After selling my 56 oval I thought i'd remove all the details I had about it from this topic.
I now will just post info about the project I'd been working on.
Its another 56 oval

Have a few beers and get out the angle grinder.
I find this settles the nerves.

check and recheck.
you only get one chance at stuff like this.

Good to see a face shield in use!

Time to spot it all in.
the fit turned out spot on.
As always ,lot of pratice:thumb

Time to run the dolly around and get it all in shape for welding.

Used a mild steel wire with a high silicon content.
Found this wire flowed really well.
Also welding with a tig.
Mig welding a roof clip gives you a hard beed of weld that is hard to work with later.

Clip is all welded in and ready for a bit of work with the flipper.
This will get the roof back into shape that the heat has produced.
Next is the front spare wheel well as it needs a bit of work.

This car is only going to be a custom.
After the the front is all fixed up i`ll be working on the rear clip to make sure the motor will fit.
I`ll try to keep an update on here.

looking good. What is it with all the rag top conversions of late? you guys all make it look easy. :duh

BTW, how custom...can't see a chop job yet

No need to do a chop top with an oval.
but lets just say with the mods on this oval it will run a few PSI.
I want to keep the body as stock as possible.
But it will run disc brakes and a better engine than stock.:thumbnn[ Edited on 8-8-2005 by BUGBOY ]

ITS IN BACKWARDS DUDE !!!!!:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:cry

I told to I was having the first air cooled front engine beetle!
Stop Burning the pine in your wood heater dude!:P

ahh, not too bad for an armeture mate. Nah seriously its looking great.

Good to see you getting some practice wiith the welder cause I need to to do some welding on the T34. Only a weeks work hee hee

Mr Bubblehead, hows the view from there mate. I normally use a telescope to see Uranus.

I`d like to know how he does that?
Must stink a bit!:P

brown noser...:P

Nice work Nath keep it up, BUT!! show the punters your shed modification!! the new BEER fridge :thumb

Thats what its all about.

http://www.hoodride.com/nucleus/AUS.php 

see ur getting some Hoodride coverage nathan, and i cant wait to see this new Oval in the flesh.

Anth, the fridge is the hardest working thing in the shed at the moment.
Don`t forget your welcome to come over and watch it work any time mate!

Nice one mate, excellent.

I better come down and check out this work.... oh and the fridge...

Well this projects come to a stop and the only thing thats getting a good work out is the fridge.
Might have to pull the plug!
Pulled the old shitty mirrors off the TINKDF and put on some others.
As for the rag project i`ll start on that again next week.

nice swans mate..... now get back to the shed and drink beer.... eeerrrr i mean work on that ragtop. :thumb

MR Bubble head comes over to help a lot!
Still never get anything done?
He was just saying the other night he never drank as much till he moved into the hood.:P

Well I have only done a little work on this car since the last post on here.
Been working on a late model type 3 sqaure back for the wife.
Also I now have a 7 week old daughter called Eve.
This has taken up so much time.

The rag roof has had about 18 hours spent on it with hammer and dollies and has been filed back to near full metal finish.
It has also been lead wiped to fix any areas that just wouldn`t come to the party.
I`ll post pictures up early next week.

[ Edited on 17-12-2005 by BUGBOY ]

...carn't beat a hole in ya roof I put one in to match the one in my head. Now the race is on who's oval rag is going to roll first if I put a padlock on the fridge maybe could be a close race.

Deano get a hole dude !! its saves bending over leaning out of the window to see uranus.

cant cut a hole in a nice T34 like mine. If i want to see Uranus I will go out in "her in doors" new toy. check it!! Not vw tho. But not too bad either.

Shes got to be lovin that !!! You carn't beat the feeling of a cabs with the hood down 306's are great cars :thumb:thumb

Here is the roof all filed back.
Never thought it would be so hard to find the flux to do this job, also files that don`t clog up.
Had to find files which where like what you would use on wood.

As you can see it does give a nice finish which will last for ever.
The big plus with using this method is that the roof of a car can get very hot in summer and advantage of this stuff is it will move with the body eg. expands and contracts with the heat with out cracking.
Don`t get me wrong as filler would work just as well if done right as it has come a long way over the years but I like the old school methods.
Next is to clean it all down and get it in primer.

Might even make some sinkers with the left overs:thumb

nice work, so envious

Nice work Nath, lead loading is real old skooll these days but it comes up a treat. :thumb:thumb