Thanks, I've only been learning green woodworking for a few years, ( working wood that is fresh cut and not seasoned). But it's a joy and I like restoring old green woodworking tools, such as billhooks and side axes some of which were made over a hundred years ago by local blacksmiths when they wern't busy.
It is not necessary to finish the welds on a Landover as I'm doing at all, but I'm aiming for a super minimal look to everything, and in order to emphasize the details of things like the organic shapes in the original dumb irons.
I notice that new replacement ones are less organic looking. The same is true for a replacement bulkhead where some very minor details get missed.
Now for a good functional vehicle these things are utterly irrelevant. But I like their frivolity and charm lol.
My car, I hope, will be very much as it was when it was made, but with some subtle minimalistic simplification here and there to help your eye be drawn to the minimalistic beauty of this vehicle's design.
This is all aesthetic clap trap, I do not deny, and very not Landover lol.
But if I'm successful, I will get people to notice small details of the car they would otherwise miss.
Being inspired by the clean lines and old school looks of Boyd Coddington's custom car builds.
My car will be much slower and hopefully nobody will notice what has been smoothed off and slightly overworked.
Time will tell, and there's a hell of a lot to do so I should get my finger out lol
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