1956 Chevy 3100 Corvette Suspension

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This is the piece that was cut out. Not sure what they were thinking here.

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You would think the disappointment would stop there but it doesn't. On to the fenders. We found some surface rust while doing some body work. These fenders were brought down to the bare metal a long time ago and I guess some moisture got into them. All four fenders were like this. I know this isn't major but nothing good will come from this in the future. In the end we ended up sand blasting all four fenders, the doors, hood and all pieces in the front. They all have been etch primed since. The fenders were the ones that had any signs of rust. We didn't do the cab because it was sand blasted a long time ago so it was ok. (Other than the firewall)

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We also found some stuff hidden by some bondo. It looks like some metal work needed to be done but someone decided to cover it up.

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I don't like talking bad about peoples work and I know that people work hard at what they do but a lot of the things that we have found are inexcusable. I work hard for the money to pay to have work done to this truck and I expect them to work hard and do things the correct way. I don't know if it was laziness or someone not having the knowledge or experience to do the work but in the end it wasn't done right. I would much rather someone be honest about what they can or can't do than to try and cover things up. Sorry for the rant but this is getting ridiculous.

[Az. Hank]

Wow that sux. good thing you found it now then later. I really don't like that you can't "watch" people do there work. I pay a lot of money when the semi goes in, they say it's because of insurance you can't go in the shop. Well I don't know how many times I've gotten lousy work and now I'm three states away.

Sorry for the rant.
Truck is coming along nice.

[murd969]

The shop I have it at now does a great job of documenting things and they take tons of pictures so I feel a lot more comfortable with the work.

[Az. Hank]

Good deal... Now on with the pictures. Um... I mean build.

[mongocanfly]

Sounds like your back on track..a good track this time..

[ptc]

There are many parts to a body business and not all can be done by one guy... typically.

Some bodymen are just not fabricators... "bodywork" as a trade is actually only the finishing part of the body panel work, where the actual steel work is done by a metal fabricator. Some guys are really good at both but most are really only experts in one or the other... If you dont have a good fabricator to start with and the body guy gets crap to work with, he works it until its beautiful but it hides all the crap work the fabricator did.

A really good fabricator 'completes' his part so well with the bare steel that the body guy has very little finishing prep to do before sending it to the paint guy....

You'll be much more satisfied with the rework that you are doing and know its RIGHT!

[murd969]

I appreciate the comments and hopefully from this point we can move forward and continue to make some progress.

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More progress was made on the firewall so it's starting to take shape.

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Here's some more things that we had to clean up on the underside of the cab.

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More work on the firewall was done. It's almost where it needs to be. It's looking a lot better than before.

[Rods57]

Looks good, it will make the end product look way better.

[murd969]

More repair work has been done. Here's some of what we found.

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Here's another pic.

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Here's a pic of the areas fixed.

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And the other part fixed.

[ChuckDriver]

Nice work!

[RockinKees]

Nice repairs!!

[Az. Hank]

Nice job. Good thing you caught it sooner rather than later.

[murd969]

We finally finished the repairs. Next week we start full time on the body work. Hoping to get it wrapped up quick.

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Body work has been started and things are starting to take shape. The cowl has been redone and primered.

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Here's some more of the body work that's been worked on this week.

[Kim57]

Looks real good.
Kim