kiwi808 Posted January 21, 2023 Posted January 21, 2023 Nice whip! Always thought these look cool. Those patch panels in the trunk look ace BTW. Quote
_Matt Posted January 21, 2023 Author Posted January 21, 2023 23 minutes ago, kiwi808 said: Nice whip! Always thought these look cool. Those patch panels in the trunk look ace BTW. Cheers, something a bit different than the usual I thought! Quote
cletus Posted January 21, 2023 Posted January 21, 2023 Sweet! I look forward to seeing what you do with this one! Quote
thegreatestben Posted January 21, 2023 Posted January 21, 2023 Can’t say I’ve seen one of these before, I do appreciate an American car but never really think “I’d like one of those!” Well I’d like one of these! Quote
HumberSS Posted January 22, 2023 Posted January 22, 2023 This is a neat car. Can you tell us more about the Pullmax?? Quote
_Matt Posted January 24, 2023 Author Posted January 24, 2023 On 22/01/2023 at 18:13, HumberSS said: This is a neat car. Can you tell us more about the Pullmax?? Think they're actually called a nibbler. The upper die reciprocates up and down very fast. The one we have at work pretty much looks like this. I made some bog and wood patterns to get the profile of the original swages right. Dies I made out of steel. Just 6mm welded and shaped. They had to be slightly modified to press the ends flat after going through the pullmax (bottom one has the modification cut off again). I cleco'd some angle to the panel to use as guides and then you just push the sheet through the dies. I did two passes as the cleco's kept popping out, as one pass was a bit aggressive. The next one I have to make. Don't forget to put some sort of release agent on before the bog haha. This one I have drawn the profile up as a DXF and going to plasma cut the dies to get them close and then hand finish them the rest of the way. Quote
Nominal Posted January 24, 2023 Posted January 24, 2023 Good work on making the dies @_Matt The pullmax/nibbler machines can do a lot if you look into it. Quote
Nominal Posted January 24, 2023 Posted January 24, 2023 10 hours ago, HumberSS said: I want one of those All the cool kids have them Quote
HumberSS Posted January 25, 2023 Posted January 25, 2023 12 hours ago, Nominal said: All the cool kids have them Big dick swinging right there Quote
MRWEST Posted January 31, 2023 Posted January 31, 2023 Cool car man cant wait to see how this one turns out! Although she looks mint as she is! Quote
Mr.Mk1 Posted February 4, 2023 Posted February 4, 2023 Yeeeeeah hell yeeeeeah, coming along nicely! How good is it having the proper tools at hand Quote
tortron Posted February 4, 2023 Posted February 4, 2023 On 25/01/2023 at 22:14, HumberSS said: Big dick swinging right there I think he's compensating Quote
HumberSS Posted February 6, 2023 Posted February 6, 2023 I have a few unused flywheel presses, wonder if I could adapt one to the job... Quote
LoLlife Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 Welcome to the GM X frame family my guy....... Keen to watch the progress and see this out and about soon, I'm sure you'll do it justice. 58-64 GM full size ftw Quote
HumberSS Posted April 25, 2023 Posted April 25, 2023 Always impressed with your metalworking skills, super tidy work. Quote
Mr.Mk1 Posted June 27, 2023 Posted June 27, 2023 That chassis work is very fucking pleasing to look at, well done! Quote
thegreatestben Posted June 27, 2023 Posted June 27, 2023 Your work is always impressive but damn this is next level - I want this car. Quote
MRWEST Posted June 27, 2023 Posted June 27, 2023 damn thats sick, wish i did that on my car haha extra slam is how good! Quote
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