Not much of an update. Bought my 16 yr old an Escort slasher, and spent pretty much the weekend, and the first part of last week trying to get it roadworthy.
This weekend, I tried (w/o sucess) to move forward on my car. All I managed was to bend a few bars, mock up the Driver's seat, and finished a couple of the AC hoses.
This is little more than a teaser, but it is the second bar in process of what will be inevitably a total of
about 10 bars that'll become the skeleton for my interior.
* That's right,....(10) 1.250" 16 ga. DOM custom bent bars, none of which are structural, making up the interior, serving as dash, console, door handles, and overhead console, all welded together, with nothing welded to any part of the floor that could be construed as a reinforcement.
Those that didn't see it last time, this is another one of my re-acquisitions. I bought this bender in 08, sold it in 2012 , and bought it back last month. Despite the absence I really am pretty good w/ this type of bender, and can really bend a bar like a mofo, (was kinda thinking I'd video the process, but thought ill of it after I realized that I'd be in it.)
(I really don't know what the phobia is that I don't want my actual moving image in a video,.....I wouldn't allow 5.0 to publish the pic of me in the photo shoot either. I'm gonna have to deal w/ that I guess.)
I'm conflicted on the interior thing, and this will be the only pic you'll see until I like what I see. I'm worried that I'll end up w/ a 70's kit car looking interior. Until I get past that,....you'll just have to wait.
As a point of reference, I was also worried that the 68 stuff I grafted into the front and rear of that last car would go badly too,...but it turned out OK in the end. We'll just have to wait and see.
This weekend, I tried (w/o sucess) to move forward on my car. All I managed was to bend a few bars, mock up the Driver's seat, and finished a couple of the AC hoses.
This is little more than a teaser, but it is the second bar in process of what will be inevitably a total of
about 10 bars that'll become the skeleton for my interior.
* That's right,....(10) 1.250" 16 ga. DOM custom bent bars, none of which are structural, making up the interior, serving as dash, console, door handles, and overhead console, all welded together, with nothing welded to any part of the floor that could be construed as a reinforcement.
Those that didn't see it last time, this is another one of my re-acquisitions. I bought this bender in 08, sold it in 2012 , and bought it back last month. Despite the absence I really am pretty good w/ this type of bender, and can really bend a bar like a mofo, (was kinda thinking I'd video the process, but thought ill of it after I realized that I'd be in it.)
(I really don't know what the phobia is that I don't want my actual moving image in a video,.....I wouldn't allow 5.0 to publish the pic of me in the photo shoot either. I'm gonna have to deal w/ that I guess.)
I'm conflicted on the interior thing, and this will be the only pic you'll see until I like what I see. I'm worried that I'll end up w/ a 70's kit car looking interior. Until I get past that,....you'll just have to wait.
As a point of reference, I was also worried that the 68 stuff I grafted into the front and rear of that last car would go badly too,...but it turned out OK in the end. We'll just have to wait and see.