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11-07-2019, 10:29 AM | #26 |
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Re: 52 Chev Panel....repairable?
I know it's faster to order parts, but I have found that most of the time you end up having to rework the panels you buy to make them fit. So for the time it takes, I like to make my own...
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11-07-2019, 10:38 AM | #27 |
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11-07-2019, 10:45 AM | #28 |
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Re: 52 Chev Panel....repairable?
Your skills are amazing. You should be a restorer at a museum.
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11-07-2019, 11:13 AM | #29 |
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Re: 52 Chev Panel....repairable?
Great work. Also a nice anvil you have there.
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11-07-2019, 02:06 PM | #30 |
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Re: 52 Chev Panel....repairable?
Thanks for the complements Guy's, going to have to a bigger hat....to fit my swelled head..
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11-08-2019, 12:36 PM | #31 |
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Re: 52 Chev Panel....repairable?
Wow! You have some skills. I'm still learning how to use a hammer....
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11-08-2019, 04:42 PM | #33 |
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Re: 52 Chev Panel....repairable?
NorCalGal:You probably spent less time making those than I spent fixing the one’s I bought new...…
Sometimes yes and sometimes no. Here is a small fender repair I made, it might give you guys and gals some ideas... I cut the patch out before I thought about my camera to take some pics...happens all the time.
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11-08-2019, 04:51 PM | #34 |
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Do you do auto body for a living?
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11-08-2019, 10:46 PM | #35 |
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No Matt, I do it as a hobby. It is just something I like to do, more productive than chasing a ball around a lawn trying to put it in a cup in the middle of a circle of short grass, 18 times. all while wearing crazy looking spicked shoes and plade pants. Besides I was a Millwright for years building custom machinery and making engineers look smart.....
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11-08-2019, 10:56 PM | #36 |
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This is a modification I made to a pare of vice grips, it is free to use but please don't try to make money from it. Simply cut one jaw off long; other short then reweld back together to allow longer reach....
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11-09-2019, 10:07 AM | #37 |
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Neat trick on the vise grips. Thanks.
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11-09-2019, 01:20 PM | #38 |
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Re: 52 Chev Panel....repairable?
I am sorry to hear of your loss and the difficulties that it brought about. I'm encouraged by the blessing you found in a new companion. And even more that she finds value in something like an old truck. Your meticulous reproduction of the "over-ventilated" areas will make this one of the best restored examples. Keep at it and thanks for showing us.
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11-09-2019, 05:06 PM | #39 |
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Sorry if all these pics are not in the right order....
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11-09-2019, 05:13 PM | #40 |
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Trany cover fab to fit a th350 prt.1
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11-09-2019, 08:50 PM | #41 |
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11-11-2019, 09:04 PM | #42 |
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I installed a 85 gmc 1/2 ton front suspention in my panel...It works good but is too wide....this is my solution.....prt1
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11-11-2019, 09:13 PM | #43 |
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11-11-2019, 10:37 PM | #45 |
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That was not quick by any means...I sorry I guess mayby I wasn't clear....these pic are from before the ship hit the sand....only one side of the truck got sorta finished. a lot of my shots got destroyed when my old computer crashed....I'm a lot better at fixing and fabing stuff then I am at posting and computers. I figure it will be sometime in the spring befor my panel even gets inside of the garage...We are getting a snow storm right now, but such is life.....Roy
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11-11-2019, 11:03 PM | #46 |
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Wow I wonder when I'll have the skills to even think about making a fender wider.
Arnt 1 ton fenders wider?
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11-12-2019, 05:09 AM | #47 |
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Re: 52 Chev Panel....repairable?
I've been doing this for 50+ years so don't get down on yourself...just keep hammering away. Practice, Practice, and then do some more.
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11-12-2019, 10:48 PM | #48 |
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Re: 52 Chev Panel....repairable?
Welded some 3/16"brake line around the edges of the steering clearance hole, smooths it out. I made a boot out of some old leather from a chair....lost the pics, but it turned out good...will try to take some new ones....
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11-13-2019, 09:54 PM | #49 |
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Not a lot left to work with...had to imagineer the shapes that I needed. Made the bead roller die in my 54 south bend lathe, it does a good job for being almost as old as I am. Fender is just held in place with sheet metel strips to aproximate where it will be when done. Enjoy....Roy
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11-13-2019, 10:02 PM | #50 |
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Inner fender was a real pain to work on...I often ask my self why do I try to fix this old rusty bucket of bolts. Because when you stand back and look what you have accomplished you get a sense of pride knowing that you have done the best you can, It might not be the best way or the only way but it's my way ….Roy
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