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427 Build by Cobrakiwi
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http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/scratch-builders-forum/134901-427-build-cobrakiwi.html)
| King- cobra |
10-25-2015 06:59 PM |
Workmanship is outstanding
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| Mongoose930 |
10-26-2015 08:30 AM |
Hi Craig - Your car is coming out AWESOME!!! I am jealous at how quickly you were able to fit all of the panels. I do have to agree that the doors are the toughest - I might have to give you a call for some pointers as I will be skinning them next month. Were you able to make your trunk lid out of one piece of aluminum or is there a weld? Either way it looks incredible. Adding the license plate feature is a bit tricky.
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| cobrakiwi |
10-30-2015 01:32 PM |
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Originally Posted by Mongoose930
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Hi Craig - Your car is coming out AWESOME!!! I am jealous at how quickly you were able to fit all of the panels. I do have to agree that the doors are the toughest - I might have to give you a call for some pointers as I will be skinning them next month. Were you able to make your trunk lid out of one piece of aluminum or is there a weld? Either way it looks incredible. Adding the license plate feature is a bit tricky.
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It's internet magic;), the trunk lid on this one is one piece. The other car we are building is a two piece skin. |
| cobrakiwi |
10-30-2015 01:37 PM |
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I had a little bit of time today to start working on the hood for this 427 build,
I started with the rear section of flashing. Unfortunately I ran out of rivets so that killed today's progress on this deal.
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| cobrakiwi |
11-07-2015 03:44 PM |
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I was able to get back on this hood panel for our 427 build the last couple of days.
First I finished up the flashing, then trimmed the flashing to fit the hood opening.
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| cobrakiwi |
11-07-2015 03:56 PM |
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Then I placed the hood frame onto the underside of the hood skin and marked the cut line, then cut the skin, cleaned up the edges and started the process of folding over the edge of the skin to fix it to the frame flashing.
Lots of clamps, and lots of hammer work.
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| cobrakiwi |
11-07-2015 04:05 PM |
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Next up is the test fit, looks like it will work just fine:3DSMILE:
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| mudhenk27 |
11-08-2015 08:02 AM |
Craig, I think I want to trade :-)
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| Blue66 |
11-08-2015 08:27 AM |
awesome work right there !!!
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Amazing, beautiful work! Please keep the pics and details coming!
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| ACademic |
11-08-2015 02:03 PM |
It's fun watching this go together. Would be interesting to see the tools/technique for rolling the hood skin edges over the flanges and keeping it even. Also, how you correct for any minor alignment for final fitting. Nice work!
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| FIA Cob |
11-10-2015 07:35 AM |
Fantastic work, did the outer hood skin need wheeling much or did it just need a slight curvature putting length ways into the aluminum skin? The reason I ask this is to see if it's possible to make a hood without using an English wheel as it doesn't seem to have a great compound curve to it
Thanks..
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FIA Cob
(Post 1370917)
Fantastic work, did the outer hood skin need wheeling much or did it just need a slight curvature putting length ways into the aluminum skin? The reason I ask this is to see if it's possible to make a hood without using an English wheel as it doesn't seem to have a great compound curve to it
Thanks..
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Details on aluminum hood construction in this recent thread:
http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/scra...ech-cobra.html |
| FIA Cob |
11-10-2015 09:27 AM |
Thanks Buzz, I missed that one
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| 1985 CCX |
11-10-2015 07:37 PM |
Work of art!
You do great work and belong in the scratch builders hall of fame.
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| cobrakiwi |
11-11-2015 05:47 PM |
Thanks for the great complements, it's kind of like painting, you have to get the prep right.
Quote:
Originally Posted by ACademic
(Post 1370712)
It's fun watching this go together. Would be interesting to see the tools/technique for rolling the hood skin edges over the flanges and keeping it even. Also, how you correct for any minor alignment for final fitting. Nice work!
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| cobrakiwi |
11-11-2015 05:50 PM |
Yes, you have to get shape in the panels first.
Quote:
Originally Posted by FIA Cob
(Post 1370917)
Fantastic work, did the outer hood skin need wheeling much or did it just need a slight curvature putting length ways into the aluminum skin? The reason I ask this is to see if it's possible to make a hood without using an English wheel as it doesn't seem to have a great compound curve to it
Thanks..
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| cobrakiwi |
11-11-2015 05:54 PM |
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Next up is start the process of inner panels, mock everything up then remove for body paint.
This can be a little tricky, you must have all your folds right or things wont fit.
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| albanycobra |
11-11-2015 06:09 PM |
keep the detail coming, sensational work. Really enjoying this thread. PM sent.
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| RACERAL |
11-12-2015 11:48 AM |
Where the heck have I been, musta been under a stump or something.. This is amazing
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