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34 FORD “KIT” CAR

Well, I guess this is as good a place as any to start. Here is a 34 ford “kit” car that the owner paid someone $4000.00 to build in his garage for him (including paint). If you have ever built a car, you know that $4000 will not go very far. I put the [...]

Upper Doors and Deck Lid

 

Time to get to work. First I’ll deal with doors. The top of the doors hung out from the roof. The door jams had a good fit to the weather-strip, so I Had to take a “pie” cut around the window frame (larger at the top), lean the outer window frame in and glass [...]

Door Gaps and Roof

Some of the door gaps were tight. some were huge and had to be filled with fiberglass. The tight areas were filed. Now the gaps are consistant. Even some of the “bead” around the lower body was missing. That too was built up with fiberglass, ground to shape and finished off with icing. The [...]

Finished Car

The car is finished. Three coat of Matrix System viper yellow and two coats of Matrix ms42 clear. You could see in the progress pictures, the finish left a lot to be desired. Not a problem now. #gallery-3 { margin: auto; } #gallery-3 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-3 img {
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