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Nice progress. Looks good.

I like using software and have done so all my professional life, so it's not an issue with me. However, when I was doing a boat project years ago, I ordered a set of lofting splines from a fellow in Maine. They were just a hard, but bendable plastic with a small groove on one side to accept the point on a lead lofting "duck." There are probably a number of materials you could use for them including aluminum or wood. What do the metal guys use when they are fairing a buck like the one you're building?

Cheers,

P.S. I saw that the "Learning the English Wheel" book by Longyard was down to 1 copy left on Amazon, so I ordered it. Having been too slow to act on book buying in the past, and then waited months for the publisher to reprint, I decided "better safe than sorry."

I don't expect to do much with it in the short term except read it, as I'm really still working on basics. This morning, I got an e-mail from Amazon that the delivery will be delayed a few days by weather. It's gotta be due to the snow, so it must be coming from your neck of the woods or the east coast.

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Damn! That front slip angle is way too large and the Ackerman is just a muddle.

Build Log: viewtopic.php?f=35&t=5886

Now you are having fun I sometimes wish I had started on something a little simpler. A number of folks have wondered about the time required to build a buck. If I had enough skill that would be ok. And I have seen what can happen when you don't.

I'm thinking that after I finish the buck for the rear of the body I can practice making the part that covers the extreme rear. It has a tight decreasing radius plus a gentle curve in the other direction. I just have to keep telling myself its just a practice piece. I still need to get some sheet metal to practice on.

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My car viewtopic.php?f=37&t=16434
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After work on Friday I stopped at the fab shop and picked up a couple of 18 gauge steel drops. If I was buying sheets to build with I'd have to tell them what size to cut so it would fit in the station wagon and wait a few days until they had some free time to cut them. With drops I just get some left over pieces they keep leaning up against the wall and give the guy 10 bucks for his trouble. I was going to practice on the English wheel some more but ended up spending all of my time on the buck.

I'm pleased with how it is turning out. There are more pieces to add but the basic shape is there. I covered it with poster board to see how it looked with the rest of the mock up.


Time to start on the windshield and roof.

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My car viewtopic.php?f=37&t=16434
1930s Style Sports Car viewtopic.php?f=36&t=16888

Man, that is going to be one purty car.

Gotta do something about that garage, though. It looks frighteningly clean...

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Stan
Dauntless Racing
You can have it fast, cheap and reliable -- choose any two!

OK, confession time. Before I take pictures I shove all of the stuff on the floor out of the shot.

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My car viewtopic.php?f=37&t=16434
1930s Style Sports Car viewtopic.php?f=36&t=16888

Too-Clean shop notwithstanding... That is one cool lookin' car!!!!

JD

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JD, father of Quinn, Son of a... Build Log
Quinn the Slotus:Ford 302 Powered, Mallock-Inspired, Tube Frame, Hillclimb Special
"Gonzo and friends: Last night must have been quite a night. Camelot moments, mechanical marvels, Rustoleum launches, flying squirrels, fru-fru tea cuppers, V8 envy, Ensure catch cans -- and it wasn't even a full moon." -- SeattleTom

That thing is looking FABULOUS!

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Chuck.

“Any suspension will work if you don’t let it.” - Colin Chapman

Visit my ongoing MGB Rustoration log: over HERE

Or my Wankel powered Locost log : over HERE

And don't forget my Cushman Truckster resto Locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17766

Lookin' good but keep in mind you will need a 14° approach angle and a 16° departure angle or

Wheelie bars inside the fenders!

Bill

The approach will not be a problem with the short nose but the departure....

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1930s Style Sports Car viewtopic.php?f=36&t=16888

And he has "Daytona" on the box . LOL

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American 7 5.0 T5
Lotus 15 ish?
914/H6

I spent some time at the AACA museum in hershey PA this past friday, and thought of your build when I saw this - well maintained but unrestored, last painted 50 years ago - 1934 Alfa 8C 2300.

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The B-3 build log: http://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=13941 unfortunately, all the pictures were lost in the massive server crash

The beginnings of the Jag Special,
https://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=19012
Again, all pictures were lost.

That Alfa is one of the prettiest cars ever built

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Too much week, not enough weekend.

OOPS I did it again
http://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=17496

Blood Sweat and Beers
http://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=15216

Thanks for the remind. The Lotus exhibition completely slipped my mind, I need to take a vacation day soon and get up there. I will also spend some time checking out the Alfa. Now that I'm deep into my mock up I'd like to see how they used to handle the shapes.

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1930s Style Sports Car viewtopic.php?f=36&t=16888