welding the butterfly hinges to the hood.














    Hood trimmed and gapped.....



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNXVuMiyhPw



    ....and our next task will be to TIG weld the piano hinges to the trimmed lower edge of the hood, these hinges attach the hood side panels..



    Last edited by MP&C; 04-24-2018 at 09:08 PM.
    NTFDAY, 53 Chevy5, 34_40 and 2 others like this.
    Robert

  4. #79
    MP&C's Avatar
    MP&C is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Location
    Leonardtown
    Car Year, Make, Model: Walking
    Posts
    1,204

    Progress through today, TIG welding up the hinges onto the new hoods..











    Some SPI epoxy is mixed and brushed on, allowing it to seep between the welded parts and seal things up..











    As the dominoes continued falling, the hood sides did not fit either. It was our initial plan to cut off the hinge from the top, wire edge from the bottom, and add a new center section, all parts cut to fit properly and welded back together. When we stripped paint off the lower wire edged part, we saw a bit too much pitting, rust, etc. that we opted to change to a full new lower section under the hinge. Nothing to wire edging 16 gauge, right?







    So we whipped up a set of dies to add the joggle needed for the external wiring, using 3/16 solid rod for the wiring..







    Practice sample:











    With that complete, we tipped the lower edge to run through the joggle die..



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POa_yIyH3JU



    The wiring and inside of the joggle were both degreased, scuffed, and SPI epoxy added prior to folding the remainder..







    Vise grips modified so they wouldn't slip off the wiring..







    Wiring locked in place with some hammer action...







    Hood side is tacked to the hinge, mocked to the hood, and trimmed for gaps



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH2H3nR4AOc




    It's not done, but that's all for today, we're packing it up for the car show in Leonardtown tomorrow.



    .
    34_40, stovens and 40FordDeluxe like this.
    Robert

  5. #80
    MP&C's Avatar
    MP&C is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Location
    Leonardtown
    Car Year, Make, Model: Walking
    Posts
    1,204

    Tonight we did the wired edge on the Biederman truck's drivers hood side, so we did a couple videos of the process. We did a practice sample to make sure our adjustment on the folded flange length gave us a good wrap with a slight gap for paint..




    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b6TiuiUQQQ




    This shows the basic process of closing the wrap, wasn't as pretty as it should have been, but hey, this is practice.





    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNc9WJ3SmYA




    For the hood side, we used the tipping wheel in the Fasti swaging machine (bead roller) to add the flange. After running through the Lennox for adding the joggle, the panel was scrubbed with a warm dish soap and water mix using scotchbrite, then scuffed with 220 paper, then SPI epoxy added in the channel. After our 3/16 wire was laid in place, any remaining bare spots on the wire were also brushed with epoxy. The entire length was then closed as per the practice sample. We'll let that set a day or so and get the recycled hinge welded to the top.




    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiNrkZ7pslg




    NTFDAY and RichB like this.
    Robert

  6. #81
    MP&C's Avatar
    MP&C is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Location
    Leonardtown
    Car Year, Make, Model: Walking
    Posts
    1,204

    Finishing up on the Biederman hood fabrications today.. That's what I told myself anyhow...



    Getting the OEM hood hinge welded to the new hood side..







    Factory version had spot welded angles on the inside to bolt side emblems to, we'll see if we can improve by eliminating a rust trap...







    This should do..... Vise mounted jigsaw with optional pony clamp cruise control Don't try this at home..























    Beltline trim added.....Hey! it lines up with the cab!







    Hood sides added.. and Robert is done with the hood..











    Video Version:



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTXzEPYzPxE



    .
    Mike P, NTFDAY, Rrumbler and 3 others like this.
    Robert

  7. #82
    34_40's Avatar
    34_40 is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
    New Bedford
    Car Year, Make, Model: 34 Ford 3W Coupe Replica
    Posts
    14,606

    Amazing piece of work Robert.
    Thanks for sharing it all with us.

  8. #83
    rspears's Avatar
    rspears is offline CHR Member/Contributor Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
    Gardner, KS
    Car Year, Make, Model: '33 HiBoy Coupe, '32 HiBoy Roadster
    Posts
    10,987

    Quote Originally Posted by 34_40 View Post
    Amazing piece of work Robert.
    Thanks for sharing it all with us.
    X2. Really like learning your methods!
    Roger
    Enjoy the little things in life, and you may look back one day and realize that they were really the BIG things.

