The Ford Barn

Flop · 01-04-2014, 09:59 PM

uhhhohh !

important bracket in making these trucks solid . rivets to the rear crossmember from the b pillar and also the triangle bracket . fixed the bottom up .it was rotted out .

b pillar rot

need to hit in here ith the spot blaster

bracketry all coming together

not to bad for a bunch or repop/mismatched stock parts !

Mikeinnj · 01-05-2014, 10:05 PM

Tom - You are amazing !

I can't wait to see my truck when you are done with it !

Keep on trucking !

Mike

Tinbasher · 01-06-2014, 08:56 AM

Nice to see someone else's work. Flop, what are you working with? Hand tools, Bag and English Wheel, Power Hammer? You must have a "Break" also. Your doing some nice work I hope your getting paid for your time.

The Old Tinbasher.
[email protected]

Marshall · 01-06-2014, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinbasher

Nice to see someone else's work. Flop, what are you working with? Hand tools, Bag and English Wheel, Power Hammer? You must have a "Break" also. Your doing some nice work I hope your getting paid for your time.

The Old Tinbasher.
[email protected]

I was thinking the same thing,
What are you getting paid for doing all that work ?
Marshall

BRENT in 10-uh-C · 01-06-2014, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinbasher

Nice to see someone else's work. Flop, what are you working with? Hand tools, Bag and English Wheel, Power Hammer? You must have a "Break" also. Your doing some nice work I hope your getting paid for your time.

The Old Tinbasher.
[email protected]

I keep telling him he needs a Pullmax also! I keep messaging him on Facebook showing him machines to buy but he does not seem to want to buy one!! I suppose he is blaming on the money!!

If he only had one he would see how it makes life much easier!!
Here is a (large) clip that proves it!! www.model-a-ford.com/PatchPanel2.wmv

Flop · 01-06-2014, 05:22 PM

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Thanks Mike can't wait for you to see it ! She has come a long way already !

Tinbasher . Mostly hand tools . Bag and English wheel . Break . Shrinker/stretcher . Bead roller . Jump shear . Thanks ! I eat a few hours here and there but I'm sure most fab shops do . My main reason is pride . What goes out the door I have to be happy with . Which means if I don't like the way something comes out it may get cut out and start again. Also i dont have the luxury of the car leaving painted . What goes out the door is what the customer sees . Also these tools dont grow on trees and are pricy . I wasnt born into a shop or a car repair oriented family . What I have in my shop I have earned and I am proud of it ! The last few months havnt been the best with dealing with a broken arm and a few other things when your hands make the money .

It's tight in here Brent with 8 cars ! I will get one eventually . It just gonna eat room then I gotta figure out the inverter where to put it etc .

Body panels are very easy now . Throw the model a dies on the roller set the fence and roll away !

Flop · 01-12-2014, 09:37 AM

drivers side is solid now !!

now i gotta wrap this truck in sheetmetal !

Flop · 01-20-2014, 10:13 PM

cowl patch made in shop and tigged in !

Flop · 01-22-2014, 09:48 PM

well getting this door all apart

even the ppatch panel was starting to rot out . nust have been a very old braze job / patch

making a new skin . bead roller , english wheel, shrinker stretcher

silversink · 01-22-2014, 10:04 PM

I'm on my first A and going to be into patch panels soon. I have question---how do you get such a tight fit on the patches? Do you overlap them then cut both at the same time or is there a different proses ? Ai 69 yrs I'm into learning new ideas and teaching the old ones.

JRHASZARD · 01-26-2014, 07:10 PM

Guess mine wasn't too bad after all !

Flop · 02-01-2014, 09:44 AM

silver . i dont cut them at the same time . that will always leave you with a fat 16th of an inch gap . the tig welder loves tight gaps . which leads to better resutls. ton of trimming ,filing and grinding to get a nice fit .

yours is a gem John !

cab corners taking shape !

Flop · 02-04-2014, 08:27 AM

shes a little rough around the edges

and then this weird image came out after running the file over the damage

shes in

1931 flamingo · 02-04-2014, 11:40 AM

Interesting image ! There's a "cult" somewhere that worships that. Now you can't finish the metal work and paint..................................

