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02-26-2017, 11:47 PM
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52 Chevy Tailpan
Spent today hosting a Pullmax Workshop for some of the guys from the VA HAMB. OJ Higgins recently took delivery of a gargantuan Trumpf universal machine (a Pullmax on Steroids) and wanted a down and dirty on how these machines could be put to use. So OJ and a few other VA guys stopped by today and for a sample to use, ClutchDumpinDan brought by a tail pan from his 52 Chevy that was in dire need of rust repair.. We found a piece of 18 gauge cold rolled steel large enough to do the trick, so Dan cut it in half just in case we needed to do this twice...
  Dies made for the universal tool holder in the Lennox Nibbler  Profile check...  Test sample...  Our new panel ready to run through the dies...  Step detail  Tipping the leading edge..  Dan takes a twinkie break  Videos.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB8wdKQHwqE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbrMeTq0HXE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWELebyXNF0 Comparing new to old...  Rusty seal joggle on the old panel...  The new one...   Adding some bead details to change things up a bit...   Comparison....  Fancy tool for finishing the bead ends... 
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03-01-2017, 09:15 AM
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Re: 52 Chevy Tailpan
Had some pm's asking how we did the "J" detail for the bumper seal..
I missed getting some of the pictures of the dies, so had to go back afterwards... These are all the dies used, I had three different lower dies to progressively fold the sides in. The location is set by using a backstop on the first pass, or the die show on the right..  This is the final die shown with a sample run...  
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03-02-2017, 06:33 PM
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Re: 52 Chevy Tailpan
You guys are magic.
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01-05-2018, 01:03 AM
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Re: 52 Chevy Tailpan
We don't always get to see pictures of most of the smaller fabrications we do after the owner installs them, so when we do, I like to share them. So here's a pic I just got of this tail pan we did last February.
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01-05-2018, 10:52 AM
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Re: 52 Chevy Tailpan
very nice work....as always
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01-05-2018, 08:54 PM
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Re: 52 Chevy Tailpan
Impressive!
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01-07-2018, 05:04 PM
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Re: 52 Chevy Tailpan
As stated above," Magic"...bead detail looks awesome....A friends quote when we were building our house, "what we do you can't buy off the shelf". That apply's here big time.
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