  9. #84
    johnboy is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    May 2005
    Location
    Tataraimaka NZ
    Car Year, Make, Model: `47 Ford sedan, A.C.Cobra replica.
    Posts
    2,630

    Quote Originally Posted by 34_40 View Post
    Amazing piece of work Robert.
    Thanks for sharing it all with us.
    X 3. What they said.
    You make complicated appear simple.
    johnboy
    Mountain man. (Retired.)
    Some mistakes are too much fun to be made only once.
    I don't know everything about anything, and I don't know anything about lots of things.

    '47 Ford sedan. 350 -- 350, Jaguar irs + ifs.
    '49 Morris Minor. Datsun 1500cc, 5sp manual, Marina front axle, Nissan rear axle.
    '51 Ford school bus. Chev 400 ci Vortec 5 sp manual + Gearvendors 2sp, 2000 Chev lwb dually chassis and axles.
    '64 A.C. Cobra replica. Ford 429, C6 auto, Torana ifs, Jaguar irs.

  10. #85
    firebird77clone's Avatar
    firebird77clone is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Sep 2005
    Location
    Hamilton
    Car Year, Make, Model: 69 nomad, 73 charger, 74 vega
    Posts
    3,900

    When ability, equipment, tools, rusty steel and adequate funding come together it's a lovely thing.
    .
    Education is expensive. Keep that in mind, and you'll never be terribly upset when a project goes awry.
    EG

  11. #86
    40FordDeluxe's Avatar
    40FordDeluxe is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Apr 2011
    Location
    Prairie City
    Car Year, Make, Model: 40 Ford Deluxe, 68 Corvette, 72&76 K30
    Posts
    7,264
    Blog Entries
    1

    That turned out better than new IMO! Very nice work. Now that you're done with that, do you want to build me a hood for a needle nose Pete?
    Ryan
    1940 Ford Deluxe Tudor 354 Hemi 46RH Electric Blue w/multi-color flames, Ford 9" Residing in multiple pieces
    1968 Corvette Coupe 5.9 Cummins Drag Car 11.43@130mph No stall leaving the line with 1250 rpm's and poor 2.2 60'
    1972 Chevy K30 Longhorn P-pumped 24v Compound Turbos 47RH Just another money pit
    1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR Stage 3 cam, SuperT10
    Tire Sizes

  12. #87
    MP&C's Avatar
    MP&C is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Location
    Leonardtown
    Car Year, Make, Model: Walking
    Posts
    1,204

    Thanks for all the kind words fellas, Ryan, not sure you'd want to drive the Pete all the way to MD.


    The 16 gauge was definitely a challenge, good to see my portion complete. If anyone local to Lexington KY would like to see it in person, this truck will be at the ATHS 2018 Convention in Lexington Ky, May 31 to June 2nd. I'm told it will be inside the building..
    40FordDeluxe likes this.
    Robert

  13. #88
    53 Chevy5's Avatar
    53 Chevy5 is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Location
    Doon, Ia
    Car Year, Make, Model: 53 Chevy 3100
    Posts
    2,708

    Perfect as always, thanks for taking the time to share your work.
    Rrumbler, stovens and MP&C like this.
    Seth

    God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. C.S.Lewis

  14. #89
    MP&C's Avatar
    MP&C is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Location
    Leonardtown
    Car Year, Make, Model: Walking
    Posts
    1,204

    John sent me a picture today, he picked up the front fenders from his painter and got them installed. He hopes to get the hood parts tomorrow.




    NTFDAY, 53 Chevy5, rspears and 3 others like this.
    Robert

  15. #90
    34_40's Avatar
    34_40 is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
    New Bedford
    Car Year, Make, Model: 34 Ford 3W Coupe Replica
    Posts
    14,606

    Amazing piece. Congrats on all the hard work.
    53 Chevy5 and MP&C like this.

Reply To Thread
Page 6 of 10 FirstFirst 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
Links monetized by VigLink