I bought the material from Research Alloys, that place is stuffed to the gills with metal of all shapes and sizes and types. $20 got me what I needed and they sheared it to rough sizes so that I could haul it home in my e30.
I shaped the three sections using cardboard templates I then took the sheets to a friend’s aviation shop and had a go with his bead roller. The machine was pretty basic and operated with a hand crank… some of my beads ended up a little wiggly.
My day job is working on bmw’s in an independent shop, some of the mid 90’s automatic cars use 6mm bolts to fasten the transmission pans, trans filters for these cars come with new bolts. I saved a bucket full of the used bolts with the intention of using them for something nifty… firewalls are nifty. By careful use of the WAG method I determined that the firewall sheeting needed a bolt every 4 inches, this meant I needed to drill and tap about 120 holes. I welded a 1/4” drive socket to a cheap tap handle, tapping was still a pain.
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But where, Oh where do you put your cooler on picnic day?
I still think there should've been a plexiglass window. But it looks kickass, regardless.
Glad to see that this thing is still alive and moving forward. Its been a few years since I first saw the project. Do you still have the story up anywhere?
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