Article And Photos By: Chris Callen
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nyone that’s been watching knows, the War Pony Project has been going full tilt in the Grease & Gears Garage during the Progressive International Motorcycle Shows. With so little time to get this whole thing finished we are leaving very little chance; opting out of sending things out to other people. With that, we have a little metal shaping tech to share from this month in Cleveland. Now, right off I will tell you that there are a million ways to do this type of work. Mine comes from a background in auto body rust repair, so much of how I go about this project came from making panels to repair rusted off fender skirts. In any event, I learned to use some new tools and
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had some fun. In the following text I’m going to share with you the steps of taking some flat sheet steel and a small investment in tools, create your own side panels.
proper buck, we do begin with simple cardboard taped to the frame section. Then I run a razor knife along the frame rail to shape it to fit inside the rails.
Most will tell you that this work starts with a template of some sort. While we are not going the full route of a
Once I get the shape right, I make indications of where the frame bends and I will want to add form to it later.
