Cobra replica alum body by Alloycars on ebay

[CobraV8]

Originally Posted by Alloycars

Advantage: As you can see the right or the left side of the car are made from TWO parts only. This means less weldings, less re-finish, less time which results in affordable aluminum bodies independent what for a body style you will use.

The entire side is really made of only two panels? Hard to believe. How did you shape them?

Simon

[Alloycars]

Originally Posted by CobraV8

The entire side is really made of only two panels? Hard to believe. How did you shape them?

Simon

Yes, two panels only. One welding seam only as you can see. But how they are made is a company secret, sorry. The only thing I can tell is that you need a lot of muscles and pain killer

[CobraV8]

Originally Posted by Alloycars

Yes, two panels only. One welding seam only as you can see. But how they are made is a company secret, sorry. The only thing I can tell is that you need a lot of muscles and pain killer

So you are implying that the panels are hammer/stretch formed like the Kirkham panels? [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBX8u8gVik4[/ame]

I started to do some panel beating and english wheel stuff recently, but I can hardly believe it is possible or economical to do such a large panel in one piece.

If you don't mind,could you please post some additional pictures? I'm not saying it can't be done, however I can barely believe it makes sense in terms of saving of time. Usually if a panel gets too large it will be easier to make out of several smaller pieces that are welded together.

[Alloycars]

Originally Posted by CobraV8;13****0

So you are implying that the panels are hammer/stretch formed like the Kirkham panels? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBX8u8gVik4

I started to do some panel beating and english wheel stuff recently, but I can hardly believe it is possible or economical to do such a large panel in one piece.

If you don't mind,could you please post some additional pictures? I'm not saying it can't be done, however I can barely believe it makes sense in terms of saving of time. Usually if a panel gets too large it will be easier to make out of several smaller pieces that are welded together.

Hi, I dont mind.
We are not using the English wheel. To use it you have to split the body in many parts and fabricate them individualy. After this you have to weld them together.
We developed our own special tooling....which for sure will generate unbelievable speculations on this forum...but what matters are the results.