I’m Back on the Thunderbird!

Posted: July 5, 2019 in Uncategorized

At the base of the sunken windshield the resulting gap had me in a quandary. Honestly I was kind of nervous that I wouldn’t able to make these precise pieces, but with new confidence in my sheet metal skills after doing my son’s wagon, I set to it.

I made some fancy cardboard patterns from a handy Amazon shipping box…

Cut some 20 gauge pieces, clamped them to the wood stove, bent the flange…

…and welded them to the existing valance panels.

A skim coat of reinforced filler over the welds is waitto be blocked down and a final coat of light filler will finish the job.

Having that two inch gap filled visually extends the hood, the windshield moved back shortens the cockpit and helps balance out the tonneau cover and deck lid.

I like it.

Comments
  1. Rod Kiser says:

    I am glad to see you back on the T-Bird. I look forward to you completing it.

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