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Old 09-08-2014, 11:31 AM   #43
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Re: 1940 Packard 120 Convertible Restoration

Finished the left side curved/cupped front body mount/kick panel brace.




Test fitting the inner rocker and b-pillar piece for the first time.




Started building the outer rocker. I made this in two halves, upper and lower. The door jamb area had straight 90* bends that were easy to make in the brake but the outer part was curved to match the door's shape. I bent the inner bends first, then trimmed a straight curved outer edge with an extra 3/4" on the edge. We bought a set of 90* dies for the bead roller to make curved edges so that set of dies worked well to create the curved 90* edge. The bottom half was made the same way.




After trimming welding the two halves together. Still needs to be trimmed to the correct length and the jamb ends need to be shaped to blend into the a/b pillar bottoms.

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