In a previous blog you may have caught the write up about the custom aluminum 1932 radiator shell and Bonneville-style grille insert. After building the radiator shell, we decided to build some custom panel work to compliment the classic style of the radiator shell. We stayed with the original 1932 Ford parameters on the hood and sides but opted to create some custom scoops. The scoops create three things: rigidity in the panel, air flow, and uniqueness, as the panels you see below are all one of a kind.
To help create the scoop work in the panels, we made a hammer form jig. Each panel was clamped to the jig, then the aluminum was ‘jig chased’ into the depth of the jig, after annealing it (a heat treatment to make the aluminum soft and workable).
The panels were then metal finished to complete. On the side panels we designed and ran two options as you can see below.
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