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So the plan is for today
Try to work on this thing a little bit got some ideas I want to
Start working on the back half of this
so like where the
inner fender wells are gonna be
Some of this back sheet metal on this thing, I'm gonna start trying to figure some of that out
I've already kind of played around a little bit
What I'll probably do is
22 gauge sheet metal
And I'll probably just cut off like two inch strips
Bend them right in the middle and then just shrink or stretch to kind of get the shape that I want
And I'll just use my stretcher actually my shrinker i've got that set up to shrink. And then what I'll do is I'll use the
planisher to stretch
So I actually made my own little stretching linear stretching die
And basically what it does is it just kind of
makes all of the pressure from this thing right in the center and then it kind of has a
Very slight arc to it
So it kind of hits the back harder than it hits the front
And I guess that's that kind of stretching motion niche. It's gonna cause
It's like if you're gonna try to create that curve right there
That die will do it
It's gonna hit the back section harder than the front section
I'm just going to stretch this more than that and it's gonna have to do that because this is gonna have to move further than
the front section
but
Enough hard blows with that lower die with this upper piece. It'll make it Bend
And you can see here where I've
See the shrinking the shrinking was done there with the little teeth marks from the shrinker itself
And then what you're left with if it's done properly it is a piece that
Actually fits the body line
So that's basically the gist of what I want to do want to kind of create these
Flanges to attach panels to first thing though I got to do is I got to get this thing
back on its wheels and tires and then lay it out on the ground because
What makes you have enough clearance on the body to really lay it out and not be any interference
So wheels and tires are going on and then we'll put this thing on the ground and I can get to work
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So that's basically laid out right there
The way that the tubing that holds the engine is
Actually comes up off the ground. So
Just the weight of the engine itself is actually holding the back up just slightly
So I can actually come over here push it down a little bit
So when I envisioned this thing a long time ago
Ninth grade math class basically
I'm envisioned it only being
40 inches tall or
Less that was my idea
You know the the gt40 the original gt40 was only 40 inches the roof height on it was only 40 inches
So it's kind of what inspired me to make this one 40 inches laid out
obviously, I wanted the creature comforts of something a little taller so it's probably like
44 inches going down the road
But yeah
And you see how these arms they took right in beside the tires when it's laid out
Obviously you have no turning radius with it like this
But when it's up to ride height these things clear the tires and tire actually tucked right underneath them we turn
See the a arms folded up
Plenty of suspension travel on the heims a rotational travel like this
So really what I want to get done over the next couple videos is
Start working on
these fender pieces kind of get them up here and wrapped around the tire so I can
Start trying to work on tying this body into those panels. So I'm gonna start working on those
You can kind of see that the idea was that
This line was gonna kind of what it was laid out. This line was gonna kind of follow the tire
Sort of come up like this and probably roll in
Something like that
And then I also want to start working on the radiator shrouding so
Radiator shroud itself will come up like this
on both sides
kind of these quarter windows
Try to do something that looks pretty cool
So I'll probably start mocking that out of cardboard and then maybe start making some of the aluminum pieces
You can kind of see out when it's laid out these cantilevers or folded up flush and
It's kind of wanting to maybe have the body line come down
Through these maybe have an opening
Where when it's laid out you kind of see this hanging up, but when it's at right height
The body comes up and you don't see these necessarily
So, I don't know we'll just see how it kind of plays out
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All right, so as you can see after a back-and-forth
Effort on this thing, you can kind of create any shape that you want
So a lot of stretching here which causes this curve some shrinking here, which causes it to curve this way
Slowly creep up on that and the next thing you know, you have something that's that fits right in here. Perfect
So now what I want to do is I'm a drill a couple holes in it
That way I can put some cleat goes in this thing
And then that way I know that every time I bring it back over here
I can line it up exactly the same for the next set of measurements
Within this whole process you really gotta have a lot of patience
Because nothing really happens fast
But on the flip side, you don't really want anything to happen fast
You want to kind of creep up on all these bins and angles, right?
I'm gonna stretch a little bit go check it out. You want to shrink a little bit go check it out
So I mean, you know, it's like anything in life. You gotta have patience if you want to
What does the saying go?
Nothing in life worth having comes
easy
nothing in life worth having
As fast I don't know something like that but you got to put in the work you got to do a little bit
Check it do a little bit check it and then just hope you don't mess it up
Well, there you go at the start so plans are I'm going to piece this thing kind of
Small piece by small piece until I get the structure done
Gonna put some of those rear panels in there kind of get that figured out
And then we'll start doing some of the sheetmetal around the radiator, too
so
Yeah, appreciate you as always thanks for joining me. I'll see you guys tomorrow tomorrow
I want to show you guys how I made this stretching die for the planet sure, so
That dye that I've got on there that actually stretches the metal
I just made it and I want to show you how to do it. So tune in tomorrow
Go to work son