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The Scratch Built Hotrod Introduction - The Scratch-Built Hot Rod https://web.archive.org/web/20110925144857/http://www.hotrodders.com:80/scratch-built/Intr... Introduction From The Scratch-Built Hot Rod Jump to: navigation, search Whether you have sticker shock from the high cost of hot rods, or you are just a hardcore do-it-yourself fanatic who would like the challenge of building your own custom- fabricated hot rod body and handcrafted frame, this book is meant for you. It is written by a hobbyist, for the hobbyist. I am not a professional, and I have no particular expertise as a metalworker. I would also be the first to admit there may be far better ways of going about the construction of an automobile body. This book simply describes what I've built and how I've built it. I make no claims for knowing the right Photo 1-This roadster was way or the wrong way. This is, simply, one way. Photo 2-The car was built my first hand-fabricated for $4,700 and required steel body. Photo attribution My intention is to fan the creative fire in other minds, and hopefully provide a bit of 1,700 hours to build. Photo inspiration for you to achieve your longtime dream: to build the custom car that is in attribution your head. In that respect, this is not a recipe book for how you can build my car. Rather, it is a collection of small ideas for how you might approach building your car. Before fulfilling that dream, there is one major hurdle we all must cross: shedding the mistaken belief that body fabrication, often called "scratch building" or "coachbuilding", is beyond the abilities of your typical hot rodder. It is ironic that in a hobby that prides itself on individuality and creative genius, hot rodding has seen precious few scratch builders over the years; folks who go out and build their own custom bodies from nothing. In fact, the opposite seems to be the norm. Scratch builders are virtually non-existent except for icons like Ed Roth and George Photo 3-A spartan interior Barris or very high-end builders like Chip Foose and Ray Brizio. Photo 4-Don't go overboard and flat enamel paint on your first attempt. Keep simplified the build. Photo When I first started talking about my plans to build an all-steel car body from scratch, it as simple as possible. attribution nearly 100% of the rodders I talked to responded with a) it can't be done b) it's not worth Photo attribution being done or c) a simple roll of their eyes to indicate total disbelief. And for good reason: a little problem I call "The Metal Mystique". The Metal Mystique is the unfounded belief that only the highly-skilled with the assistance of very expensive machinery can shape and form sheet metal into anything even closely resembling a hot rod body. 1 of 3 10/29/2018, 22:50 Introduction - The Scratch-Built Hot Rod https://web.archive.org/web/20110925144857/http://www.hotrodders.com:80/scratch-built/Intr... My hope is that this book will begin to dispel that myth. As I've told many others, if a guy like me can do it, virtually any rodder can do it. And while I would never claim that metalshaping is not a challenge, I would argue strongly that it is well within the grasp of nearly anyone reading this page. I began creating steel bodies in 2004 without any prior experience, or any of the high- end tools normally associated with sheet metal fabrication. Using wood stumps, PVC pipe, a beater bag, and an assortment of mallets and hammers, I set out to prove that a common ordinary hot rodder, with no particular skills or training, could create Photo 5-After completing affordable, safe and eye-catching hot rods by hand-forming them from sheet metal and Photo 6-The roof, fenders, the roadster, I tackled the tubing. operating windows, full more complicated sedan interior and base/clear paint delivery body. Photo My first completed car was modeled after a '30s-era Ford roadster and was finished and more than doubled attribution on the road for $4,700. It required a total of 1,700 hours to build. (See photos 1-4. Click construction time. Photo on any picture to see a larger version). Topless, fenderless, and with a spartan interior attribution and paint, the car served as a proving grounds for my theory that coachbuilding was within reach of virtually any hot rodder who had access to fairly common tools and a willingness to devote the necessary time and effort. The roadster is fully licensed and insured, and is driven whenever our nasty Northern Wisconsin climate permits. Buoyed by the results of this initial effort to create a simple, traditional, old school-type