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Old 07-03-2014, 01:08 PM   #101 (permalink)
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I agree , I am in the middle of the juggling act right now, trying to 'adapt the boattail' to work on the upper half of the car. My roof line, takes well, to the profile fortunately (most do)

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Old 07-03-2014, 05:46 PM   #102 (permalink)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kach22i
You may not be able to out think the template, but you cannot follow it either, unless you have a three wheeled or tapered plan car, or a blimp from which this shape was derived.

The template shape is for a "whole body" form, whereas most modifications we do to our existing cars can only be partial adaptations.
One does what one can.

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