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  1. Vinnie

    Rear window frame is gone. How to replace/fix?

    I watched the video, thanks for that. I guess I'm going to have te peel off the outer skin inside the channel carefully as it's rusted against the inner skin badly. It's just gonna be a shitload of work I guess. On the upside it will give me more time to save money for other things that are...
  2. Vinnie

    Rear window frame is gone. How to replace/fix?

    Howdo partypeople. Last weekend I removed the last remaining piece of glass; the rear window. I handled a lot of unpleasant surprises on my car but this one took the cake. The edge that the window lies against is 75% rotted away. Have a look: That edge is basically made up of the edges of...
  3. Vinnie

    Slowest resto ever - Project AmsterFoose / Current subject: The roof

    Yea, that sucks donkey balls... I'm gonna let this sink in for a while before I do something about it. I suppose I could see if I can remove the structure behind it (and weld it back later). How do I stretch the metal back in shape? I wouldn't mind using a bit of filler but as it is now I'd...
  4. Vinnie

    Slowest resto ever - Project AmsterFoose / Current subject: The roof

    I think the problem is that it has shrunk too much already so shrinking it more (using disk or studs) does not sound like the right solution?
  5. Vinnie

    Slowest resto ever - Project AmsterFoose / Current subject: The roof

    Side job as a welder? Hmmmm, no thanks ;-) Had a crappy day, welding-wise. On the driver's side C pillar I had a shrinkage dent from welding in my quarter. Since I now also had to patch a rusted area I thought I'd try to fix the dent as well. So I cut out the patch and also made some cuts to...
  6. Vinnie

    English wheel one curve only

    OK, slightly different question then. I created a rectangular panel, curved in one direction. Like so: It needs to get a little crowne lengthwise to match the roof. I tried using the english wheel but if anything it curved the wrong way like this: How can I get crown in this thing...
  7. Vinnie

    English wheel one curve only

    Those are quite complex shapes. There are lots of things I’d like to train on but I’m limited on time…
  8. Vinnie

    English wheel one curve only

    Hey guys, With my english wheel I tend to always get curves in 2 directions. But sometimes I only need 1, like in the included pic. Any pointers on how to achieve this. cheers, Vincent
  9. Vinnie

    Fabrice's 429CJ 71 project

    Looks great buddy! All the time consuming test fitting and shaping and again test fitting etc pays off in the end! Also really like the solution where you hammered that curve over a piece of wood, very clever. I will use that trick some day ;-)
  10. Vinnie

    Slowest resto ever - Project AmsterFoose / Current subject: The roof

    Alrighty, time to start patching this @#$*! Got one done, it went like this: Got the crown in with my new English wheel, surprisingly easy. And after cutting the crap out I was happily surprised seeing that the inside of the roof edge's structure was nice and clean! I'm off to a good...
  11. Vinnie

    Slowest resto ever - Project AmsterFoose / Current subject: The roof

    I should not have mentioned fixing holes... This weekend I ripped off the vinyl top (everybody who ever removed the vinyl prolly knows where this is going...): It revealed a lot of glue. But also it removed a little bit more that required investigating. The investigation turned into a hunt...
  12. Vinnie

    Slowest resto ever - Project AmsterFoose / Current subject: The roof

    Yeah baby! It's done! And this was the LAST (planned) panel replacement, a milestone for me! Because I had forgotten to take measurements before I removed the panel I had to take a load of measurements to figure out the best position for my replacement: In the end I had it positioned just...
  13. Vinnie

    Measuring the front

    Thanks guys, in the end I used a lot of different measurements and a lot of points. The most useful one was actually from the front of the car to the top of the windshield edge (roof). Everything positioned quite nice in the end!
  14. Vinnie

    Measuring the front

    Cheers guys, I’m in vacation in France right now though. I’ll see what I can do with the measurements when I get home again. Vincent.
  15. Vinnie

    Measuring the front

    Perhaps the A pillar?
  16. Vinnie

    Measuring the front

    Hey guys, I got a quick question. What is a good point to use as a reference to offset the front of the frame? (Red arrow) I was thinking if putting something tight between the top of the front suspension and make the RH side to match the LH side. Would that work? Reason for asking is of...
  17. Vinnie

    Slowest resto ever - Project AmsterFoose / Current subject: The roof

    So.... underneath the top extra support is spotwelded onto the rail: I thought I could create a new one from scratch. I was wrong. The frame rails is slightly curved. Trying to create that curve myself cost me 2 days and in the end I fixed up the old one (from which I had cut off a bit)...
  18. Vinnie

    Slowest resto ever - Project AmsterFoose / Current subject: The roof

    In the meantime I took the brace off and can confirm that those extra plates are metal and spotwelded onto the brace. More soon(ish) :cool:
  19. Vinnie

    Partial Cowl Panel?

    Yea cowl work sucks. I closed that vent since I'm gonna put in aftermarket airco that doesn't need it. It's very rewarding once you're done though :-)
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