Mineallmine
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This looks amazing. I love the look
Thanks Stephen! It feels good to have the car back and be on a roll again.I really like the changes and look. Great job.
Much thanks, I'm smelling the goal line on completing the front end look, great incentive and I'm really happy with how the look is shaping upThis looks amazing. I love the look
I hear ya, frenching the ends into the fender might be cool if the bumper end face was parallel to the fender. The issue at hand is the lower bumper rail on the return is close to the fender whereas the top rail is miles away. Slicing the top rail only to bend the end face in will increase the end face height putting it above the bumper top rail. Gotta figure something out for sureCut the fender and make pockets or dimples on each side and the narrow the bumper to fit just in side the pockets kinda like they did with the Rear E body barracuda's or mustangs..
Cut end contour with outer fender flat or maybe blend into or butt up against but maybe come to a gentle small end just slightly overlap. Construction paper poster board cardboard time!Both eyelids on fender faces done, bumper on. Still brain storming on how to shorten up the E body bumper ends.
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Okay been thinking about this a bit. Hold my beer...
I had the same thought recently to swap the return ends, Ill have to see if the bumper is symetrical or at least very close. The other idea of filling the gap on the top rail would be simple but I don't like how far the ends are protuding. ThanksWould adding material to the top edge on the inside radius to make them "more" even help?
Is the bumper semantical? could you flip the tips if so?? IDK
Way to make it your own! that's a lot of work!Not wanting to clog up your post but, as mentioned in post #224 I am also re working the front end on a 68 Barracuda. My project certainly is not as intensive as yours is. You are going great stuff.
I have not cleaned up the '67 Dodge Coronet head light bezels or grill, that will happen later this spring with warm weather. More details at:
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So, bumper is nowhere near symmetrical. I cut off ends, reduced length by .5", mocked back on, now deciding on the best cut to bring the return end topside closer. The problem is, the the whole corner of the bumper is essentially a large round cup or hemisphere, so this will involve mitigating the compound curvature.Would adding material to the top edge on the inside radius to make them "more" even help?
Is the bumper semantical? could you flip the tips if so?? IDK
Neil, thanks for that, I've had tunnel vision on getting these ends to work but your plan may be the way to go. Im thinking chrome, but I'm sure I'll body color it first to seedo you intend to have the bumper chromed or will it be painted? if the latter now the ends are cut off why not make a 'skeleton' in steel wire and skin it with sheet steel? it can be whatever shape you want/need it to be that way. if the former the same applies just more care needs to be taken with the sheet metal and it'll need to be thicker sheet (which will have the bonus of allowing more grinding/fettling to get the shape right.
either way you don't need to make the ends you already have work when for a similar amount of effort it can be just what you envisaged it to be.
neil.
I really like the bottom picture surprisingly... Maybe the look eluding you is not the rap around effect!?! maybe just have it finish online with the fender line??? Not so much the Handle Bar mustache look
I really like the bottom picture surprisingly... Maybe the look eluding you is not the rap around effect!?! maybe just have it finish online with the fender line??? Not so much the Handle Bar mustache look
Long story, I really just wanted single flat top headlights when I started out on these mods. I struck out finding any for sale or any custom headlight builders at the time so I turned to the Chally lights. Like the Challenger, I knew the headlights needed to be as close to the hood and as close to the outter fenders as possible, I went as far as removing part of the innner fender/ core support corner and structured around it for the look I was after . So, ironically kind of like shimming the motor to aid in P/S box clearance then having to rework the entire under-hood plenum, when my fabricator buddy started on the nose piece, he suggested slicing off the front tips of the fenders (they were pretty trashed), this would provide a cleaner transition to the grill, we mocked it up and I said lets do it. Not thinking it through, I had no idea that this mod would present a much fatter distance from headlight to the outer fenders since inner and outer fenders diverge from the tip. I have had thoughts about re working both fenders to narrow them to a minimum at the front, but I know what that means and, I currently like the way the car looks as is.Out of curiosity, what dictated the location of your headlights?
Agreed the bottom attachment little smoothing round slightly into fish fender would look really nice.I really like the bottom picture surprisingly... Maybe the look eluding you is not the rap around effect!?! maybe just have it finish online with the fender line??? Not so much the Handle Bar mustache look