Total Performance King T Roadster - Hot Rod Girl Part VII
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Next came something a bit different: some fabrication. Jim had already made some wooden upholstery backing panels for me. Unfortunately, the wood was a bit too thick and wouldn't flex enough for the radius I wanted at the back of the bucket. I turned to Jim to find a way around the predicament, and he did! A local plastics supply house had 4x8 sheets of 1/8-inch Polystyrene plastic that would flex enough to make the curve. And the best thing about this plastic is that if heated, bent, and cooled, it'd hold its shape! So, I used the wooden pieces Jim had made as a template and transferred the shape to the plastic sheet and cut it out. With a bit of trimming and some time with a funky file of his (a Sure Form file, or cheese grater he says) I got it to fit really well. View Related Article
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