{FORGED?} Re: {FORGED?} Re: my 1970 Hornet project

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On April 15, 2005 Tom Jennings wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 farna@xxxxxxx wrote:
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> > I wonder how hard it would be to bend some sheet metal or
> > aluminum parts up for some of the plastic trim, or adapt older
> > American/Classic metal trim? I've got a couple 61-63 American
> > parts cars, saved some of the trim from my 63 Classic parts car,
> > and have a 68 American parts car. If I get a Hornet or Gremlin
> > later I just might try adapting or making metal interior trim
> > parts.
> 
> I agree it's tempting! I think it might be a harder task than it
> appears.  The curves are subtle though. In my quest for workable
> trim I took home a lot of pieces that looked close but were far
> off; concords, later hornets, wagons, eagles... all essentially
> the same design but completely unfittable.
> 
> They are all simple, open shapes, with a good mold you could
> probably form them from sheet in an oven. A bit too much
> investment for me!
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I think Tom is right. There is a lot of work involved in trying to make trim parts out of metal. I was a fabricator all my life and a model car builder since I was 11 years old. There are some slight differences in all the plastic trim. Like I said it took me a year of searchng the net and from a friend here in my home town to get all the plastic parts that I needed for the interior job. It is not an impossoble task but time consumeing. John Elie once said to me that Arizona was great for rust free cars but he always went to the rust belt for interior plastic parts. I am glad my interior is going to be done soon!!!!
"Doc"  









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