On this Episode of Make it Kustom, I'm back on the Model A Roadster installing a beautiful Duvall windshield from SoCal Speed shop. MERCH STORE www.japhandskustoms.com Model A Playlist • How To Make and Instal...
You might want to consider a reinforcement strip on the inside to prevent the nuts from deforming the metal around the holes. Between wind and weight of the glass and frame it may need a little more support.
Yes , and I probably would've just started with that. So position in the place where the fit looks the best , template the holes , drill 'm and see how much of a fit you can get just with bolting it down. You can just pull the metal of the cowl up to the frame and monitor the warping and if needed modify the metal. Even add more studs to get it closer in some places. Grinding that expensive frame that's designed for high grade panels is something I would probably save for last.
Just my thoughts also that window frame is really heavy on its own and then add glass and window pressure while driving I agree reinforcement is needed
I’m watching this and my wife walks in and says what is he doing it looks like he has a cake decorating tool. Lol I said he’s a a artist but he’s not baking a cake. Looks great Karl.
Does nothing stop you, Karl? WOW! Mate absolutely awesomeness at its best. You are right up there with the best auto body builders in the business regardless of what you think in your own head. Love your work as always. Billy J.... Queensland, Australia. 🚦🚥🚦🚥🚧
youtube said I opened this 8 seconds after you posted it and I was 12th to like it. Thanks for another good vid and thanks to Kristina for excellent music.
Ugggh, this car is just looking GORGEOUS... quality pays out and can never be denied! So excited to see what the end result will be. It's going to be a home run!!! Such gorgeous fabrication work. The bead rolling, the speed holes, and just the styling in general, this is a top shelf build! Whether it's the gentle flare just before the windshield, or that profile in the rear wheel well, it just has all of those 'factory style' details which make this look like a factory prototype. This is the difference that a master fabricator adds to a build when they get involved at a design level!
And... postscript... all that gorgeous sheetmetal... Karl... can you PLEASE go with a gloss, or maybe semi-gloss clearcoat over bare (polished) steel for the finish??!?!?! puh-leeeeeeeeeease??!?
I think it looks great. I just want to mention that if you are going to be grinding and sanding extensively on brass or bronze on a regular basis. Respiratory protection would be a good idea. to protect from lead poisoning from the lead added to the metal to make it softer. I worked in a brass/bronze foundry for many years and it doesn't take much to protect yourself from it.
Good of you to point that out. You see so much fabrication video's where people forget about their health it's scary. Don't forget the dust coming of the grinding discs , that alone is reason enough to put on a mask. If I compare a mask I've worn all day to a clean one from the outside it's night and day and all that dark dust could've ended up in my lungs.
@@bebobism Hello I was thinking the same thing. I learnt from guys with R/C boats, when they sharpen and cup their tiny propellors, they are worried about Beryllium in your airways.
Well Karl, you have gone this far. This car deserves a flathead with a set of Ardun heads. That's kind of what it needs. Love what you have done with this car. All the right stuff.
You always make things look so simple, but always point out the little things. It's an excellent looking windshield. It's gonna look killer with a similar grill.
I recently started watching your your RU-vid channel and love all the knowledge you pass on and your great passion and attitude you have doing metal work.
Thanks for sharing, I just did a similar project, a 27 roadster with a brass Speedster windshield. Only difference was my roadster was fiberglass, so I had to add fiberglass in low spots. Your videos are always interesting! Thanks again for sharing!
Karl, If your going that far with the grill I think you should rack the bottom forward to. Matching the angle of flow of the windscreen would be awesome.
@@MakeItKustom Also you have to think that the Zephyr has sort of an arrow head front and the rod has a flat front to it. So you cardboard cut out will be different to the plain angle front on. So you really need to see it from the side for that cut out shape this from the front the bar section you are fitting will be thinner looking at the front. You'll have to workout the angles.
You make me laugh Karl , sometimes you say i am not an expert at this or the other and you have shown unusual ways of doing some things but in the end you always get a top job done like today its the Dog's Nut's dude well done 😁😁🤘🤘
Hey Karl, Looks great. You are very talented my friend. You should take a few orders on one of your car builds. Do a couple a year and that would be a hefty income. I know I would buy one if I could afford one. Love your channel and videos. Take care and be safe.
