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Wow!

Love that garage pic. I could me and my wife-n-kids cruisn' to the grocery store in that thing! Gotta get a big car like that one day.
 
Gonna paint some 4" racing stripes on the side of my whale. :D
Took my glass out, braced the body, and taped off so I can start tomorrow.
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Why didn't anybody tell me you can't paint racing stripes with a hacksaw!?
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Moving on to the cut off wheel:
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All lined back up:
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I should have it all back together in a day or two! :D
 

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Huh. 2door - that's a different idea. Here I was thinkin a 6door. :D Not much to say, spent a couple hrs - cut down the front posts and figured out how to make sure they were lined up right. Today I Measure, Tomorrow I Weld!
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Well, took a couple day for tomorrow to get here, but got to the garage last night.
Lined up the front posts and leveled the back to get the correct angle.
Made a few cuts to pull the lower posts in and the upper posts out.
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Matched it up and tacked.
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I had to add a few more slices to get the roof beak back up to were it needed to be
- the posts and center upright need to be in the same plane.
And a few more slices to get the posts into better matching shape.
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I'll need to make another cut or two to get the bulge back at the top.
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And this is a shot from the back.
The rear section of roof will be moved backward still, so the offset looks more dramatic now than
it will be in the end.
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And this is a shot from the back.
The rear section of roof will be moved backward still, so the offset looks more dramatic now than
it will be in the end.
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At first glance, it looks like you are going to have one heck of a time getting all of those shapes to match up again. Be sure and take lots of pics!
 

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