Thread: Started My Car

Wow, you are doing an excellent job. It's going to look absolutely fantastic when its finished. Keep those pics rolling in.

Nothing much to report today.Shaped the grill and recessed the back to take the radiator.I would do this another way next time.
Rounded off the other guard,now trying to get them to be a mirror pair.(I said trying.)
Will see how I go tomorrow with them.
Also cut the timber for the seat and roughly shaped them..
Looks like I only have the bonnet and boot area to cut out.Oh plus bumpers etc.
I am going to make the bonnet one piece to start and not glue it in place as I want to have sides and top hinges as per real car.That way I can make a wood motor and sit it in place ----So a block of wood will do to get the car in shape.then I can do the bonnet thing at a later date..

Cut the bonnet today.2 pieces of Jarrah 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" then cut sides at 15 degrees as photo. Sat most of the rough cut parts together to get an idea off where I am at.
I will be trying to put grooves in seats so they look the part.If it doesn't work to plan ,then just plain wood seats would be the go.
Starting to look like a car.I am a bit short on pink Jarrah,so I will bave to make the boot from other wood then laminate it.Not the best but thats the way it goes.
Sorry about photos.1st time using photobucket on the forum.

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Coming together beautifully.

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I have started to shape a lot of parts.First was the bonnet top.That didnt last long,I dropped it.Then I had to do a repair.See Photo.
Next was the seat.
Doesnt come up to good in photo.I will have to have a look at that.
Made a simple jig to drill the axle holes all in the right place on the 4 corners of the chassis.This worked fine.
All wheels touch the ground at once and no rocking.
Glued inner sides on body.
Setup some parts to see how it is looking.
Still havent made the boot area.I have run out of pink Jarrah.
I will spend my next 2 sessions shaping and sanding.Going to be a lot of that.

Back again.
Things went a bit slower today.
A lot of thinking ,and not much action.
Had a boss like that once.
Worked on the seat back .It measured square
but looked high one side,so I reshaped it.
Think it is ok now.
I drilled and screwed back to base off seat
Didnt trust glue.once the seat is in the car,I cant get to it for repair
so I screwed & glued . I know,but that is me.
Next I glued the back window to the roof section.Will clean this up tomorrow.
Have done some sanding on other parts but finnished none.
I was hoping to get some more Jarrah but looks like someone lifted it for firewood.
See https://www.woodworkforums.com/showth...748#post792748

Does anyone else misplace things never to be found again.
I cut a bumper bar out.Never left shed and it was missing 10 min later.
That was 5 hours ago.Will make another.Geeze!

Your not alone there as that happens to me as well

But the worst part is that I usually find the piece that I lost after I have finished making the replacement for it

Aussie,

Your car is coming along nicely..well done mate!

Cheers,

Chipman

PS now you have made another bumper, has the old one turned up?

I recut the bumper bar I lost the other day then split in two for front and back.As you would.
I don't know how the pros would cut it.I marked it out and stuck the patern on the Jarrah with contact.I then cut the outer with the small bandsaw .I then sandes any sharp cut marks out of it so I didnt have any weak spots.
I then cut the inner side and sander and scraped both sides.
When I was happy with it I seperated it on the bandsaw and cleaned up the edges.
Feel free to tell me a better way to do something please.
I am only learning and thats what I want to do.Learn.

Did some more sanding and remodeling to get the lot to fit together.
I am going to order a 3mm roundover bit in the morning to do around the window areas.
I think my 1/4" bit should do the roof line and boot area.Will try on a spare couple of bits of Jarrah .I dont want any tareout on the roofline

Chipman Old bumper never showed up maybe tomorrow.I am going to make a take 2 of this car someday.

Words fail me...

I am in awe!!

Originally Posted by AUSSIE

Does anyone else misplace things never to be found again.
I cut a bumper bar out.Never left shed and it was missing 10 min later.
That was 5 hours ago.Will make another.Geeze!

Happens to me too mate, not only in the shed but in my office. I buy hundreds of pens and they just vanish and nobody know where they have gone. I swear there is a pen heaven somewhere.
The car is coming along beautifully. A very good thread and most interesting. I am learning a bit every day. Keep it up.

Nothing worth a photo today.I turned up a gear stick
.Drilled a 3/16" hole at 15 degrees to suit in chassis.Then a hole at 30degrees in dashboard for steering wheel.
Repaired,fixed,sanded several parts.Glued and sanded bonnet.I drilled the chassis/bonnet combination from under chassis with 10mm drill,then slid 10mm dowel in both holes.This way I can remove,replace or open holes and reposition slightly.
I needed to have a semi permanent bonnet to enable me to shape gaurds to suit.
I thought I had mentioned this before ,but someone asked how I was glueing shaping and sanding the same day.I use quickset epoxy and C A glue.Very little PVA.
I like the epoxy for several reasons.One is obvious really quick setting 2 it cleans up ok.You wouldnt know there was a join in some cases It doesnt creep in the join.I hate it when PVA creeps. You get it all smooth today,then you notice you need to sand again to get it flush with the wood again..I use the CA glue when there are small parts such as gearstick or steering wheel.
I maybe doing things the wrong way.This is just the way I find best for me.I am willing to change if there is a better way.
I feel I get a lot more work done in the same time by using these glues.No down time .

The creeping with pva is really annoying...I have been caught out with it too. Anyway it looks like you are doing well with it... it is often the way that the little fiddly bits take up the time but it is the attention to detail that makes it into a great job and from the pics, yours is certainly heading that way.

Cheers,
Chipman