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Moving along with the rear hatch and fascia.

Sail panels prepped for final welding.


Rear hatch flipped on edge for easier hammer and dollie access while additional areas are tacked.


Time to clean up the weld. Another hour or so of grinding, planishing and filing and the seams will become invisible.


Transition piece made to join the upper and lower rear fascia together and tacked in place.


Top joint welded and finished.


Starting to tack the lower piece together.


Letting the bottom joint welds cool before starting to clean them up with the grinder.


All the joints finished with the grinder, filed and planished. Next stop will be to create the mount of the license plate light.


Thanks for taking the time to check out these updates. smile



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Amazzzzing job!

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Totally amazing!!!! very handy skills and knowledge and lotsa patience!


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Ziggy wrote:

Totally amazing!!!! very handy skills and knowledge and lotsa patience!

 

I wish, I had a fraction of the skills and patience. smile  smile

Always amazed at your updates.

 



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Thanks everyone. smile

Patience is a funny thing.  Typically I'm the type to push something to completion.  Get 'er done, out of the way and onto the next.... until it comes to metal shaping and fabrication.  One can't push the metal shaping process...it gets done when the metal says it's done.  Seriously!  For instance, as I'm rolling a panel in the E-Wheel or panishing a panel I'm carefully listening to the tone it's producing.  When it reaches that particular tone, it's done.  Some have told me to just roll the part faster.  Well, that faster more times than not results in black thumbnails(after getting jammed between the anvils in the E-Wheel) .

Thanks again for checking out the build.  There's a lot more to come. 



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Great work Nick! You just keep showing that "there is no Off position to the Genius Switch"!!

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Great updates, thanks for the pics.

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Certainly is looking great Nick, wish I could say the same about the artful Dodger...ha,ha.. Too many other things always going on for car time in the shop so

it seems. I am about to put an end to that though, the 56 Is rolling in sometime this weekend I hope so we can start bashing on it ...
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Very humbled by your comments guys and gals... no genius here though... just a lotta learning by doing.

Hey Chris, I can't wait to see her evolve. You've got a great eye.

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Nice Nick,Very nice!!!



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Thanks John!



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I have to echo Chris58,shop tour!!Nick...simply incredible..I'm sure everyone on here,has made an attempt to move a piece of sheet metal in their day,and can appreciate the skills,and vision you have!Hats off,great project,I'm a fan and a follower...we are not worthy!I do believe the ELTA gang will come for a visit!I'll pm you! wink



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Thanks shaggn!

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get a room! biggrin



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I'm sorry I thought I heard you say something Beachcat....What??? What????

 

The man deserves all the praise he gets!!!



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biggrinbiggrin Hah!  Get a room?  This thread may soon end up in the Off Topic section of the forum.  biggrinbiggrin

I just shrink and stretch metal.  Sometimes it turns out... sometimes not.  And when it doesn't ... it gets hammered some more.  Hammering to stretch and/OR shrink metal???  Yeah, figure that!?! 



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Moving onto the rear tubs. My bother-in-law, Steve, jumps right in and creates the inner panels for the rear tubs. This was his first "time at the wheel" of the bead roller and tipping machine.


Tipping the offset around the panel's perimeter after running in the cente beads.




Inner wheel tub panels installed.


Inner wheel tub panels installed. Now time to re-radius and clean up the outer return lip.



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Again great follow along pics,,, much appreciated.

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This is why I love this place.

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Creating the pieces that will form the hood's sub-structure...that is, the framework that supports the hood skin and hinges.




Holding the initial prototype profile created from a scrap strip of sheet metal to get a sense of surface heights. This is a quick way to wrap your head around how to form the required parts.


After a template for one side of the hood structure was created the overall shape was transposed onto sheet metal for both sides.


One side cut out and ready for shaping....


Surprise surprise!! Something as simple as a cereal box...in this case two of them were used to create the 'formed' template.



One side of the hood's structure completed...now onto the other side.


Once the second side and rear area of the structure have been completed, assembly can begin.

Thanks for checking out the build.  smile



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Hi everyone!

Time to assemble the hood's structure.


To ensure the structure correctly fits the body it's located and clamped for final welding.


Dressing up the welds...



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Starting to take shape . As always some dam fine work  Nick.



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Thanks Slim!

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That's gonna be the sweetest looking,  non corporation built hot rod ever! Just my opinion. Beautiful Nick!



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I agree!!

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Thanks very much John and Janice!

Hmm... seems that my photobucket hosted R2 build photos have been blocked ... they should be back in a few days. 

I invite you to visit my facebook site and check out more build and sheet metal shaping pictures.  Hit the 'like' button for weekly illustration and R2 updates ... although with summer quickly coming to an end I'm trying to soak up as much outdoor time as possible.

https://www.facebook.com/iNVisionPrototypes

Thanks again.



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Done!

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Well this may be a strange sight to you guys....an empty bay where R2's construction has been going on...and boy, at the time it did feel strange.   No worries, with all the body panels removed from the wire buck and the buck moved out - the final body panel assembly can begin!

Lengths of box tubing placed across the table to help in supporting/clamping the structural panels.

Final assembly begins...

Front and rear wheel wells, firewall, and rockers placed and clamped together.

A few screws temporarily hold the panels together ... allowing more panels to be added.

