1930 Ford Roadster From the Subrails Up! by Flop

By diyauto
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2 minute(s) of a 35 minute read

11-1-2012

cut out the big hunk of brass

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and filled in the hole with some sheetmetal 

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the top was pretty rough where they shaved the reveal where the tab comes through for the top 

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so i made up a new piece

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after some welding and filing i am pretty pleased with it 

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well this is how i made the reveal for the top tab 

really nothing fancy and reallly close to looking stock 

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cut it put it in the vice to straighten it out and tacked it together

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after it was tigged in 

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alot of work in this little area to get it back to looking right 

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Comments

Wow great build! Details and photos ????

Posted by Diggymart on 10/5/19 @ 1:52:45 PM

Wow great build! Details and photos ????

Posted by Diggymart on 10/5/19 @ 1:52:44 PM

Wow great build! Details and photos ????

Posted by Diggymart on 10/5/19 @ 1:52:40 PM