todays metal project

[cornfield customs]

and the finished product









now onto more damage

 

[I-R-POPS]

Man, when you're good, you're good!
That looks great.

 

[Sam_Fear]

Looks like that was fun!

 

[1952B3b23]

Man that looks awesome. You're quite the craftsmen.

-Chris

 

[Neverdone]

why you gotta make it look so easy???

 

[cornfield customs]

more work on the retractable. the rear pan area around the license plate had been frenched...... well kind of. so all the needed to be replaced back to the stock look





started shaping the panel on the e wheel. the rear panel looks pretty flat but there is a little bit of a compound curve in the center. with the straight edge you can see the crown





then added the roll and two breaks to the bottom end of the panel



then stripped the paint and filler stripped around the area and prayed some dykem



cleco'd the panel to the car to scribe the cut line.



all ready to cut out first thing in the morning

 

[cornfield customs]

more progress on the 57

the rear patch all welded in and ground down



had to cut the bracing out behind the panel to get at the back of the welds for some hammer dollie work



after the hammer and dollie it was time to break out the shrinking disc to smooth her out



rear bracing welded back in



all ground down and some primer added



rear panel finished up



found some more rust, out with the bad



in with the new

 

[kenny c]

Awesome work.

 

[cornfield customs]

so now it was time to tackle the inner wheel well so i could move onto the quarter panel repairs

trimmed out more of the damaged area that needed replaced, which also helped make room to repair all the damage on the inner wheel well itself



clamped the quarter patches on to make a cardboard template of the wheel well opening



then transferred the cardboard pattern to 3/4 inch plywood to make a hammer form



wheel lip hammered out and fulled from the form



after some shaping, bead rolling and trimming it is test fit into the car



then edges cut and tacked in



fully welded then ground smooth





quarter patches clamped back on to make sure nothing moved, and to get a game plan on the next steps to repair the quarter panels where the new stampings dont reach

 

[1952B3b23]

Looks good. How long did it take you to make that inner wheel well piece? Just curious.

-Chris

 

[cornfield customs]

more progress on this one.

made a patch and got it tacked in to repair the radiused area of the quarter panel





then fit and welded solid the rear corner of the quarter





then we are left with this nice little gap



formed a little filler piece and clamped it in place



tacking it up just to the lower quarter, that way i can weld it solid to the quarter patch, pull it off and metal work it before welding the entire lower quarter on





the inner wheel well piece took me about 6-7 hours from start to finish

 

[cornfield customs]

have been super slammed at the shop with all kinds of projects, here are a few sheet metal projects i have been working on

been making this 4 pc. hinged hood for a 35 ford truck, all hand made even rolled all the hinges with a hammer and dolly. still needs some fine tuning but looking pretty good










and have been hand shaping an aluminum front engine dragster chute body here is where i am with it

 

[Old Iron]

Beautiful work!!!!!!!
Did you do a seamed edges on this hood?

 

[cornfield customs]

not sure what you mean by a seamed edge. just a folded over hem? if so then no

 

[Old Iron]

not sure what you mean by a seamed edge. just a folded over hem? if so then no

Sorry, yea a fold over hem edge.
Didn't know because it looks so good [cl
Is it 18 gauge?

 

[cornfield customs]

yea it is 18 gauge

 

[1952B3b23]

Looks great man [cl

-Chris

 

[cornfield customs]

man it has been a long time since i updated this thread. lots of things have been going on lol.

been working on making some aluminum 55 chevy fenders for a cutsomer







hand made wheel well tub. made from 1 piece no welding involved



new fire wall pieces for a customers studebaker truck





two hand made aluminum deck lid skins. one for a 34 ford coupe, and the other for a 29 coupe



lots of custom sheet metal work going on, on this 32 sedan. reshaping the hood, and grill shell for a more stream lined look



a weird hole repair in a 32 grill shell



all fixed

 

[cornfield customs]

made this new gas tank top for a local shop



here is some metal work on 32 ford chassis i am building for a customer









made some aluminum door skins for a boat tail speedster



also am building a miller indy car body. this body is a replica of the winner of the 1925 indy 500 winner



aluminum hood i made for a track t



also made a belly pan for it

 

[cornfield customs]

a fan shroud we made



also picked up a new power hammer



i will try to up date this thread more often than once year lol. there has been a lot more things going on in the shop than i posted here hence why i have not been posting much. i am just always so busy. these pics are just some of the more interesting things i have been working on