View Full Version : Making a Bronze hood for Kirkham Cobra
Here's a link to Kirkham making a bronze hood for a SOHC Cobra.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsK8KFhPYwY
dykstra
03-28-2020, 04:21 PM
Very cool! True artisans.Thanks for the link.
olredalert
03-28-2020, 09:04 PM
----Really cool, Tim! I have to say that I like your hood scoop much better than the one pictured. That one looks like the hood off of Bill Cosbys Cobra. Just personal preference, I guess......Bill S
SuperNovaSS
03-28-2020, 09:51 PM
That is awesome. I like how that the crew has some younger guys(family?) too.
Jason
I agree on the hood, Bill. That's the Super Snake hood and it's a bit too much.
Here's a repair of a rear brushed aluminum panel after a tire came apart. How they fix this damage and make it look perfect with no paint is beyond me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9moYO-WWhaQ
bergy
03-28-2020, 11:29 PM
These guys are real craftsmen. I'd love to see a video of the original AC factory making the bodies on body bucks out of sheet aluminum. My understanding is that 2,000 manhours went into making a body.
prototype
03-29-2020, 12:00 AM
Zagato was given 300 hrs to build the early Alfa SZ's
mssl72
03-29-2020, 06:13 AM
That's pretty amazing!!
A12pilot
03-29-2020, 11:57 AM
Man...impressive isn’t the word to use! 2000 hours?!?! It’s inspiring and something to aim for with my 507 for sure. Thanks for posting it up, Tim!
Cheers:beers:
Dave
Dave Rifkin
03-29-2020, 01:47 PM
That man is a true artist; simply amazing; once you have annealed the metal does it ever return to it's original hardness?
I remember watching Jesse James anneal metal before forming his gas tanks but don't recall seeing him burn off the soot.
Fantastic repair work,wonder what the inside of the fender looks like.Probably riddled with witness marks.
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