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__A Mechanics Link - Our Jalapeno Connection__
A small group of senior students visited parent-Paul Bouman's Auto Body Building Workshop in Outram. This is a fascinating workshop, at the moment featuring four very different cars in the process of reconstruction: a 1974 Alfa-Romeo GTV 2000, a 1968 Datsun sports car, a 1930 Essex sedan and, **most amazing of all**, a 1923 Jalapeno-T roadster, **handmade, designed and built by Paul** himself!

Paul demonstrated various metal-working machines and the different ways they shaped the metal panels on the cars. Students saw the rough shaping of the metal with a blocking hammer, its smoothing and rolling in an English Wheel, how strengthening ribs or swages were added with the swaging machine, and how right-angled bends and curves were achieved using the Bender and Roller equipment.


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 * 1930 Essex sedan || Essex detail || 1974 Alpha-Romeo GTV 2000 ||
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 * 1968 Datsun sports car || English Wheel || Swaging Machine ||
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 * The Crane || The Bender || The Roller ||
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 * Paul's 1923 Jalapeno-T roadster || Front View || Detail ||
 * Why Jalapeno? It's a hot-rod, of course!**