Paul in CT

Flop · 02-11-2014, 09:21 AM

it is smoothed out now Paul !!

so i had the decision to make of putting the patch for the back of the cab in down low and fixing the whole back panel with all of its dents and dings or make a whole panel . the whole panel will save tons of hours in body work compared to what had to be done to the orig panel . Honestly it was only and extra 3 Feet of welding to replace the whole back .

panel we made up

simply welded in no hammer and file work

welds

well thats the end product after hammer and file work

Flop · 02-15-2014, 09:32 AM

cab corners done !

and the whole back is done !

Rex_A_Lott · 02-15-2014, 09:36 AM

Very impressive! Thanks for taking the time to post the pics.

zzlegend · 02-15-2014, 09:50 AM

Excellent work Flop. You got talent.

Flop · 02-24-2014, 09:27 PM

thanks rex and zz!

made a new door bottom

door skin i made !

hard stuff done..tig welding . some file work done . more to do tomorrow .

Flop · 02-27-2014, 09:45 AM

well now we have somewhere to sit !! what a riveting day it was !!

01-04-2014, 09:59 PM	#21
Flop Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: pittsburgh pa Posts: 576	Re: 30 Pickup Sheetmetal Work uhhhohh ! important bracket in making these trucks solid . rivets to the rear crossmember from the b pillar and also the triangle bracket . fixed the bottom up .it was rotted out . b pillar rot need to hit in here ith the spot blaster bracketry all coming together not to bad for a bunch or repop/mismatched stock parts ! __________________ Please call or email while website is down! 412 867 1659 [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/flop.custom Last edited by Flop; 03-13-2014 at 08:31 AM.

01-05-2014, 10:05 PM	#22
Mikeinnj Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Northern New Jersey Posts: 1,262	Re: 30 Pickup Sheetmetal Work Tom - You are amazing ! I can't wait to see my truck when you are done with it ! Keep on trucking ! Mike

01-06-2014, 08:56 AM	#23
Tinbasher Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Innisfil, Ontario Canada Posts: 1,177	Re: 30 Pickup Sheetmetal Work Nice to see someone else's work. Flop, what are you working with? Hand tools, Bag and English Wheel, Power Hammer? You must have a "Break" also. Your doing some nice work I hope your getting paid for your time. The Old Tinbasher. [email protected]

01-06-2014, 05:22 PM	#26
Flop Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: pittsburgh pa Posts: 576	Re: 30 Pickup Sheetmetal Work Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Thanks Mike can't wait for you to see it ! She has come a long way already ! Tinbasher . Mostly hand tools . Bag and English wheel . Break . Shrinker/stretcher . Bead roller . Jump shear . Thanks ! I eat a few hours here and there but I'm sure most fab shops do . My main reason is pride . What goes out the door I have to be happy with . Which means if I don't like the way something comes out it may get cut out and start again. Also i dont have the luxury of the car leaving painted . What goes out the door is what the customer sees . Also these tools dont grow on trees and are pricy . I wasnt born into a shop or a car repair oriented family . What I have in my shop I have earned and I am proud of it ! The last few months havnt been the best with dealing with a broken arm and a few other things when your hands make the money . It's tight in here Brent with 8 cars ! I will get one eventually . It just gonna eat room then I gotta figure out the inverter where to put it etc . Body panels are very easy now . Throw the model a dies on the roller set the fence and roll away ! __________________ Please call or email while website is down! 412 867 1659 [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/flop.custom Last edited by Flop; 01-06-2014 at 06:33 PM.

01-12-2014, 09:37 AM	#27
Flop Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: pittsburgh pa Posts: 576	Re: 30 Pickup Sheetmetal Work drivers side is solid now !! now i gotta wrap this truck in sheetmetal ! __________________ Please call or email while website is down! 412 867 1659 [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/flop.custom Last edited by Flop; 03-30-2014 at 07:24 AM.

