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email Dave Braun at dave@dbraun99.com (click here)

The wood is from Craig Seabrook. It appears to be thicker than the Moss wood others have purchased, and it is giving Brian some grief. The work is progressing slowly.

MGT-024	repairs to inner front quarter	repairs to inner rear quarter	Brian holding rear quarter	old tub wood saved as reference
More wood arrives	new tub wood with polyurethan	brian fitting new tub wood	wood adjustment prior to screws	wood screwed to tub frame
checking fit of front quarter	Test easing rear quarter into place	marking fit of rear quarter	fuel tank back board	front tub wood view
squared up tub wood	wood alignment issues	New wood cowl	New wood cowl 2	Tub wood ready for metal0001
Tub wood ready for metal0005	Tub wood ready for metal0002	Tub wood ready for metal0003	Tub wood ready for metal0004	Tub wood ready for metal0007
brackets on either side of glove box	Cowl fit with windscreen stanchion holes	Rear wood shaved	Shaving wood on front of tub	wood shaved on side
Underside of cowl finished	wood final shimming and finish0001	wood final shimming and finish0002	wood final shimming and finish0003	wood final shimming and finish0004
interior painted quarters	Door opening sill too wide0001	Door opening sill too wide0002	Door opening sill too wide0003	Door opening sill too wide0004
Brian in front of gate to new shop	Volvo P1800 where paint booth is going	Tub tucked too far in for working 2	Tub tucked too far in for working	My parts on the Mezzanine
Sidecurtain box hiding under a valance	Tub finally out to be worked	Angle of cowl to dashboard	Fig and I visit Brian	Reduced material at sides LH
Reduced material at sides RH	Shaving sides to close rear gaps	easing quarter in place for pinning	Grinding out a weld	Rear quarter drawn tight with mounting screws
Rear quarter pinned	Laying down on the job	Pinning in rear quarter	Pinning rear edge of front quarter	Rear edge of front quarter formed against wood
Final alignment of rear panel	Nails pinning rear quarter bent over	Rear panels pinned in place 2	Rear panels pinned in place	Defining door clearance notch
Done for the evening	Shaping body fill at corner of cowl	Body fill at front and rear quarter seam	Rear quarter body fill	Rear top rail body fill
Front door sill body fill	Rear quarter body fill 2	Taping interior of tub	Taped interior of tub	Taped front of tub
break for lunch	Final shaping top elbow	Final smoothing of rear quarter	LH side ready for prime 2	Preparing cowl for prime
Preparing cowl for prime 2	LH side ready for prime	Shoting tub with prime	Shooting tub with prime 2	Left hand side primed
RH rear quater primed	RH rear quarter primed 2	Door sill primed 2	Door sill primed	Tub in color and clear block sanding cowl
Tub in color and clear block sanding side 2	checking block sanding side	checking block sanding cowl	Next coat of clear	Another sand and clear moment
Final clear in makeshift booth 01	Final clear in makeshift booth 02	Final clear in makeshift booth 03

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