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Here are the chapters I recommend you read first... * Introduction * Chapter 3: Billet Chassis http://www.kirkhammotorsports.com/book_aoe/aoe_03.pdf http://ww
by gvb 16y ago
Here are the chapters I recommend you read first...
* Introduction
* Chapter 3: Billet Chassis http://www.kirkhammotorsports.com/book_aoe/aoe_03.pdf http://www.kirkhammotorsports.com/book_aoe/aoe_03.pdf
* Chapter 4: Main Frame Rails http://www.kirkhammotorsports.com/book_aoe/aoe_04.pdf http://www.kirkhammotorsports.com/book_aoe/aoe_04.pdf
* Chapter 17: Testing http://www.kirkhammotorsports.com/book_aoe/aoe_17.pdf http://www.kirkhammotorsports.com/book_aoe/aoe_17.pdf
* Chapter 18: Aluminum Body http://www.kirkhammotorsports.com/book_aoe/aoe_18.pdf http://www.kirkhammotorsports.com/book_aoe/aoe_18.pdf
* Chapter 20: Photo Finish http://www.kirkhammotorsports.com/book_aoe/aoe_20.pdf http://www.kirkhammotorsports.com/book_aoe/aoe_20.pdf
* Chapter 22: The Book http://www.kirkhammotorsports.com/book_aoe/aoe_22.pdf http://www.kirkhammotorsports.com/book_aoe/aoe_22.pdf
The craftsmanship of the body is mind boggling, realizing it was pounded by hand out of flat sheet aluminum into a body that is entirely compound curves and then polished to a mirror finish.
The machining is also mind boggling, the time that went into programming all the tool paths so that the tool marks left after the machining operations were "right" (mentioned in Chapter 10: Machining) had to have been immense.
- mhb 16y agothe tool marks left after the machining operations were "right" I was wondering about that - why didn't they do a finishing pass to get rid of those?
- gvb 16y agoTool marks add to the texture and thus can add to the beauty of a piece. They add interest and engage your eye and mind, drawing your eyes through and around the features of the piece, revealing the path of the tool. A flat shiny piece is just a flat shiny piece.
- duck 16y agoI'm guessing because it makes it look that much more custom.
- duck 16y agoMaking bodies like that isn't uncommon when dealing with street rods with metal bodies. They don't say, but they probably also used an English Wheel - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Wheel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Wheel