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Old 07-16-2022, 02:27 PM
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Bottom started with a reversed duplicate of the PS piece.



































































Something wrong with the shape here, tried to shrink it, but just a mess.





























Still tapping away hammer on dolly to make the patches.



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Old 07-16-2022, 02:41 PM
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Folding the edge.
So far everything on the fender repairs have been done using simple hand tools.
However, a shrinker stretcher has been used throughout. If you're considering metal shaping, the shrinker stretcher is a must have tool.
After folding this edge, the flange required shrinking to bring it back to the correct shape.




























A piece of 3/8" round bar to correct shape. Useful for clamping the panel in place and also to roll the flange over after welding in place.























































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Old 07-16-2022, 04:11 PM
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Hi Pugsy
This is really great work here, I'm loving this heaps.

Can you show us the steel plate and the hammers you used
to shape these excellant pieces??

Looking forward to more of this.

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Old 07-16-2022, 04:35 PM
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Hi Pugsy
This is really great work here, I'm loving this heaps.

Can you show us the steel plate and the hammers you used
to shape these excellant pieces??

Looking forward to more of this.

Cheers Phil

Thanks.


Here is the block of steel and basic crowned body hammer.




































Glad you asked, I forgot about using the slapper on a comma dolly for finer smoothing. Bear in mind, these are not perfect panels. I have no ill will to slapping on some fill here and there.
























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Old 07-16-2022, 06:46 PM
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Thanks for that Pugsy
I'm sure people appreciate this a lot for showing what you actualy use
to achieve these results. I'm sure I do.
Thanks again
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Old 07-16-2022, 09:25 PM
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Pugsy,
Nice controlled hammer work on those patches.
Your fit-up for welding is top notch.
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Old 07-17-2022, 06:37 AM
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I like that tipping tool you used. Looks homemade.


Nice job on the patches, thanks for showing us how.
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Old 07-17-2022, 09:56 AM
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Pugsy,
Nice controlled hammer work on those patches.
Your fit-up for welding is top notch.



Thanks Dave.


Don't let the pics fool you. The patch is done and on but needs a lot of hammer and dolly work as it's not near perfect. I'll be doing that soon.
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Old 07-17-2022, 09:59 AM
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I like that tipping tool you used. Looks homemade.


Nice job on the patches, thanks for showing us how.

Thanks.


That particular tool was a door prize at the Redneck Roundup at Will's place. If I'm not mistaken, he had several cut by laser or water jet.



The home made tipping tool will be coming up though as I had a very large bend to do on another panel.
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Old 07-17-2022, 10:21 AM
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I'll post in order that I took the pictures. The two fenders were flopping around and I need some stability to actually check the shapes of the panel crowns and the lower bottom edges.


I grabbed some more 3/8" round bar to start some mock up.






































The deck lid weighs approximately 43 LBS. When I had the body stripped, the knuckleheads there didn't tell me what would happen to the springs. The acid took away a lot of the temper and the lid would not stay up. Since I was now working with my fingers in the guillotine so to speak, I figured broom sticks might not be the best thing to use.


Scale under the deck lid in the down position. About 23 LBS. So, just about half. This info helped select gas shocks using the weight and the length? (front to back size) of the lid using the sizing info on the website. Pretty accurate. It goes up just a wee bit fast at the end when fully opened.


The last foot, the lid just drops still, so I am making up some spring loaded "poppers". They will kick the lid up when I pull the release inside the car. Hopefully slow down the lid enough to not squish fingers if it's dropped from that foot height where the shocks are ineffective.



































Two more patches added at the corners of each fender.



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