Thursday, October 16, 2014

finished up my part on the 1934 Vicky.

I finished up my part on the build of the 1934 Vicky. The owner has plans to paint and finish the car. Is been a blast building the car, I really enjoy doing conversions. And now it's such a great looking car. It's really going to turn some heads.






Monday, October 13, 2014

Finished the repairs on the passenger rear fender for the Vicky.

I fitted the patch panel, also made a patch to replace up the side. Got the patches all welded up, and I fitted the inside braces.








Thursday, October 9, 2014

fixing the bottom of the passenger rear fender on the Vicky.

I'm repairing the bottom of the passenger rear fender. First step was to build the inner brace piece behind the fender. Then I made the order skin. Now its just some final tweaks then I'll start trimming it for welding.






Wednesday, October 8, 2014

finished repairing the drivers front fender on the Vicky.

I finished bracing up the drivers side fender brace. Then did some finish work on the drivers fender.

Now I've got to repair the front of the passenger rear fender. In using another fender for my patterns so I know what to make.







Monday, October 6, 2014

Bracing up the fender brace on the Vicky.

Because the chassis has independent suspension on the front. The original fender brace no longer fits on the side. So I had to design some plate to brace it so it now has strength.

Then I took the passenger fender and did some metal finishing. It had a few extra holes and a few dents.







Thursday, October 2, 2014

bracing up the fender brace on the Vicky.

Because the frame has independent suspension on the front. The cross-member is right where the original fender brace would go. So I had to trim the fender brace and I'll be making some supports to make the fender brace strong again.




Monday, September 29, 2014

working on the fenders on the Vicky

I'm starting on the repairs on the fenders for the Vicky. First thing I'm doing is bolting everything together. Then I can check how everything is fitting and see what issues need to be fixed.

I noticed some bondo in the drivers fender hiding some dents. So I removed the bondo and smoothed the dents out.





Friday, September 26, 2014

got the body back on the frame for the Vicky.

I finished up all the repairs on the floor of the Vicky. So I got it back mounted on the chassis in preparation for repairing the fenders.





Wednesday, September 24, 2014

repaired the rear section of floor on the Vicky.

I had a section of the rest floor that was rusted through. So I found another year floor and used it for my patch panel. Got the bad section removed and welded in the new patch.









Friday, September 19, 2014

Finished repairing the bottom sections of the Vicky.

I finished up repairing the section around the wheel well. This side is all finished. Now there are a couple of areas on the floor that need work.





Friday, September 12, 2014

Finished the patches on the quarter panel on the Vicky.

I finished installing the quarter panel patch and the rocker panel today. I just have a few more things to patch on the floor and the bottom of the car will be done.







Wednesday, September 10, 2014

repaired the bottom of the cowl on the Vicky.

I finished repairing the bottom of the cowl. And started repairing the bottoms of the sub rails. Once they are repaired then I can start repairing the bottom of the quarter panel.






Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Finished building the passenger rocker panel on the Vicky.

I finished making the rocker panel for the passenger side. Now I'll be rebuilding the sub rails.




Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Repaired the bottom of the inner door on the Vicky.

I finished making the patch panel to repair the lower part of the inner door. Got it welded and finished, now I'm grafting the rest of the panel back in.




Sunday, August 31, 2014

Finished welding the passenger door skin on the Vicky.

I got the passenger door skin all welded and finished out on the Vicky. Came out great, now I'll rebuild the bottom of the inner skin and get that back in place.




Monday, August 25, 2014

Working on repairing the passenger door on the Vicky.

I've been repairing the bottom of the passenger door. I made a new bottom skin and have it tacked in place. Once it's welded in and finished I'll finish repairing the inner door skin.





Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Fixing the issues on the drivers rear fender for the Vicky.

I started fixing the dents on the drivers rear fender. First I had to grind out all the bondo that was in the rear tail of the fender. Then with that out that exposed all the damage to be worked out. I like to use machinist die to highlight the low and high spots for me. That way they are easy to see. Then I can start leveling out the panel and working out the dents.






Luckily the passenger fender is perfect in the tail section, so I'm able to use it for a reference of what the correct shape should be on the drivers fender. I started working out eh major dents already. Then I'll have to see how much is truly salvageable and what I'll need to create from scratch.




Thursday, July 17, 2014

Finished installing the new rocker panel on the Vicky.

I finished fitting and welded in the new rocker panel. Everything lines up great, and now the bottom parts of the drivers side are done.




Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Finish welded in the quarter panel patch on the Vicky.

I was able to finish weld the quarter panel patch on the vicky today. Now I can do the final fit on the rocker panel.





Thursday, July 3, 2014

Building the rocker panel and quarter panel patch on the Vicky.

I made from scratch the rocker panel, Its been back and forth on the car to get all the curves right. And I've been using it as a reference to rebuild all the sub rails. Next is to get the quarter panel patch fitting, and rebuild the sub rails under it.




Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Repairing the bottom of the drivers side body.

I've been repairing the bottom parts of the body on the drivers side. The pieces are all made from scratch to replicate the exact shape of what is on the body. I had to replace both the sub rail bottoms and the outside skin bottoms. I've finished the cowl repair, and getting close to finishing up the rocker panel repair.