Suicide King

[unforgiven2008]

OK, this is gonna happen fast, so you have to keep up, as you can see, it's a caddy, a nice one too, but we're gonna do some nasty things to it, to make it look oober kewl, so keep up with the build, things are gonna happen fast, I hope, it's plan'd, the math is work'd out, the saw is ready......

[unforgiven2008]

Next stop, the trunk:

[unforgiven2008]

OK1 here we are, I will do the trunk lip, and show pic's of it going down, now after you cut out your panels please make sure, you remove the lip that will show up on the underside, it makes attaching from inside so much easy'r, and gives you a level playing field, when it come's to hinging....

[68chevy]

You got a lot going on.

[unforgiven2008]

OK, here you go, this is the way I do trunk lips, they don't have to be very wide, I first cut a 1/4th wide, strip of .010 plastic sheet 2 inches long, X 2, I then mark a line about 1/32 of an inch, then super glue the strip, to the line, inside the trunk, I do the 2 side's first, now when you do the top/front of the trunk, you will have to see how far it is between the 2 side strips, there all different, after it's all said and done, it will look all blocky, you will have to file it to what you need, to give it that right look, be sure to check, and recheck, the way the trunk fits, because it's gotta sit flush,and smooth:

[unforgiven2008]

Morning guys, here is a shot of the finish'ed trunk lip, with a lil file work it looks good, this isn't great, but after a lil mud an paint it will look great:

[unforgiven2008]

OK, now for the hinge's, this will have to be done in sections, and I hope it will be easy to understand, first off, is the spacer, as you can see by the curve of the door, whoa!, needs to be filled with something, soooooooo, I cut a 5/8ths of an inch long piece of about .060 inch plastic, about 5/16ths of an inch wide, give it a good sanding to match the curve of the body as possible, and super glued it to, the inside of the body, about 1/16th of an inch, just inside the door frame, the reason for the brace, is to have a level playing field, and it gives a flat surface to attache the tube to:

[unforgiven2008]

Morning guys, It's 7 am here in Az land, the weather suck' s again today so no primer on the nasty 9, yeasterday i was feeling ill, so i didnt get to post, nor did I get much done, but here is some work..

Now I like to use piano wire and small aluminum tubing, to make my hinge's, some use, brass, hollow Q-tip tube's, and even paper clips, so you can use pretty much what ever you have at hand, I get my tubing and piano wire from my local Ace Hardware store:



I then cut 2 piece's of tubing about 7/16th's of an inch long, debure them, or smoothe the edge's, and make sure the hole is clear, now I use a miter box, and a saw blade to to this, it's a handy lil booger to have around, I also scratch build my own header's when need'd, and my own distributors, some people will just lay the tub out and cut it with a excto blade, by rolling to, an fro:





I then cut 2 piece's of the piano wire, 1 inch an 7/16th's long, now you can cut this longer, up to how your going to fit the hinge, and you can allways trim it off later:



Slip the wire thru the tubing like so:



Now I got this nifty lil smooth mini needle nose pliers from Walmart, it came with 4 other tools, it's nice to have when you need to make the bends, oh yea, in the jewlery section:

[unforgiven2008]

Whew, ok now on to the bends.

Now I can't exactly tell you the bends, so I'm hopping the pictures will help you thru this process, becouse each build is different, each efect you want can be different too, sooooo....

Your first bend should look like this:



Now my second bend is alway's at a slight angle, I dunno why, but it works for me, you want to get this as close to possible, it must clear the door jamb, you don"t need the door to swing so wide, just a good indication that it open's in the direction you want:



Here's the rest, try to get it all straight, and even as possible, but you can always tweak it later too:





Now, I use super glue to tack it into place, then I use this stuff 5 min epoxy, this stuff is great, oh and try not to get anything in the hinge hole, it suck's:



Anyway you should have something close to this, and I cannot stress this more, TEST FIT, TEST FIT, TEST FIT, I dint care if your eyeball's are popping out of your head becouse of all the test fitting, DO IT AGAIN!!!!, believe me you will like the results, and it's allot less aggravation in the end......

