Saturday, October 1, 2011

Well, it's been a while, but I did progress a little bit on my '51 project today. (and when I say today, I mean for the past month or so. Babies have a funny way of occupying your free time )



Frenched my headlights.

I didn't take any "progress" pictures- I didn't want my SLR anywhere near the dust in the shop - but I did make it out tonight to take a few snaps. I'm quite happy with how it turned out.

Understated and clean. I'm not a fan of tunnled headlights - like you get when you use those kits.


Basically, I took the headlight buckets out. They normally mount in from the front. I then removed all the clips from the fender and flipped them around, so that I could mount the headlight in from behind. Once that was done, I mounted the headlight and I taped the trim ring in place - a few times. It's a little tricky getting it lined up right. A few tack welds, and then I removed the bucket for final welding. I had to move around a LOT here, and go really slowly to avoid warping.

Then when it was all welded up, I pulled the filler out and smoothed everything out. With that done, a coat of sealer gets us to where we are today.

What do ya think? This was my first ever french, and I'm quite proud of myself. :)