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COACHBUILDING CLASS MARCH 2015 – PART 6

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Pictures from Monday day four of my March 2015 coachbuilding class. 1- Jack and Kevin working on the new Cobra hood panel turning up the flange. 2- The new hood skin with the edge flange at 90 degrees. 3- the new hood with the support structure test fit. 4- Tim tapping out some distortions from […]

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COACHBUILDING CLASS MARCH 2015 – PART 7

All Classes

The finished Cobra panels made by Kevin and Tim for Kevin’s Cobra. My April class is sold out. I have a few openings left for my May class. June and later are all available. You will learn at my class that you can make world class quality panels in aluminum or steel sheet without having […]

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Coach building Class February 2015 – Part 3

1955 550 Porsche Spyder

A few final pictures from my February coachbuilding class. The class made quite a few panels for the 550 Porsche Spyder build project and several panels for the Cobra. Pictures: 1 – Nick made,fit, and riveted the aluminum securing edge to the tubing support structure for the new Cobra hood skin. 2 -The next picture […]

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First coachbuilding class JANUARY 2015

1955 550 Porsche Spyder

Had an awesome group of guys take my first coachbuilding class. We all worked on a Porsche 550 Spyder left rear fender made from .060″ aluminum. Jonathan from FL and Ethan from MA stayed late to finish as much as we could get done on the fender. Still lots of edge details and welding the […]

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