01-20-2014, 10:13 PM	#28
Flop Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: pittsburgh pa Posts: 576	Re: 30 Pickup Sheetmetal Work cowl patch made in shop and tigged in ! __________________ Please call or email while website is down! 412 867 1659 [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/flop.custom

01-22-2014, 09:48 PM	#29
Flop Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: pittsburgh pa Posts: 576	Re: 30 Pickup Sheetmetal Work well getting this door all apart even the ppatch panel was starting to rot out . nust have been a very old braze job / patch making a new skin . bead roller , english wheel, shrinker stretcher __________________ Please call or email while website is down! 412 867 1659 [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/flop.custom Last edited by Flop; 03-13-2014 at 08:32 AM.

01-22-2014, 10:04 PM	#30
silversink Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Dayton Oregon Posts: 318	Re: 30 Pickup Sheetmetal Work I'm on my first A and going to be into patch panels soon. I have question---how do you get such a tight fit on the patches? Do you overlap them then cut both at the same time or is there a different proses ? Ai 69 yrs I'm into learning new ideas and teaching the old ones. __________________ Hotrods don't have valve covers

01-26-2014, 07:10 PM	#31
JRHASZARD Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Ophelia,Va. Posts: 219	Re: 30 Pickup Sheetmetal Work Guess mine wasn't too bad after all !

02-01-2014, 09:44 AM	#32
Flop Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: pittsburgh pa Posts: 576	Re: 30 Pickup Sheetmetal Work silver . i dont cut them at the same time . that will always leave you with a fat 16th of an inch gap . the tig welder loves tight gaps . which leads to better resutls. ton of trimming ,filing and grinding to get a nice fit . yours is a gem John ! cab corners taking shape ! __________________ Please call or email while website is down! 412 867 1659 [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/flop.custom

02-04-2014, 08:27 AM	#33
Flop Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: pittsburgh pa Posts: 576	Re: 30 Pickup Sheetmetal Work shes a little rough around the edges and then this weird image came out after running the file over the damage shes in __________________ Please call or email while website is down! 412 867 1659 [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/flop.custom

02-04-2014, 11:40 AM	#34
1931 flamingo Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: new britain,ct 06052 Posts: 9,397	Re: 30 Pickup Sheetmetal Work Interesting image ! There's a "cult" somewhere that worships that. Now you can't finish the metal work and paint.................................. Paul in CT

02-11-2014, 09:21 AM	#35
Flop Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: pittsburgh pa Posts: 576	Re: 30 Pickup Sheetmetal Work it is smoothed out now Paul !! so i had the decision to make of putting the patch for the back of the cab in down low and fixing the whole back panel with all of its dents and dings or make a whole panel . the whole panel will save tons of hours in body work compared to what had to be done to the orig panel . Honestly it was only and extra 3 Feet of welding to replace the whole back . panel we made up simply welded in no hammer and file work welds well thats the end product after hammer and file work __________________ Please call or email while website is down! 412 867 1659 [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/flop.custom Last edited by Flop; 03-13-2014 at 08:32 AM.

02-15-2014, 09:32 AM	#36
Flop Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: pittsburgh pa Posts: 576	Re: 30 Pickup Sheetmetal Work cab corners done ! and the whole back is done ! __________________ Please call or email while website is down! 412 867 1659 [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/flop.custom Last edited by Flop; 03-13-2014 at 08:33 AM.

02-15-2014, 09:36 AM	#37
Rex_A_Lott Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Upstate South Carolina Posts: 794	Re: 30 Pickup Sheetmetal Work Very impressive! Thanks for taking the time to post the pics.

02-15-2014, 09:50 AM	#38
zzlegend Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Reseda, Calif. Posts: 2,190	Re: 30 Pickup Sheetmetal Work Excellent work Flop. You got talent.

02-24-2014, 09:27 PM	#39
Flop Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: pittsburgh pa Posts: 576	Re: 30 Pickup Sheetmetal Work thanks rex and zz! made a new door bottom door skin i made ! hard stuff done..tig welding . some file work done . more to do tomorrow . __________________ Please call or email while website is down! 412 867 1659 [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/flop.custom Last edited by Flop; 03-13-2014 at 08:33 AM.

02-27-2014, 09:45 AM	#40
Flop Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: pittsburgh pa Posts: 576	Re: 30 Pickup Sheetmetal Work well now we have somewhere to sit !! what a riveting day it was !! __________________ Please call or email while website is down! 412 867 1659 [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/flop.custom Last edited by Flop; 03-13-2014 at 08:33 AM.