[unforgiven2008]

OK, now that you have done the easy stuff, now the fun begins, the placement, first off tape that door to the body, make sure you have the same opening all the way around, good and tight now, you don't want that puppy to move, when least expected:



Next set you socks over the lil leg's, ok sleave's, somethin like this, then just a lil drop of super goo, let it set up, just for a few, then I take the door off, to make sure I didn't glue the leg's in the sleave's, let it set up real good now, then slip the door back into place, yes tape it again, then, set your hinge in place, do the drop of goo, let it set a few, then remove the door again, yea I know long process, now when it's all said and done you should have something like the last 2 pictures: now your door will sag, and it will be at the top, just tweak the top leg a lil, gently you will be ok,
cut your door sleave's about 1/4 inch long, longer if you need them, just remember once cut, you pay, if you have to cut them shorter:

[unforgiven2008]

Now see this is what happens when you don't pay attention to the gap on the door as you tape it, to the body, for finale placement: as a friend suggested, file the tubes down as they do butt up to the corner of the dog leg, or, use plastic sheet to fill the gap:

[unforgiven2008]

Well this took some time, but it will look kewl as all get out, now I have to make another lip, and another hinge, stay toon'd, LOOK MY HOOD FELL APART:

[derbygeek116x]

how do u cut your dorrs and stuff so percise?

[unforgiven2008]

Sept 12, 2012 15:10:19 GMT -5 derbygeek116x said:

how do u cut your dorrs and stuff so percise?

You can use the back of a brand new, # 11 exacto blade, or what I like is a dental pick, they also sell what is call'd a scribbing tool, tho I don't know where.

Then what you do is slowly, scribe into the door lines, take your time, go easy and let the tool do the work for you, it will curl the plastic, there by cut, the groove deeper, keep going till, you get all the way thru....

[unforgiven2008]

The interior madness, must now begin, I didn't like it so now I'm gonna change it, it will have a kusom center console, that wraps around the back seats, from the dash:



First order of business, lose the back seat, I scribe'd and saw'd my way thru:



Rebuilt the floor, and some of the side pannel's, using just some .010 sheet plastic:





Now here it is with the seats mock'd up, will clean up the seam's so they look one piece, I got them from a mustang kit, don't know which one, just that they were in a box, mark'd Mustang:

[unforgiven2008]

Ok we had som issues, but we got past them , here is a shot of the kustom consule:




Broke the post at the windshield and roof line, so we replaced it with the '59 convert, frame, it is stronger anyway:





As you will also notice, we add'd some lower body support just under the door opening:



Here is what it looks like with, the new frame, some minor touch up and it will look like part of the car:

[wtsf150]

Thats gonna be sweet Michael
Willie

[tim]

Lots of dicin and slicin! Lookin good!

[68chevy]

Looking good.

[plasticdreams]

Very cool! What tool do you use to cut out the doors.

[unforgiven2008]

Sept 22, 2012 17:05:56 GMT -5 plasticdreams said:

Very cool! What tool do you use to cut out the doors.

I like to use dental pick's, but they do make a scribing tool, and you can use the back of a brand new # 11 exacto blade, try not to do what i have done to every blade, snap the tip off, yea the very tip, just take your time, go slow and easy, let the tool do the work for you, you don't need a whole lot of pressure, keep it about a 45% angle, cut, and as straight as you can to the body, so you don't have an angle in the cut, hope this will help you out...

[plasticdreams]

Thanks man, sorry you had to repeat a post about doing this....didnt see it before we asked. I thought you used a power tool because your lines are so precise.

[unforgiven2008]

Sept 24, 2012 20:34:03 GMT -5 plasticdreams said:

Thanks man, sorry you had to repeat a post about doing this....didnt see it before we asked. I thought you used a power tool because your lines are so precise.

NP man, nah no power tool, just slow, and easy is all u need...


Yeah I know, not much of an update, but its 4 am and im KOOKING BABY!!!!!!!, where the hell did I leave that FREAKING SAW!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK, now that, that is all done, we move on, here you will cut, or well scribe out the door panels, PLEASE BE CAREFUL, take your time, and let the tool do the work for you, you see some nasty, tight curves here at the top of the door, at the front, just fallow the line, slow and easy, here are some shot's of what you want, you will not need that bottom lip at the bottom of the door, but keep them on the front and back panels:





You see i have already put the rear panel onto the interior bucket, you need to do this, and the front panel too, you will be using them to line up the door panel, once those are dry enough....

[Nacho Z]

Lots of nice work going on here! Thanks for taking the time to post WIP pics and instructions. I appreciate it.