Show reconstruct AN OLD automobile EM IPA rebuilding of old car Is far more intricate than Is usually considered UTMOST va CARE IS ESSENTIAL scale drawing of chassis and now new body should first be made to in aart ur correct fit sheet tron iron to commonly urd the desire of most owners of old cars Is to cut it down and wake ninke a racer out of it or at tiny auy rate provide the lie old chassis with a body that will create the impression of power 1 ILL 0 v tt 1 1 A ax L D 00 oo ME 01 AA an old automobile Is rather more intricate than Is usually considered but by using care the results will amply re pay the effort and speed many ameli attempts are foredoomed fore doomed to fallore faT fal lure because the body Is designed with nath no reference to drawl drawings patterns or tile the tool equipment involved preliminary to anything else a scale drawing of the chassis and tile new body should be made and after it the builder litter lias has established to tits own satisfaction that tile the new liew body will fit the chassis then only should the actual work be undertaken however a co completo con li pleto set erf full sized paper patterns should be made with these the builder can determine whether r the parts will fit to together Fether correctly and at the same time rectify any errors s of calculation or judgment that may have been m mode d e in tile the preliminary scale drawing tile the illustration shows a body that possesses tine throughout as it Is engler easier to work the metal sharp lines than tiny other way hut the variety of design besig Is infinite and Is only imly limited by the skill ensil cash and at the lie command of the ln liner ilder use ashett jhc t iron aron the material im roost most commonly used Is no 18 19 or 20 gange ihnet iron nl at tile lighter and anoro expensive can be e used na well veil as a lighter gauge iron but the ali e latter Is for work of the kind shown in the the he most essential amis will consist of a wooden mallet tin till and riveting and soldering equipment most amateur builders fall into the error of trying to apply the lie component parts of if the i body to toi n i wooden fraino with nails invariably results in fit a botched and unsatisfactory job disk wheals not licad disk wheels are merely sheet metal bolted to both sides of the rt wheels heels with etli nn nil opening for access to the tire calve such wheels on oil the average light car tire arc nut not to be particularly ticul arly commended however as they hey tire are not entirely satisfactory lind at ohp ha ame time detract arnin tha t low ilow appearance fsr ily ly sought it lie be that lie alm aim Is to build a neat individual automobile body tind and not a holler and that therefore the tise lisp of rivets and nalls nails for seams should be shunned since both give evidence of nn an awat amateurs eurs handiwork populate Ite chanlex |