Gray Goats Rod and Custom

 Further work on the frame today.  Started by clamping the left and right rails together and marking them for the vertical angle cuts necessary to follow the body lines. Clamping them together for marking eliminates possible side to side errors assuring a mirror image left to right. Just for fun I set the grill shell in position and measured to get an approximation of the difference between the height of the grill and the height of the firewall I'll start cutting tomorrow but before I did I made cardboard templates the same width as the fame rails and cut the angle in them to be sure the resulting joint would keep the frame within the layout lines.  The results.... PERFECT :)!

So the layout has begun, Because the body is not standard neither is the frame, and it requires a special custom frame where nothing is at a 90 degree angle.  Even the rear end which appears to be 90 degrees has a small angle between the rear cross member and the side rails.   A second angle brings the side rails closer together from the front door frame to the front cowl edge.  From there forward a small angle back outward will keep the side rails the appropriate distance apart for the late 30s grill shell.  More to follow so stay tuned!   

  When I bought the ends I used to make the fuel tank I bought three with the intent of using one as an air cleaner cover.  I had no idea how HEAVY they would be!  I still wanted the shape but knew there was no way I wanted to put that much weight on top of the carb.  So improvise it is.  I used the remaining tank section to make a mold Following the wax and application of part-all I laid in two layers of 3/4 oz matt and ended up with an almost exact replica of the shape I wanted but in a part weighing only a tiny fraction of the original steel unit :).  It did require a small amount of filler and sanding  After a little primer was on it was ready to go on the shelf until the day I'm ready to put it to use