1937 Cord 812 Custom with Audi R8 v8 Engine

[carl63_99]

9 hours ago, David G. said:

I'm interested to see how you get the radiator hoses worked in there Carl. 

David G.

Yea, so am I! R8 is a complicated setup, and it's not going to replicate very easily.  I have some ideas though...

[NOBLNG]

I’m not a fan of radically modifying old classics! Unless you have more than one kit…then it’s OK.😁 Seriously, it is looking great. I really like that paint on it. Good luck with the rad hoses Carl.👍😎

[carl63_99]

Got the clearcoat on yesterday, sat in the food dehydrator overnight. Many builders will just go final assembly now. Not me. I'll wait a few more weeks, then polish out the paint to a nice smooth gloss, then details and final assembly.  I also put one light coat on the interior, gave it a light shine. I can finish up the interior, engine and chassis while waiting for the body to be ready.

[carl63_99]

Radiator is installed and lines are ran. I used solder because it's very flexible and bendy. While it may not match Audi R8 setup, I only have one radiator, so I'm good. 

[carl63_99]

I always make a mess when polishing metal, so I came up with an idea. To polish the photoetched door handles I'm using, I drop them inside a model box and get 'em all shiny that way. My thought is that these handles work like a button, pull up to close windows, down to open them. Thus, they look kinda correct, while allowing modern functionality.

[carl63_99]

I also canibalized a fan from some Corvette somewhere to install as a pusher fan. In 1:1 scale, just wired backwards to push the air through the fan. This allows for room on the back of the radiator.

[carl63_99]

To check the status of the clearcoat, I wet sanded half the hood then followed up with polishing compound and wax. It's hard to get a good pic of it, but the final look is going to be awesome. This means I can start on about a week of paint finishing. I have to repeat this process for the whole body.

[David G.]

Wow Carl, you're really crankin' on this one!

I'm really impressed by how you worked in the radiator hoses. You made it look so easy it almost seems like a let-down.  

Both the interior and the paint are looking good too.

David G.

[carl63_99]

Work on the exhaust and suspension today. Got things lined up on both. Need to paint and do final adjust and superglue in place.  Notice something missing? No rear shocks, thanks monogram!  Gonna build something up for those next.

[carl63_99]

Final Assembly has commenced!  This will be the last post here, as everything I've done is already posted. Next time it'll be under glass.  I plan to get some outside shots for that as the champagne gold doesn't shine too well under indoor light, but looks really nice in the sun. Lots of little details so it may be a week or so.

Paint polishing and waxing went much faster than I expected. I sanded with 600g wet, 1200g wet then 3M fine cut polishing compound done with my low speed dremel. I waxed and will wax again for pics.

[David G.]

Tidy work on the engine and exhaust Carl, it all looks like it came in the box.

The paint and color combination look fabulous!  I just noticed the custom fuel filler cap too! 😮 Nice touch.

I'm curious. Have you done anything for the rear shocks or are you going to wave it through as is?

David G.

[carl63_99]

5 minutes ago, David G. said:

Tidy work on the engine and exhaust Carl, it all looks like it came in the box.

The paint and color combination look fabulous!  I just noticed the custom fuel filler cap too! 😮 Nice touch.

I'm curious. Have you done anything for the rear shocks or are you going to wave it through as is?

David G.

I am working on rear shocks. I have a couple options that I'm trying out.

The gas cap is sacrilege, coming from the R8 that I cannibalized the engine from.

[carl63_99]

Completed and in Under Glass.