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I need to see some side views of midgets. Especially in the area of the radius and A pillars. I am doing bodywork and I want to see what a good one looks like up close.
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I need some midget pictures
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That is a good picure but I was really hoping for one taken at an angle and maybe sighting down the side.
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Specifically, what are you concerned about/ looking for?
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Don't know if any of these will help. These are of the 74 Midget tub I just sold.
https://www.drooartz.com/documents/sagas/74_mg_tub/index.html
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Is the A pillar completely flat sidewise? Is it exactly straight flush with the door and the fender and the lower sill? Is anything straight on the entire car?Trevor Jessie said:
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Ahhh, that is what I thought you were getting at.
IMO, they should be in the same plane. Flat, no curve. Were they originally like this? Probably not. But I think it was how they were intended. If you are going with a high gloss finish then reflections will be choppy and it will draw attention to uneven panel gaps. I've seen many A-post repairs that make the A-post look pregnant. I don't care for the look.
IMO, they should be in the same plane. Flat, no curve. Were they originally like this? Probably not. But I think it was how they were intended. If you are going with a high gloss finish then reflections will be choppy and it will draw attention to uneven panel gaps. I've seen many A-post repairs that make the A-post look pregnant. I don't care for the look.
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BTW If you are replacing the chrome trim at the top of the sill, then you do not have to worry about the reflection line at that point.
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Yep, I plan on painting the rockers back black to the trim line and then the yellow. I gonna have to put the doors back on at this point and run a straight edge across and see where I am at. I only cut out about as much as spiny did in his A pillar photo, but I replaced the lower hinge part and then made the outer part back out of 11 gauge steel.
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Vertically it is not flat. It rolls as the door rolls. But if you put a straight edge horizontally across the door, A-pillar and fender, they should be in the same plane.
Maybe I misunderstood the question?
Maybe I misunderstood the question?
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No, thats exactly what I was asking. Everything in the midget seems to have a slight bow to give it stregth. I know it follows the door top to bottom, but it was the sideways part that I was asking about. I'm thinking I'm gonna have to fudge some to make it ll work out. God, I'm starting to hate this. Its much more fun fiddling with the mechanical and electrical parts. When I finish this car, I shall have to brew a special batch of beer.Trevor Jessie said:
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Mine had a bow in it when I was done fitting it. After a little metal shrinking I was able to get it flat. Then after some Slick Sand (Evercoat product) I was able to make it presentable. But I intend on making my bugeye ones much closer.
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I dont think I got enough veritcal bow in mine. It matches up at the bottom at the rocker but does not come out enough to meet the fender. I'm thinking I will add some fiberglass and build it up close and then bondo the little bits.
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How does it line up with the door?
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I don't know yet. I did the doors separate and have not put them back on yet. I will do that first thing tomorow, or at least fit them and then take them back off. It will be much easier sanding with them off. Hmmn..
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You know, I have a bad feeling that I am going to have to take those fenders back off again as well. They pooch out about 1/16th or so right at the square corner because of the steel plate I welded in there, dang it! Anybody got a bugeye bonnet for sale /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/lol.gif
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Nooooooooo!
The doors must be on the car (and door seals) when you block down the car. This is the only way to get the side of the car even close to "flat". Meaning the reflection is unbroken.
If you have to use filler to "bring" bring the A-post out, you might try stretching the edges out to where they need to be so that very little filler is on the edges. Make sense?
The doors must be on the car (and door seals) when you block down the car. This is the only way to get the side of the car even close to "flat". Meaning the reflection is unbroken.
If you have to use filler to "bring" bring the A-post out, you might try stretching the edges out to where they need to be so that very little filler is on the edges. Make sense?