Dom,
Thanks, that explains a lot about how the tubes fit, since the originals were aluminum bodies.
I was able to get the tubing around the door sills bent yesterday as well as the tubing for the dash support. Still have to make the shorter pieces to tie both of them into the frame front and back, respectively. I'll need to borrow a buddie's pipe bender to make the shorter bends for those though. So far, my electrical benders have been working great, but slow.
I've had to make some adjustments on the pieces supporting the front of the cockpit at the dash and the rear. Roger made this Carbon Fiber body with a rolled edge front and back of the cockpit that is a complete rolled fillet just like the pipe should fit into it. It requires moving the hoops a bit to fit, but should give a beautiful finished edge when sanded out and finished.
How are you planning on finishing over your door, hood, and trunk hoops? Some guys I've seen use an epoxy coating and fair them into the piece- which is what I think I'll probably end up doing with this build.
The devil's in the details, isn't it?
- Bob