rod, I next raised my sights to something more challenging: a steel body with a full top, fenders, working windows, creature comforts (stereo, cruise, GPS, heat, defrost, AC), a somewhat plush interior, and a show-worthy paint job (well, at least worthy of the friendly local shows in my neck of the woods). It is the step-by-step experience of building that car, my "sedan delivery", that is the subject of this book. (See photos 5-8) Even if you have no intention of fabricating your own custom body, and simply want to build a rod in traditional fashion, this book can hopefully still be of use to you. The Photo 7-There is no chapters on frame construction, chassis development, and paint and upholstery are all Photo 8-Aside from the sophisticated or expensive essential elements of building any modern-day hot rod. And within each chapter of this ability to weld, you can machinery needed to create book are dozens and dozens of ideas, from building your own tail light lenses to fabricate a body with a body like this. Photo mounting electric windows, that can be applied to virtually any hot rod project. virtually no prior attribution metalworking experience. Most of all, I hope to encourage others to pick up a mallet and start banging away on Photo attribution some metal. There is no better teacher than experience, and there is no better way to learn metalshaping than to simply start shaping metal. 2 of 3 10/29/2018, 22:50 Introduction - The Scratch-Built Hot Rod https://web.archive.org/web/20110925144857/http://www.hotrodders.com:80/scratch-built/Intr... Contribute your comments or questions here. Design, Donor and Tools of the Trade > Retrieved from "http://www.hotrodders.com/scratch-built/Introduction" Views Personal tools Search Chapters Introduction 1. Design, Donor and Tools of the Trade 2. Frame Fabrication 3. Chassis: Front Suspension 4. Chassis: Motor and Transmission Mounting 5. Chassis: Rear Suspension 6. Body: An Introduction to Scratch Building 7. Body: A Gallery of Scratch-Built Cars 8. Body: Fabricating the Skeleton 9. Body: Applying the Skin 10. Body: Pickup Bed 11. Body: Fenders and Running Boards 12. Mechanicals 13. Interior Fittings 14. Body Preparation and Painting 15. Upholstery: Seats 16. Upholstery: Interior Panels 17. Upholstery: Consoles, Carpets and Trims 18. Engine 19. Finishing Touches and the Completed Car About the Author 3 of 3 10/29/2018, 22:50 Design Donor and Tools of the Trade - The Scratch-Built Hot Rod https://web.archive.org/web/20110925020955/http://www.hotrodders.com:80/scratch-built/Des... Jump to: navigation, search Chapter 1: Design, Donor and Tools of the Trade Inspiration Nearly every hot rod starts with a source of inspiration and motivation. It may have been a car you saw in your youth. It may be a car you spot while cruising the interstate. Or, it may be the car pictured on that weathered page from Street Rodder Magazine you have tacked above your work bench. It's not necessarily a car you want to "clone" or replicate or re-create in exact detail. Rather, it's the car that gets your creative juices flowing and drives you forward to design something entirely new and unique. Something you can call your own. The source of motivation for the sedan delivery project came from a fairly unlikely place: a cartoon. It was the yellow sedan drawing used as a logo for the Goodguys car club. While the completed car shown in this book shares very little with that Goodguys image, that was never the purpose. The cartoon served instead as a way of getting motivated each day for the work that lay ahead. It created the "itch" that just had to be scratched. It set in motion the entire process of planning, designing, building and finishing the hot rod shown in the following chapters. No matter where your particular inspiration and motivation might come from, the big question is: how do you convert what you see in your mind's eye, into a full-size, roadworthy automobile? Putting it on paper A good way to move forward with your inspiration or motivation is to begin collecting as many pictures or illustrations as you can of the car or concept you have in mind. Photos 1-2 through 1-4 show just a few of the sedans and sedan deliveries that caught my eye. Photo 1-2 Pictures of sedans and sedan deliveries Photo 1-3 Get photos from Photo 1-4 A "dead-on" side as many viewpoints as shot is essential for creating 1 of 13 10/29/2018, 22:50 Design Donor and Tools of the Trade - The Scratch-Built Hot Rod https://web.archive.org/web/20110925020955/http://www.hotrodders.com:80/scratch-built/Des..
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