1956 Nomad gasser build

[NorCam]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

Not a problem, we knew this was going to be a learning process as the guy at Real Deal Steel said this can't be done on a wagon/Nomad. I LOVE it when someone tells me that. My response is..... watch me...

What's not to love about that?

[Too Many Projects]

Short version of events. I got the left side wheel house wall repair patch I made a while back screwed on and the house drilled screwed to it for a test fit.



I had made the wall patch house flange the same width as the flange on the house and once I moved the patch to the inside of the wall, it was too short to move the house inboard enough. I took it all out to see what I had to add for that and just absently set the patch on top of the extension plate. These 2 pieces were made a week apart and never compared to match a fit. I had intended them to overlap as necessary to get the position I need for the house. This fit just blew me away. If I had TRIED to make them fit together, they wouldn't have turned out this well. I just tacked them together and got the width I needed...



Both of these pieces were shrunk/stretched and ground to fit the wheel house independently.

[Too Many Projects]

With both of the tubs clamped in place, it was time to set the body on the frame to see how close I had guessed as to their locations.



And YES, it is really nice to have this kind of power equipment to do this.












Left side is about 1/2" too far in.



Right side only needs to move out about 1/4".



After the adjustments, there should be room for a 14" tire..



That will have to wait for a few weeks. It's too damn cold here and Florida is calling...

[Too Many Projects]

Well dang, I had to come back to the frozen North. May as well work on a hot rod and get paid for it.

Next up was modifying the cargo floor to fit the wide tubs. I cut out the floor in approximately the shape of the tub and used the cut out as a filler/weld flange piece.






This is a VERY abbreviated version, as it took me 3 days to get this all to fit and look this good.







I then finished the day by cutting out a tag board template of the filler panel I will make to blend the original inner to the tub.