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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.

1 MGT-024	2 repairs to inner front quarter	3 repairs to inner rear quarter	4 Brian holding rear quarter	5 old tub wood saved as reference
6 More wood arrives	7 new tub wood with polyurethan	8 brian fitting new tub wood	9 wood adjustment prior to screws	10 wood screwed to tub frame
11 checking fit of front quarter	12 Test easing rear quarter into place	13 marking fit of rear quarter	14 fuel tank back board	15 front tub wood view
16 squared up tub wood	17 wood alignment issues	18 New wood cowl	19 New wood cowl 2	20 Tub wood ready for metal0001
21 Tub wood ready for metal0005	22 Tub wood ready for metal0002	23 Tub wood ready for metal0003	24 Tub wood ready for metal0004	25 Tub wood ready for metal0007
26 brackets on either side of glove box	27 Cowl fit with windscreen stanchion holes	28 Rear wood shaved	29 Shaving wood on front of tub	30 wood shaved on side
31 Underside of cowl finished	32 wood final shimming and finish0001	33 wood final shimming and finish0002	34 wood final shimming and finish0003	35 wood final shimming and finish0004
36 interior painted quarters	37 Door opening sill too wide0001	38 Door opening sill too wide0002	39 Door opening sill too wide0003	40 Door opening sill too wide0004
41 Brian in front of gate to new shop	42 Volvo P1800 where paint booth is going	43 Tub tucked too far in for working 2	44 Tub tucked too far in for working	45 My parts on the Mezzanine
46 Sidecurtain box hiding under a valance	47 Tub finally out to be worked	48 Angle of cowl to dashboard	49 Fig and I visit Brian	50 Reduced material at sides LH
51 Reduced material at sides RH	52 Shaving sides to close rear gaps	53 easing quarter in place for pinning	54 Grinding out a weld	55 Rear quarter drawn tight with mounting screws
56 Rear quarter pinned	57 Laying down on the job	58 Pinning in rear quarter	59 Pinning rear edge of front quarter	60 Rear edge of front quarter formed against wood
61 Final alignment of rear panel	62 Nails pinning rear quarter bent over	63 Rear panels pinned in place 2	64 Rear panels pinned in place	65 Defining door clearance notch
66 Done for the evening	67 Shaping body fill at corner of cowl	68 Body fill at front and rear quarter seam	69 Rear quarter body fill	70 Rear top rail body fill
71 Front door sill body fill	72 Rear quarter body fill 2	73 Taping interior of tub	74 Taped interior of tub	75 Taped front of tub
76 break for lunch	77 Final shaping top elbow	78 Final smoothing of rear quarter	79 LH side ready for prime 2	80 Preparing cowl for prime
81 Preparing cowl for prime 2	82 LH side ready for prime	83 Shoting tub with prime	84 Shooting tub with prime 2	85 Left hand side primed
86 RH rear quater primed	87 RH rear quarter primed 2	88 Door sill primed 2	89 Door sill primed	90 Tub in color and clear block sanding cowl
91 Tub in color and clear block sanding side 2	92 checking block sanding side	93 checking block sanding cowl	94 Next coat of clear	95 Another sand and clear moment
96 Final clear in makeshift booth 01	97 Final clear in makeshift booth 02	98 Final clear in makeshift booth 03

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