Pre war Riley Brooklands - Front guards, Attempt 1 (and 2)

[@michielvanmeurs4747]

What an extremely nice workshop you have made for yourself, says a lot about you, I am sure.

[@asciimation]

It's all built up over time as I acquire things and tools as I need them. It's a bit like getting into electronics or programming or 3D printing. You need to know what you want to make first then get the right tools. I think a lot of people want to get all the tools then struggle to know what to do with them!

[@michielvanmeurs4747]

@@asciimation thank you for answering👍🏻 I do know how it works, but I still think yours is a lot nicer than mine! Gives me an example to follow😉

[@asciimation]

I think as long as everything in your workshop has a purpose then it's all fine. Someone would look a right prat having a bunch of things in there and not knowing what they were for or how to use them (even if not an expert at using them). Workshop art/nick-nacks excluded of course :)

[@paulross2023]

Great project cracking job from a old a old brit and vintage austin man

[@asciimation]

Building my Austin 7 helped a lot with doing the Riley. The Riley isn't that much bigger but feels far more 'grown up' than the 7s.

[@owendavies1036]

Don't start again. Use your shrinker around the inside edge to adjust the radius of the wing

[@michielvanmeurs4747]

Would indeed spend some time on that and see what it does….

[@asciimation]

I am not sure that would work, I think if you tried doing that (and I might try on the junk one!) all it will do is pull the side in so you would need to try to hammer those flat again and I think that would make the top part go wobbly. In the end I made new ones and figured out exactly how much the radius changed so I could compensate for it. I also pre-shrunk the edge before rolling it which made a huge difference. With the right amount of pre-shrink when you roll the ends the sides stayed flat. My second and third attempts came out much better. That'll be in the next film.

[@asciimation]

I have my bad first attempt still so I might give it a go on that and see what happens.

[@michielvanmeurs4747]

@ it would be nice to know if it would work, also because I intend to do something similar in a year or so. So it is out of self interest and I trust you more than myself when it comes to metal work.

[@asciimation]

It did work! See latest film. I was able to tighten it at least an inch pretty easily. I didn't see how far I could go since the 'bad' one was still way too over size. But yes, it seems if you are a bit off radius wise you can 'adjust' it.

[@enginecrzy]

I wonder If you might weld the fender tips temporarily to a jig to prevent movement during construction? Your comment about useing too many gas cap fasteners reminded me of one of Jay lenos cars He was talking about. For the life of me I can't find the vidio tho. I don't remember if it was a Duesenberg, Baguiati or a Hispano Swayze, but I remember him saying there was a rivalery between two companies & the car He was talking about had an excessive amount of fasteners around the gas cap for the mere fact that it had one more bolt then the competition... Well, compared to them, I dont think you are ever in danger of haveing too many.😁...✌👍

[@asciimation]

It's kind of the opposite, you need to get the parts fitting well before you weld and in the end I was able to just hand hold them and get them tacked (next film coming). I didn't even need to use any clamps in the end as I got better at getting the fit right. I've not watched much of Jay Leno's stuff. He certainly has some interesting cars!

[@shedbythetracks]

My decision to build my T as an open wheel car seems to have been the right choice. Ha! I have no doubt you will win out in the end. If a guy tells you Fred Dibnah doesn't make him feel inadequate... he's lying. Also... The best use for a Haynes manual is chocking your wheels. Happy New Years!

[@asciimation]

Open wheel cars aren't legal here except for some hot rods. I believe how it works is you are a member of a hot rod club for at least a year. The club basically endorses the person and they get a special exemption. It's only for certain types of hot rods too. I think pre-35 ones? And they must attend two of the hot rod clubs official events each year, the whole idea of the exemption being for historic hot rods. People often complain about the rules but since that is the only way it works here it's in the Hot Rod clubs interests to make sure the members don't abuse it as the alternative would be no exemptions at all. Whenever there are government exemptions to something it's best not to draw attention to them since governments NEVER changes them to something better but will always do the easiest/cheapest thing which is get rid of them.

[@shedbythetracks]

@@asciimation Good Lord!

[@simongroot7147]

What would happen if you shrank the 'wired' edge? Would that not pull the diameter in?

[@asciimation]

I think it will twist it but tomorrow I might try it on my practice guard and see!