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Re: '55 International Metal/Body/Paint Work
I started one for the F100 on a F**d truck forum but those guys just wanted to pick the details apart right off the bat... not sure if I'll stick around over there yet. I'll post one up here in the alternate tinkerings section eventually. Don't have one for the El Camino, but here's a link to our shop's facebook pics of it:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...1&l=2783d0dd09
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Got started back on the '55 after a bit of a break. The rear fenders are bodyworked and ready to wetsand/paint.
First round of Slick Sand. ![]() Reprimed, ready for 2nd round of blocking. ![]() The passenger fender had a crack. Forgot to take pictures of this after it was fixed. ![]() Passenger fender primed and blocked. ![]() Both fenders shot with tinted PPG K93, ready to wetsand and paint. ![]()
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Very slick!
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Nice work and I love the El Camino ,are you on Team Chevelle/El Camino ?
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Thanks!!
Thanks flashed, I'm familiar with Team Chevelle but havne't joined.
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When I retire I plan on moving to Anderson so I can watch you restore what ever I have at the time, assume work as always.
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Thanks James, come on down anytime- you don't have to wait that long!
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Could you share some of the seemingly secrets of patching while not ruining the part?
You show great before and after pics but what about the dirty middle parts? Just removing old bits can take hours. Forming new parts even more. Welding is an art. Finally, removing proud weld bits and not original metal is beyond art. Please... show the dirty parts after the rust but before the DA makes it all look pretty... |
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Then, what about planishing to unshrink after welding? Do or don't?
If do, what about when you can't, such as a front fender at the lower rear ? Sorry... |
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Appreciate the questions! We are going to be replacing the floors/kick panels/inner rockers in a '66 F100 in the next few weeks and I'll try to get some of those details on camera and post them in that build thread. The link is in my signature. For stretching the metal back out after welding, I only weld one tack at a time so the "heat affected zone" is relatively small, so there is minimal distortion to begin with. In areas with access to both sides, the "hammer on dolly" method can be used to stretch the weld area and remove the distortion. On areas that can't be reached, the stud gun can be used to pull up low spots. My metal finishing is nowhere near perfect and it requires a light skim coat of filler most of the time; I'm not able to go straight to high build primer over epoxy without a skim coat yet. Maybe one day with more practice and better tools! I'm still using a Harbor Freight (Hazard Fraught ![]()
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Great work...
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Thanks!! Bodywork is finished on the right side and it's in tinted K93. Some details of sanding the Slick Sand. Sanded the flat areas first, which showed the shape of the corners. ![]() Outside looks good, inside against the flat area needs more shaping. That's what Slick Sand and guide coat is for! ![]() The front corner panel had a flat area stamped in it, so I used guidecoat to keep the edges sharp when blocking. Blocked the flat area first, shot more guidecoat, then blocked the sides- using the block to the rounded sided into the flat area so the edges of the flat spot are even. ![]() ![]() The rear corner panel flange didn't have large/visible spot welds like the top rail flange and front corner flange had, so I faked some by making dimples with a 1/2" carbide burr. This way all of the flanges match. ![]() Dimples added. ![]() Bodywork finished, blocked with 80 and 180. ![]() Shot with three coats of K93. ![]() Checking the reflection while its wet. ![]() ![]() Corners came out great after more sanding/guidecoating of the Slick Sand to finalize the shape. ![]() ![]() ![]() Shot of the fake spot weld indentions. ![]() Crisp edges on the corner panel. ![]()
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Very nice! Details like this really show up in the finished product.
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I straightened the top rail and shot it and the fenderwell with epoxy to finish up the passenger side. ![]() ![]() Started on the driver side bed, straightening the metal out so I can start the bodywork. ![]() ![]() This area was warped pretty bad from the kink in the top rail and not having the doubling plate that the passenger side had. It was bowed in around 3/16" of an inch in the center. This is a shot of the initial shrinking before straightening the dents with a hammer/dolly. The shrinking disc is amazing at evenly shrinking large areas! I've quit using the acetylene torch for shrinking, this works much better and faster. ![]() After more hammer/dolly work and pulling down the high/warped spots with the shrinking disc. It's nice being able to get inside the bed to heat shrink the high spots on the inside (lows from the outside). I did probably 90% of the straightening with the shrinking disc, only used the hammer/dolly on the individual dents. The disc took care of the overall shape. ![]()
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WOW ,that looks great .
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Can you elaborate on the shrinking disk?
Thanks, Steven
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Sure, the disc is an older Sunchaser shrinking disc on a 15 amp/8500 rpm Bosch grinder. You'd want to wear earplugs and make sure all your fingers and toes are out of the way when you hit the switch, it's a pretty scary tool at first! :shock: You hammer/dolly all your dents out, hold the disc over the high spots to heat them, then quickly cool the spot with a wet rag. The disc only heats the area it contacts so it doesn't overheat the surrounding metal like using a torch does. Check out some videos on youtube of them in action, I tried to record a video but the memory on the camera was too full.
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cool thanks!
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Those shrinking discs work great, and yeah, they are noisy! Just make sure you inspect it closely before you use it each time. Over time, they can start to crack, and they can come apart when they wear out.
I was really skeptical when I first saw them, and I watched a live demonstration when Sunchaser used to sell them at the Pomona swapmeet. They had an old '30s Plymouth front fender, and they bashed a giant dent in it, and after about 3 minutes of hammer and dolly work and about 3 minutes with the shrinker, it was gone. I was sold! I bought one right on the spot.
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Danny Wickett of Hot Rod Construction told us about them and gave us an older disc to try out... I'm hooked! Btw, look him up, he has some amazing builds, especially the "Lomad"! http://www.hotrodconstruction.com ![]() ![]()
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The rough bodywork on the rear 2/3's of the bedside if done and in Slick Sand, ready to block flat. The front corner was giving me fits (bottom edge was folded inward under the wrap around corner) but I worked out most of that this morning. I found a sealer to use on the large gaps under the bed floor- Fusor 121 Flexible Foam. It expands 10X the size of what's dispensed and cures with a waterproof shell around it. It is open cell inside though, which I found out once I started trimming the excess back... Not crazy about that but it's too late to change it. I can shoot undercoating on it to seal it back up underneath, and the topside will have Line-X bedliner over it so it should be fine.
![]() The gap underneath, 3/8" tall. ![]() I'll run a bead of regular seam sealer over this since the foam will support it. ![]() After applying the Fusor foam... it makes a mess! ![]() ![]()
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Now that looks like something that I would do with the sealer, but your end result I'm sure will be way better then what I would do.
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The foam was supposed to be a sealer... but it ended up being open cell with a skin over it. The cavity was 3/8 tall by about 5" wide, and 1.5" deep so I couldn't get regular sealer in there. I did trim the top back and put regular sealer at that seam. Once the bedliner is sprayed in there won't be anyway moisture can get through the top side.
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More detail sanding on the left bedside.
![]() ![]() Added fake spot welds where the original ones didn't show. ![]() ![]() Using guide coat to make sure the radius around the raised edge is even all around. ![]() ![]() After re-guidecoating and sanding the flat area with 180. This shows how far and how evenly the radius extends into the flat area. ![]() Front shot with Slick Sand. I'll have the left side in K93 this week and start prepping the inside of the bed for Line-X. Won't be long before I spray paint! ![]() ![]()
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