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Oh man, Steve .. sectioning tires to widen. I guess if the tread is right it should be simple .. once you get over the cut it straight problem! Will take a few tires to do that too! Thanks on your comments. Doing one side at a time passed thru my mind but I just did the whole cross-section at once. The hardness of these tires helped that a lot ... may have been another story with the softer ones. I pretty much did it as you say ... kept the drum going round and round inside the tire and not pressing it into the tire much.

I always loved the DTM series. Those wide body ones looked awesome! And even in the new series, you know what car is underneath just by looking at it. When was the last time you could do that in America?

I loved Janis from her Big Brother days. She could belt out a song to her own tune. No, she didn't have an operatic voice, but it had feeling ... along with other things. In a concert I saw her she put away a fifth sitting on the piano... her voice had many influences.

hmmmm ... It doesn't look like a Mercedes to me .... but, maybe cause Lloyd Cole And The Commotions and their song "2cv" are on some of same play lists as Janis? Are we dating ourselves Harry?

I give credit to Kevin for stepping up and putting this out in the public. This is not the place to jump on him for any wrongs but maybe show a little patience and compassion. I have no dealings with him and I expect those with pending trades may have some issues may have trouble seeing this as I do. I hope you all just treat him as a valued member here and give him the benefit of the doubt. It takes a lot of character to post something like this for all to see. Now, I don't know what Kevin's story really is, but some question how his school or the governor of California could have anything to do with this as if it was some lame excuse. When I was in school, the government and the school were in control of my destiny. I could only afford college through a Veteran's Bill and my diggs were from the generosity of the school rental properties. These are hard times for everyone now and everyone should keep this in mind. I wish you luck with working through this, Kevin, and for the future.

Thanks everyone! It's so great to have you all to bounce ideas off of here! I thought using the Dremel sanding drum would just work too fast and would lose control. But, as everyone has recommended, it worked perfect!! Used the small drum and it allowed controlled removal.. just took it slow and "measured twice". Now on to adapting the mounting hubs.

That's a great idea for those softer tires Mike. These are so rigid deformation shouldn't be a problem.

That sounds good guys. All my sanding drums are .6 plus in diameter so will have to start opening it up by hand till it fits in ... shouldn't take much The speed I expect it would cut throws some fear in me, but that's good to control how fast I try to cut it! The hardness of the tire rubber should be a help in keeping things round and with the cutting.

I like this idea, especially opening up the fenders more. And as for the cash, its a TRUCK for gosh sakes! Nice thick sheet metal wanting to melt away under the torch .. or hacksaw if you can't borrow a torch ... and that old Louisville Slugger to round it all back out.

Nice to see you did most of the brass work with a Dremel. That frame really stuck out after googling on the engine for awhile! You've been obviously accomplishing much in your brass working. I've not done any significant brass pieces yet but I'm always fascinated seeing this stuff done. I never thought of cutting sheet with a Dremel cutting wheel when I've needed an odd piece for something! Please feel free to ramble on as you go .. the rambling is the best part of all these workbench threads.

On my Crown Victoria project I have to fit some AMT Taurus rims the the Lindberg tires. The Lindberg tire ID (or that rim OD) is .59". The rims from the Taurus are .66" OD. The Lindberg tires are made of a fairly hard rubber. The interference is roughly 1/16", so I need to open the center of the tire about 1/32" all around. The tire rubber is much too stiff to stretch and would probably distort the tire too much if it would stretch enough. The room for error is pretty slim.. the thickness of the outside rim edge ... so whittling away with a knife would be way too crude. One way would be to fashion a punch from a tube of the same OD that I need. It's possible a tube with a 5/8" ID might work if I could find something with the right wall thickness. Another method I though of would be to use a dowel with sandpaper glued around it to gradually open the tire center center to the diameter I need. So, I put it out for discussion if anyone has any ideas or tricks.

I take that as a yes. no new photos yet..... :P

Welcome to the forum and back to building! Those are some nice, clean builds.

That paint really loves the sun ... looks like it wants to go for a burger! Fantastic look Marcos!

There's some work in that! Looks great!

That IS a cool looking 2CV, but I have to go with the flow that ALL 2CV's ROCK!!! .. what a sick crew here. ehhehe

I'll jump the gun on a 10 congratulations Gregg!! I never saw that first issue, but some great looking cars there. That Alfa on the cover looks awesome. Will be waiting anxiously for the anniversary issue!!!

I Love that engine ... gonna look great. The gas tank up high just looks right back there.

Cool Dave. I just got one too in a trade with another member for some old GOaT. It's great when a grail comes home!! Ya gonna build it right away or grok for a bit?

These are by Iranian designer Emil Baddal and the Lamborghini I think he got right. Would be an interesting model to do. Emil Baddal

That was pretty much what I was hinting at. Those aren't run of the mill rubber. Over here Escorts were the bottom of the rain barrel and handled like one ... and doubt there ever was an Escort here that wore tires like that. Escorts were a whole different car over there.

This should be fun when Skwirly eats it! Seriously, I'm not a truck person but I love the lines on this '50. I like the idea of a period built one .. the way the kid next door would have done it back then.

Good tip and photos to show it. I don't mount anything with out metal pins anymore

Gorgeous!!

I really like that roof on it. Has to have a bit of hot rodding to it.. whatever the owner can afford..