BB Bonneville Bugeye

[hotschue]

Hey Glen/CK...I drew down the material with the bar clamp through the table, then shortening the bar clamp until the tube bottomed into the V boards, released and moved the material 1/2" at a time (8 moves) per side.  1st side took about 2 hours, second side less than 1 hour.  Practice makes perfect, actually LUCK....It fit..

[jacksoni]

Hey Glen/CK...I drew down the material with the bar clamp through the table, then shortening the bar clamp until the tube bottomed into the V boards, released and moved the material 1/2" at a time (8 moves) per side.  1st side took about 2 hours, second side less than 1 hour.  Practice makes perfect, actually LUCK....It fit..

I will say also, that even with the double pipe and the square alum tube there is a bit of flex in the midde. Some further stiffening or something might be necessary to get a true perfect radius in the center of the sheet. It is very good though  and this would be fine for a shorter sheet.  The problem Udo ran into was that this sheet is 6.5ft long and no roller we could find could accomodate it. Shorter sheets I think would be no problem with this jig, but then regular slip rollers might be available too. Anyway, we are really happy with the outcome. Hope to have it sitting on wheels mid/end of week and I am sure will have more photos up.

[Cajun Kid]

Great, keep the pics and updates coming

[Rob]

No problems, only solutions! Great work guys, love the backyard bender.

Cheers,
Rob

[hotschue]

Progress report......picture of bender with test piece, one of many before actual attempt to bend body panel radius, better photo of bender operation.....mounted nose to check wheel clearance, everything looks good..... cleco'ed on new body panels then transfer body seams to layout panel ends for nose alignment....Another full day of progress....jump on it again tomorrow....think I have about 100 days left to finish!!

[Cajun Kid]

HS,

WOW,,, that nose and body panels fit up and look nice,,,,

The 2x4 frame,, is it .120 wall ? 

What do you think the car will weigh race ready with driver ?

Charles

[Milwaukee Midget]

Udo -

I just took a few minutes and went back to the beginning of this build, and thumbed through it front to back. 

One word -

Wow.

[hotschue]

CK, Yes it's   2 x 4 x .120, weight...depends who's driving...at this point best guess 2600 lbs....I'll scale BB when we near completion to balance everything out.

[Cajun Kid]

HS,, such a nice thought out build,,, I wish I could fit in that ride,,, I would love to drive an open car too...

Charles

[hotschue]

It's May..... We have reached a MAJOR mildstone......Car came off the blocks and rolled out the door on its own suspension for the first time..... we mounted the body work....won't say anymore, picture is worth a thousand words and two years of construction.  We are in high gear to finish the car....this week will schedule some time in the A2 in Charlotte, NC......see if all the bench racing paid off....had a lot of help from my friends!!!

[Cajun Kid]

Udo,,  WOW.... Congrats,,, I know it is a great feeling,,, nice pics,  looks fast just sitting still.

I know you can see the finish line,,, take a deep breath and get back to work....

Charles

[Glen]

Looking like a real race car now, great fab job. Looking forward to seeing it go down the course.

[Freud]

I'll be interested to see what that nose does to the air in the tunnel.

FREUD

[mkilger]

thats so cool isnt, the first time out of the shop. neat car

[Rob]

Well done guys, definitely a big milestone achieved.

Cheers,
Rob