Karl absolutely beautiful craftsmanship sir. It looks really clean and very simple and smooth lines. Can't wait to see more videos soon. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Fab On. Weld On. Keep making. God Bless.
Unique work on this one. Glad you spent time developing the cowl up a bit to match, you can even see the difference using the reflections of the shop lights on the metal as the reflection transitions from the hood to the cowl. It’s subtle but noticeably more uniform now.
love the look. Love the way you changed the shape of the cowl to make it look like the car was originally designed that way. I agree about the support under the cowl. I'd make a channel out of sheet metal formed to fit the shape of the underside of the cowl. Love you work. love your channel.
Hey Karl I want to thank you for your videos. I totally dig your content, style, and skills. The portable planishing hammer is so cool. Such a great tool! I haven't seen Mrs. Make It Kustom lately. I guess she is still working it behind the scenes, but enjoy when she is in front of the camera too. Be well Clint
Dimpledie work and rear valance/defuser is Phenomenal Kurt you keep one-upping yourself👍👍 Just a suggestion in the future when you are trying to make two handmade surfaces mesh make one surface the constant and the other the variable ( changing) You made both surfaces variable and that is a recipe for a nitemare Lucky for you things worked out 👍🏁🇨🇦
Karl, it certainly looks great...... But I wonder if it'll distort the cowl with the wind against the frame and glass? Perhaps a bit of bracing on the underside of the cowl wouldn't be a bad idea? Just a thought after all of your hard work, I'd hate to see it ruined the first time at speed! But it does look amazing 😍👍
That’s a good idea on the bracing. I think that you are correct and it should have some thing whether it may or may not need it. It’s better to be safe than in trouble.
Hey Karl, I am so excited to see you working on the model A again. That windshield looks phenomenal on there! I love everything about this car. The styling is fantastic! Keep up the great work!
I like the grille like it is without the insert. I'm sure it will look the way you want it to, but plain is nice sometimes too. Just my 2 cents. The car is a beauty for sure, nice work on the windsheild install. Thanks for the vid.
That's such a beautiful windshield. Don't forget to account for thickness of the paint layer. If this gets hosed down with high build those lower wings are going to need an extra 1/16". (Total from side to side.) It's something that's bit me before with side mirrors and trim.
Have to say again, Karl, love your taste in "background music", it goes very well with the progress on the car. That windshield frame just fits right in like it was made for it. The roadster is coming along very nicely! I would echo the thoughts on reinforcing under the cowl to add rigidity.
Real nice work KARL . . . 😎👌 I would copy 'exactly' the dimensions of the bottom of the windscreen and use them on the bottom of the grill...the slimness of the arcs is what makes it.
I realy think you need to take the bottom of the windshield frame in the center an move that to the bottom of the grill. That would flow extremely well and elongate the center bar threw the middle of the grill.
Hey your stile is phenomenal on this roadster! I’ve got some rusty metal that I want to put in a car one day, it should look pretty close to what you got there. Stock windshield with a chop of course. Thanks for the encouragement and education!
great to see you back on the model a. Hoping to see some work on the COE as well. Maybe even the Caddy body drop! Thx for the content and knowledge share.
Love it Karl. Great job. Maybe make a kind of spacer to "sandwich" the cowl once you tighten the window frame. Assembly order? Window frame /cowl/spacer/nuts. For the spacer use the template you made to locate the holes. Overkill? Certainly.
Cool windshield frame. I like that you took the extra time to tune it in perfectly. I’m thinking the grill might need to lay back at an angle similar to the windshield frame.
Windshield looks rad 😂 ! If some poor soul ever has to take it out I hope he is subbed here and knows to take the two outer studs out lol ! Your going to have to complete one of these projects Karl your running out of room 😊 Always a lesson, always fun here, thanks for posting and keep them coming !
If you were to remove the windshield's studs, they could be replaced with transfer screws that would mark your locations after the proper position was determined - just another option. The studs should be Allen head set screws so you can hold the stud from turning as you tighten the lock nuts. Over-torquing the screws, as you tighten the lock nuts can mess up the threads in the windshield.
Would LOVE to see the middle of the windshield frame continue down the middle of the hood as trim and then go from hood to nose and drop down to split the grill... all in bronze!
Great creative work! Use bolts on the outside two in place of studs and you won't have to slot the holes. Keep working that left side fit, there's still a gap. Thumbs up.
