Front Nose Detail on a Fratsun (Datsun 240Z with body kit)

[57mmStroke]

Well this isn't my cup of tea. I don't think its nice or pretty. but it earns me a living and i had quite an intersting job to do on it which was to shape the specially made perspex cowls (700GBP the pair -so careful not to crack or scratch and to make some surrounds for them using 16SWG (or 1.5mm) sheet aluminum)

Thanks to my background on DB5's when i used to make surrounds for them I was able to draw on a little bit of experience regarding the behaviour of the material when taken to such an extreme, however this cowl is

much more complex in shape than a DB5 cowl so I had to make it up as I went along.

 

I decided to start with a ring approx the correct size as opposed to the DB5 ring where the starting point is a folded L shaped profile.

 

Although I started from a ring I quickly found that I needed to slice it to make it a little smaller so I ended up Tigging it just like the DB5 ones

 

The front grille surround was a easier to do, I folded an L section and shrunk it around annealing it as needed

to get the shape. finally I tigged the ends together

 

Gadi

[בני ל]

היי גדי.

סחטן על הבצוע יפה מאוד!!!

 

בברכה בני ל.

[57mmStroke]

Thanks Benny!