My version of the s10 swap

[Drifters]

Wow! This is quite an undertaking? Nice job and your right to find old tin in Iowa isn't easy we're from Vinton originally!

[BlueJeep]

Originally Posted by oldman3

Super nice job on the fender repair. Next part should be a piece of cake for you..Jim

Let's hope so!

Originally Posted by 99 to Life

looks great

Thanks!

Originally Posted by LEEVON

BlueJeep, if you think of it next time you're in the shop could you please do me a huge favor? I have the "old" seat in my truck and it's pretty wide, the doors hit the bolsters when closed. Can you tell me if the "new" seat is any narrower and by approximately how much?

It does look like the new one is 1" narrower than the old. 58" vs. 59".

Your progress looks great!

Originally Posted by Drifters

Wow! This is quite an undertaking? Nice job and your right to find old tin in Iowa isn't easy we're from Vinton originally!

Thanks! I'm on the downhill slope now though. Too many things got in the way from finishing it in a timely fashion. Much better pickings in California huh?

[BlueJeep]

Another detour, but for a good cause. Had to take some time off and build some other cars. Did some improvisation and used metalworking tools to build cars out of wood, but it worked out OK.



These happy guys took home first and third place in their den! They're already talking about design changes for next years cars!

[BlueJeep]

So after the obligations were done, I got back to work. Figured it might be easier to work on these fenders if I made a jig to hold them. Looking around to see what I had to use, I decided to use my new stand I had just built. I think this will work out well, it's at a good height to be able to work on them.





Front of one side:


Other side is better:


This patch was needed to get rid of a bad spot that had been all cracked and deformed. It presented a little bit of a challenge being curved in two planes.



I started by rolling a piece to fit the contour:


Then I spent some time shrinking the end of it. Thus far it is only the rolling and the shrinking:

[BlueJeep]

So with a little hammer and dolly to finish things off, it fit very nicely!




Next up is the back corner of the wheel well. The picture makes it look better than it actually is.


Different approach for this one, as I didn't think I'd be able to control the shrink as well here, and it's got a U-shape to the lip instead of a rounded 90* angle:


Didn't want to do it, but I made a relief cut:


And worked it around:


I knew I'd get a high spot at the "point" of the relief cut, and I did. I still need to work that out, but that'll be another day. Finished off the weekend with a little patch where the rust had swelled between the 2 layers.