GOJEEPS Grand Willys Project

[GMEMUD]

Thanks Marcus, handy sites.
Regards Ross

[Gojeep]

Really enjoyed this week as was good to see it taking more shape.


Time to try out the upper part of the wall to make sure they are exactly at the same height as each other. Had to take 2 millimeters out of the right side to get it sitting perfectly level across the top of the window.


Strangely both sides of the lower part of the window angled up in the middle? To get it parallel with the top, I shrunk both sides at the corner of the bottom edge to pull it down. Then had to retrim the bottom edge.


I have the level hard against the edge of the door to make sure the door opening stays square to the door pillar. The back of the door is perfectly straight so can do this.


Tacked and ready to grind down the tack welds flush, inside and out, so I can run over them as I tig weld. If I don't do that I can feel the hard spots left during planishing, leaving uneven stretch.


The tig weld pulled hard when shrinking during cooling, but easily fixed by plashing to stretch the weld back out again.


Had a section marked in chalk where it was still pulled in a bit.


Hammering from the inside out against this steel block got all but a section above the weld area flush.


Used the shrinking disc on the inside along with compressed air to cool it to push the low spot outwards.


Nice and flat right across now.


As I was tacking the other side, this end lifted even after plashing the tacks as I went along. So stopped to rectify it.


Fully tig welded the section tacked and then planished only the area around the side to raise that part which brought this end down back to perfect.

[SeaComms]

Blown away as usual. Sitting here showing the father in law this latest episode on my phone and he is jumping in from his computer later to watch the whole series

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[Gojeep]

Blown away as usual. Sitting here showing the father in law this latest episode on my phone and he is jumping in from his computer later to watch the whole series

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Ha ha, good to hear more of the family getting involved.

[Gojeep]

Finished the other side off so getting there.


Have to make the pieces in between now. The curves outside the window frame are different to the ones on the inside. Two pieces make up the bottom and four pieces for the top.


One of the stake dollies I made fits quite well so will use this to form the outer window curve.


Just marked where I wanted the curve to start and used a lead working bat to quickly form the bend. Leaves no hammer marks and less than 2 minutes work. I picked this one up last year in England at an old hardware store that was closing down.


Quick fold at the top and tacked into place. Will trim the excess later at the top once the inside flange is attached.


Tig welded into place.


Inside window flange taking shape. Bottom flange just needs to be trimmed off to length.


My wife bought me this old Australian made spot welder as a gift. Thinks I will get plenty of use out of it when I build her a custom car next! Thing weigh a ton but works really well. Came from a business that was closing down making stretched funeral cars!


Feels like cheating as does it so quick and easy. No timer so have to keep a close eye on it as will burn holes right through both layers otherwise!

[Stressball]

Nice work as always Marcus, why am I not surprised that your camera work gets the same exceptional level of detail as your fabrication skills.. I appreciated the wall hung chromed grill captured perfectly centred and aligned in the gap above the rear window in one of the above photos...its the little things

[Gazzo]

I saw that and started imagining a "detail" permanently inserted much like they do now in all the new "Jeeps" like logos deep inside the headlights and so on.
Great work by the way.

[SeaComms]

Easter eggs

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[bruggz351]

I'm still blown away by the ultra sanitary workshop.

My shed is like 'Pigpen'. I tidy it up, turn around and WW111 has been!!!

As always Marcus, superlative. I just wish the updates were longer...

BTW, the lead working bat, you mentioned. Is that similar in the way it works as a deadblow hammer??

I'm just as interested in the tools, and the use of them, as the project itself.

This is one massive learning experience, as well as an informative piece of someones project.

cheers