I got a little sidetracked of late but I have managed to eek out a few small tasks on the truck. I bought a TIG and have been tinkering with it....so why not jump off the deep end and weld some thin metal. The back edge of the hood, where it meets the cowl, bugged me just being a single piece of metal instead of having a folded edge so I decided to cut a piece of sheet to weld onto the hood and create an edge and an 1/8 dia rod to weld to along the “bend”. I took my time and just welded along the back edge (jumping around) where I had a rod. I ended up welding both sides of the rod and grinding it down then planishing the welds to counter the shrinking. It turned out ok. I will need to dial it in once I get the cowl edge straightened out. The 1/8 dia rod should allow me to trim the edge to match the cowl as needed without breaking thru the two pieces (knock on wood). I also bought some 1-1/2 X 1-1/2 x 1/8 stainless angle to fab a door sill plate but for inexplicable reason I only bought one angle. So I went ahead and made the sill for the LH door to see how it looked and then ordered another piece of angle. I decided on the stainless since most sills I found on the market were aluminum and would easily get scratched. I trimmed it to fit and match-drilled the floor. It turned out pretty good but once I get the other side fabbed then I will need to sand them both down to remove the mill finish. I plan on giving them a brushed finished. Next up...time to take the body back off the frame (ugh) and finish some welding on the body (trans tunnel etc) and the frame (complete boxing the frame).
1949 Chevy Panel Truck A Project Journal I'm old but I make up for it by being immature.