 

Thanks for checking out the build.  Stay tuned for more.  smile



-- Edited by invision on Thursday 29th of August 2013 02:50:55 PM

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Uh oh !! Looks like invision didn't pay his Photobucket bill. All pictures are now gone !!

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Final assembly of the structure continues....one piece at a time.

Working on the wiper tray. Roof structure temporarily located.

Attaching the body sides...temporarily. These will be removed after the body has been squared to the table.

Squaring up the rear structure and drilling a multitude of holes soon to be plug welded.

Rear trough pulled out yet again so panels can be welded.

Rear moisture trough and rear window perimeter dropped in to help located other panels.

Rear trough reinstalled for final welding.

Thanks for checking out the build. smile

 



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I've said it before,as many will..incredible project!Great pics,feel like we're all there in shop helping!Attention to detail is outstanding....

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Thanks shaggn! We always aim for that factory production look in anything we build...only with a very personal touch. With the photos, I do try to capture as much as possible so that you guys can feel as if you're sitting on a stool off to the side and watching things come together. However, they don't always do the build process justice. Seeing it first hand really puts the right perspective on things.

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I don't know where you get the patience for such an undertaking. Excellent work !! Always enjoy your posts.

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Truly amazing work...
your comment (Very humbled by your comments guys and gals... no genius here though... just a lotta learning by doing) says it all !

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Fantastic Nick. Inspirational even.

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Thanks Gents!

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Very nice work Nick.



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Thanks very much John! smile

Moving forward, but with some less significant pieces.

Earlier the gas filler housing was formed and tacked. The time has come to complete the final welding on small parts such as these.



Welded up and ready for grinding.


First pass with a course disk on the grinder takes down the weld pride.


Second pass with the course disk.


Gas filler housing smoothed out with a file and flap disk. Now to scribe and trim away the vertical flange for a perfect fit.

Have a great day and thanks for looking!  smilesmile



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Phenomenal!!! Outstanding!!! Awesome!!! I know you must be getting tired of these words, but too bad! -deal with it! I have been following this build since way back in the 'Hub Garage' days and I'm still on the edge of my seat, "chompin' at the bit" for more!

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Thanks for the great comment Steve!


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Beachcat wrote:

get a room! biggrin

 

Beachcat , be nice  ( lets not go back to beachcat of yesteryear ) .   if 1 person can learn a little something in this thread ,  then its time well wasted to me and alot of others here.....outstanding craftsmanship invision ,  ,  

 



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Hi Kev, Thanks very much!

Btw, that comment goes back a ways... no biggie as I'm sure it was all in good fun.

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It was intended to be in fun. I would have been in the room.

 

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Too bad you didnt come to ancaster...there was abunch of us Ontario Rodders that would have had a whack of questions for you

Heck...even Janice shut down the RED LIGHT DISTRICT in South River to come down. She even brought her best customer...Art

Truely amazing work Nick......you are the ENZO of ontario

Its soooooo good....I cant even make Jokes about your build!



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My Dad creating a part for R2. I've been his shadow ever since I could walk...following him around and always asking the question "why?". He always takes the time to explain how things work or how a solution can be approached and taught me everything I know.

Brother-in-law Steve designing templates for the rear structure. Basically the last pieces required before the structure goes into primer stage.

Steve did a great job fabricating and plug welding pieces for the rear structure. His fabrication skills have really developed since he started working with us on these projects.

Final welding underway...

With the body sides temporarily located it was time to get the roof structure located.

Final welding being completed on the roof structure.

Roof structure in place tying together the front and rear firewalls and body sides. Time for some tacks to hold things in place.

Sequentially moving around the body structure clamping joints together for plug welding.

Thanks for following this project. smile

 

 



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Wow!!! Amazing to see it coming together.

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hemi43 wrote:

I wonder if Nick will be stick welding the frame for this build ?? I heard from a reliable source that MIG should never be used on a frame. Just askin' !!

 Stick welding?!? ... for sure! biggrin.  Wrigley's bubble gum has a great yield strength for when the car hits those pot holes!...that and some duck tape added for those hot summer days when the gum's yield strength decreases.  Sorry.. couldn't resist Dan. wink

 

Grumpsbodyworks wrote:

200 amps 3/16 rod on 20 guage.....can I watch?

I just went through the whole build....not once did I see a stick welder

Unless I'm building a frame or repairing equipment, the stick is usually in the corner.  On a side note...we did MIG the front axles on our 60HP IH tractor when they both snapped within about 30 seconds of each other( the reason why is a whole other story...and not from abuse) .... but there was a trick to the welding process ensuring that they would hold.

As for the stick, I learned how to use it when I was somewhere around 12 or 13 ... welding patch panels into the bed and replacement fender flares onto a Ford Ranger pick up box.  Dad insisted that I stick with this task(no pun intended) till I got it right and was able to control the amount of heat introduced into the panels so they didn't warp all to heck.

The chassis for R2 will be fabricated from DOM tubing...so, more than likely, we'll be using the stick.



-- Edited by invision on Tuesday 29th of October 2013 05:49:16 PM

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Thanks Ms. J! :)

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I wonder if Nick will be stick welding the frame for this build ?? I heard from a reliable source that MIG should never be used on a frame. Just askin' !!

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200 amps 3/16 rod on 20 guage.....can I watch?

I just went through the whole build....not once did I see a stick welder

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