Altered 34 Ford Dragster front in aluminium

[tom walker]

Very nice work, I'm sure the costumer is happy.
Tom

[schönheit der arbeit]

At the end of the sidepanels i rolled over the edges to the outside .



Next up was the trunk lid, first i made a little testpiece , trying out if it works , like i thought .



folded the edges in the metal brake and used the kickshrinker to shape the lid







than i made the oppenings for the para shut mounts .



With them in place , i made a pattern for more speed holes using a pair of dividers.

[schönheit der arbeit]

after carafully marking out all these holes i drilled them first with a 2mm drill bit followed by a step drill bit



then punched and dimpled with my hydraulic press







The car owner made this inside frame witch secure the front to the chassis .
The front needs to be easily removable in one piece. In the front of the frame , there are 2 hooks that fit right on the wing mounts , and in the back are 2 locating pins and 2 locating fittings mounted to the chassis .



The racecar outside of my workshop for the first time after all that work . Always a great moment , looking at the projekt from a distance in daylight. The owner needed the car back to his workshop , so he can keep on working on the rest of the car .





A couple of weeks later , i got just the front bak , so i can work on the front wings and rivit the front together .



for that i used my adjustable multi welding jig

[cliffrod]

Very cool- that’s quite a project. Thanks for the pics of progress and methods.

[rockable]

Wow! Cool project and very nice work!

[schönheit der arbeit]

And some more work on the frontwings . Used blindrivits to secure them to the wingframe . More to come.

[MSTSFab]

This thing is awesome! The nose is especially excellent. Keep up the good work! Thanks for sharing.

[Antoine_P]

Wow, really cool project and the parts are looking amazing !

Bests

Antoine

[MP&C]

Well done! Awesome project!

[Larry4406]

Wow!


What is this neat pantograph style tool shown in Post #8 for layout of the rivet holes?