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This is going to be a longer term project. All I have done so far is strip the remaining paint. Over the holiday all I plan to do is mock up the front end again and see about welding it back together. There are a couple of parts to make including the scuttle panel and bonnet, both of which were missing. Luckily the windscreen and frame were included, the curved lower edge of which I can use to form the correct profile of the scuttle extending down over the bonnet to the nose.
There are a couple of parts to make including the scuttle panel and bonnet, both of which were missing. Luckily the windscreen and frame were included, the curved lower edge of which I can use to form the correct profile of the scuttle extending down over the bonnet to the nose.
That sounds like quite a task ... creating compound curved panels in aluminium is a true skill ... Hat off to you if you can do that , its something I wished I had learnt to do when I had the chance years ago ....
The curves are very subtle and mostly in one direction. The hard part will be forming the bonnet bulge. I will make a wooden former and make it separately from the bonnet
That sounds like quite a task ... creating compound curved panels in aluminium is a true skill ... Hat off to you if you can do that , its something I wished I had learnt to do when I had the chance years ago ....
