MP&C
02-19-2019, 08:20 AM
Had a slight distraction yesterday, a couple hood sides for a 37 Ford showed up. The owner wanted to remove the side "grille", and add a tapered recess pan with clamshell louvers. Here's what we started with...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4192.jpg
Some cutoff wheel action later....
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4195.jpg
In an attempt to keep as much metal on the ends as possible, we opted to flatten the sad remains of the horizontal fins. This involved some shrinking via the heating tip in the dent puller..
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4199.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4200.jpg
Looks like someone has spilled bondo all over this panel. Funny the inside didn't look all that mangled to warrant the amount we found.. Must be a TV car..
The shrinking efforts flattened out the ends fairly well...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4201.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4202.jpg
I filled in the previous trim holes with 18 Ga plugs and TIG fusion while the owner worked away at removing the bondo so we could see what we had to work with...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4207.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4208.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4209.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4211.jpg
Next, we had to fold a flange in the front and extend the factory bead around the opening down the front where we had flattened the panel. Some of the existing bead profiles had seen better days in the past 80 plus years, so I checked a set of joggle dies I had made for drip rail as it looked close...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4213.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4214.jpg
New flange folded at the front, bead added using the Lennox, original beads touched up …
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4219.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4223.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4222.jpg
Tapered pan fabricated.....
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4226.jpg
Louver layout
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4228.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4229.jpg
Welded in place..
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4230.jpg
He is having some art deco style trim pieces made to accent the louvers down the center, topped by 62 Impala fender trim. We didn't have those, so here it is with alternate SS fuel line for your viewing pleasure...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4232.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4234.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4235.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4192.jpg
Some cutoff wheel action later....
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4195.jpg
In an attempt to keep as much metal on the ends as possible, we opted to flatten the sad remains of the horizontal fins. This involved some shrinking via the heating tip in the dent puller..
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4199.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4200.jpg
Looks like someone has spilled bondo all over this panel. Funny the inside didn't look all that mangled to warrant the amount we found.. Must be a TV car..
The shrinking efforts flattened out the ends fairly well...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4201.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4202.jpg
I filled in the previous trim holes with 18 Ga plugs and TIG fusion while the owner worked away at removing the bondo so we could see what we had to work with...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4207.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4208.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4209.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4211.jpg
Next, we had to fold a flange in the front and extend the factory bead around the opening down the front where we had flattened the panel. Some of the existing bead profiles had seen better days in the past 80 plus years, so I checked a set of joggle dies I had made for drip rail as it looked close...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4213.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4214.jpg
New flange folded at the front, bead added using the Lennox, original beads touched up …
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4219.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4223.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4222.jpg
Tapered pan fabricated.....
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4226.jpg
Louver layout
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4228.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4229.jpg
Welded in place..
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4230.jpg
He is having some art deco style trim pieces made to accent the louvers down the center, topped by 62 Impala fender trim. We didn't have those, so here it is with alternate SS fuel line for your viewing pleasure...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4232.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4234.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/rmccartney/1937%20Ford%20Hood%20Sides/IMG_4235.jpg