HARBOR FREIGHT METAL BRAKE MODS (Make the Brake Better!)

Stiffening up the old tub of my 1927 Ford Model T touring hot rod on a Model A frame with an 8BA flathead V8 is a necessity to eliminate all the floppyness of the body! I'm at the point now where I need to make panels, braces and support brackets, unfortunately the Harbor Freight 36" sheet metal bending brake that I picked up cheap on Facebook Marketplace wasn't really up to the task of bending 18 gage steel. So using free junk I already have, I modified and braced and strengthened the brake so I could bend up the braces I needed.
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After some MAJOR life changes I'm finally working on my hot rod!
And yes, I mean hot rod. Not a street rod, not a rat rod. HOT ROD!
I'll be building this as a traditional build but not to a single time period. I'm building a car that would have been constantly modified from the 40's in to the 60's. My goal is to use all parts from before 1966 (the year I was born).
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Music used in my videos:
Barrel Full of Sea Monkeys - The Full Other
Motorbike - TrackTribe
Higher Octane - Vans in Japan
Don't Ya Bite Now - Dan Lebowitz
Greaser - TrackTribe
Bohemian Beach - Chris Haugen
Buckeye Bonzai - Vans in Japan
From the Fall - Dan Lebowitz
Here It Comes - TrackTribe
Old Blue - Chris Haugen
Overdrive Ride - Dan Lebowitz
Pedal to the Metal - Chris Haugen
Punk in Donuts - Hanu Dixit
River Blues - TrackTribe
Savannah Sunshine - Dan Henig
Scratching Teeth - JHS Pedals
Speak the Truth - Go By Ocean - Ryan McCaffrey
Spider Juice - Silent Partner
We Ride! - Reed Mathis
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