Shop to build aluminum body ?

Why go to that hassle, when you can just do it with 'glass?...



By-the-way, there is such a thing as "spray-welding" where metal is built-up on surfaces with powdered metal spraying through a special oxy-acetylene torch, but this is mainly for hard-surfacing heavy-duty equipment (mining/drilling/demolition equipment, etc...).

 

I'm curious about the spray welding. If backed up with fiberglass, could one just spray it on and then grind down the roughness?

 

A large part of the cost is tooling. If you have a "body buck" and all of the fixtures you are all set. If you need a body buck things get expensive in a hurry.
I too have had Allegretti do work for me and they are great. About five or so years ago Ferrari's lawyers wrote letters to all the artisans in and around Modena warning them about building replica bodies. There are strict laws in Italy about copying other peoples designs that were drafted to protect the fashion industry primarily that have been used now in the auto industry.
In 1997 I spoke to Brandoli and Allegretti about making TR58 bodies and they declined.
With all of the recent interest in wheeling machines and metal fabrication there are lots of self tought guys out there that aren't very good. They may make a body for less money only to have the paint shop pull there hair out trying to make it ready for paint.
Joe Stafford was trained in Detroit by GM and his bodies are practically ready for paint. All seams are gas welded, not TIG welded.
Give him a call 603-869-5535

 

I must have slept through Geography 101 that day......

Sorry.

James

 

Steve Beckman is the man to do your work.He is the best that I have ever known personally.you wont be disappointed.tim