Sheetmetal
As many of you know we are working an a very rare 41 Chevy Sedan Delivery. Here are a few pictures of how it looked when it arrived here.
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| 1941 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery |
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| 1941 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery |
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| 1941 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery Read for Sandblasting |
We then removed all the trim, glass, wiring, doors and other parts to prepare all paintable parts for sandblasting.
Now we come to the technical part. For the firewall and floors we chose Direct Sheetmetal's street rod kit. This kit is not intended to be used with the stock frame mounts. (They won't tell you this until you get the kit) Here at Weber Body Works we rarely follow the directions anyway. We decided to make this kit work with the stock frame mounts and braces. We would not recommend this for the faint of heart. We are professionals, please do not try this at home.
First we installed the firewall as per Direct Sheetmetal's instructions, but did not weld in just yet. We held it in place with Clecos.
Next step for those wanting to make this kit work with the stock frame mount brackets. Throw the floor and toe-kick instructions away, burn them if you want, and follow these easy to read directions.
In order to make the Direct Sheetmetal toe kick and floor kit work you will need to first modify the two toe kicks and one of the tunnel pieces. For this task you will need access to a sheet metal bending brake capable of bending 16 gauge metal. You will also need an air or electric powered "cut off wheel" tool.
We won't be cutting or bending today; just showing with the following pictures you why this kit will not work with the stock frame braces and mounts.
We won't be cutting or bending today; just showing with the following pictures you why this kit will not work with the stock frame braces and mounts.
These first four pictures show what the trouble is with using this Direct Sheetmetal kit as shipped
when the stock frame mount brackets are being used. The techs at Direct Sheetmetal recommend you remove the stock frame mount brackets and put their floor (with spacers) directly on the frame. We at Weber Body Works would never recommend you do this, this, well unless structural integrity is of no concern to you.
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| Direct Sheetmetal Kit for 35-48 Pass. Cars |
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| Direct Sheetmetal Kit for 35-48 Pass. Cars |
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| Direct Sheetmetal Kit for 35-48 Pass. Cars |
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| Direct Sheetmetal Kit for 35-48 Pass. Cars |
These last three pictures show what needs to be done to make this Direct Sheetmetal kit work.
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| Direct Sheetmetal Kit for 35-48 Pass. Cars |
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| Direct Sheetmetal Kit for 35-48 Pass. Cars |
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| Direct Sheetmetal Kit for 35-48 Pass. Cars |
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The next article in this series will be published tomorrow. It's getting late and the pictures have not downloaded yet. ~Mike Weber
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