{"id":79,"date":"2003-11-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-11-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-04-01T16:57:15","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T16:57:15","slug":"bel-air\/inner-wing-template","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/?p=79","title":{"rendered":"Inner Wing Template"},"content":{"rendered":"

Didn’t have much time to work on the car today, so measured the area that needed replacing on the inner wings to make a cardboard template. If I get it all right, I should be able to flip it over to cut the one for the other side. Well thats the plan any way!<\/p>\n

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The remains of the existing inner wing were removed by drilling out the spot welds. My trusty old drill is starting to get a bit tired, and the drill bits don’t last long drilling through weld either. This gave me enough room to measure up accurately (ish). <\/p>\n

\"Template.jpg\"<\/p>\n

After measuring it all up carefully I made a rough template from some cardboard. I used this to get the curved shape of the wings drawn out, and made a final template. This was scored along all the folds and ready to test fit.
\nAnd there you go. It fits. Now all I’ve got to do is make a metal one. As it’s getting colder and darker as winter draws in, I need to sort out the electrics in the garage. When we bought the house, it had a single 40 watt bulb and one plug. There’s now 4 striplights, but it’s still a bit dark in there. Having no plug sockets near the bench is a pain, so I started running cables ready to install some sockets and the little electric anti-frost heater.<\/p>\n

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Didn’t have much time to work on the car today, so measured the area that needed replacing on the inner wings to make a cardboard template. If I get it all right, I should be able to flip it over to cut the one for the other side. Well thats the plan any way!<\/p>\n

\"InnerWingRemoved.jpg\"<\/p>\n

The remains of the existing inner wing were removed by drilling out the spot welds. My trusty old drill is starting to get a bit tired, and the drill bits don’t last long drilling through weld either. This gave me enough room to measure up accurately (ish). <\/p>\n

\"Template.jpg\"<\/p>\n

After measuring it all up carefully I made a rough template from some cardboard. I used this to get the curved shape of the wings drawn out, and made a final template. This was scored along all the folds and ready to test fit.
\nAnd there you go. It fits. Now all I’ve got to do is make a metal one. As it’s getting colder and darker as winter draws in, I need to sort out the electrics in the garage. When we bought the house, it had a single 40 watt bulb and one plug. There’s now 4 striplights, but it’s still a bit dark in there. Having no plug sockets near the bench is a pain, so I started running cables ready to install some sockets and the little electric anti-frost heater.<\/p>\n

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