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hello all ,my name is gus boyd from southern n.s.w Australia. a Diesel mechanic by trade. very keen to get into metalshaping , found this site browesing for english wheel designs ,i have a 34 La salle coupe ( ex russell holden ) and a 34 Lasalle sedan . the coupe needs major body repair work . interested to hear other metalshapers ideas and solutions to return this car to its former glory thanks gus boyd

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Welcome Gus!
We are a friendly bunch around here :) Looks like a nice project.
One thing I tell all the new members "there is no such thing as a dumb question" If you don't know something and have used the search button just ask away. Someone will answer it

Gus, glad to have a new member from Australia, there seems to be a lot of people interested in metal shaping there. Thanks for joining us.

Welcome to allmetalshaping Gus, thats quite a car. It has lots of potential.

David.

Hi Gus, Glad to hear from you. You have a couple of very neat projects to do and they ill expand your metal work knowledge as you work through them. Dutch

Welcome from another diesel mechanic Gus!! Looks like someone chopped the top on your coupe and forgot to do the doors lol. If that was my car I'd section the body about 4" and take chop the side windows to match the front and rear. Or maybe you planned on restoring it?

Welcome aboard. From Western Aust.
Projects are great to get the creative juices flowing and the ideas too
The trick is to control em..and keep it lookin good:D

thanks for comments , only picked this coupe up last weekend. will make frame to remove body from chasis( no wood left in body)and then do the mechanicals ,lucky the sedan has a real good front clip (firewall forward) will fit the best parts into the coupe .i see this being a project over a few years . not sure what to do with the sedan (may be if my metalshaping is good enough i could turn it into a conv coupe) thanks gus boyd

Looks like some good projects in there, just focus on one thing ata time, and before you know it, you will be cruising in style!