Rust repairs/panel fab

[Blow]

Post pics of your rust repairs/new section fab work. Always interested in seeing other people's work so through up some pics if you have any.

Job i did a while ago, this is how i received it with bits already cut out.





Didn't look to healthy so i went a bit further back to get some clean metal.



Made up a replacement section.





Tacked into place.



Bit more welding including spot welds to look original.



Finished result.

[littlefireyone]

at that stage is there still more tack welding going on or is that sufficient?

[ALLMTR]

Tils will be along shortly with his macrame Cortina

[Blow]

at that stage is there still more tack welding going on or is that sufficient?

Yeah it gets completely welded all the way along the join.

[Tils]

Tils will be along shortly with his macrame Cortina

lol

[dave1600]

Just one section of my 180B SSS project. The rest of the car was equally rusty

[Babalouie]

geez you guys do some good work

[Tils]

Then there was rust...

You want rust? Ok, here it is then...

[x]

I'd love to see some step by steps from you talented lot on how you get flat bits of metal to these shapes! Fucking beats me how you do it!

[scrad]

*subscribes*

[silicon]

Studebaker Lark floor repairs.....

[dave1600]

I'd love to see some step by steps from you talented lot on how you get flat bits of metal to these shapes! Fucking beats me how you do it!

I use thin cardboard, lay it over the panel to be replaced and make a template, cutting "V" shapes here and there to get it to follow the curves. Then transfer the template to sheetmetal and go from there. On the rear 1/4 of the 180B you can see where I've cut a few long, thin "V"'s, brought the edges together and welded. This gets the shape happening, and I finish it off with hammer and dolly. I also tend to work with a few smaller pieces and weld then together for a large patch.

The inner piece with the pattern pressed into it was made by routering the pattern into a piece of wood, the hammering the metal into the wood with rounded bits of metal and large drill bits.

Its all welded with oxy, so I use very little or no filler. also leaves a nice, soft, "annealed" panel that is easier to work with hammer and dolly than a MIG welded repair.

I've just got the DVD ChrisS recommended in another post and hope to be able to master beating stuff out of a single piece of metal rather than a few cur and welded pieces.

[x]

Cheers,

I've seen a few progress shots of folk stretching/shrinking metal to make guards but fuck me, I still think more pictures would make it easier to understand...

[RSWEPN]

Very nice sucker.

[peps]

Guys, great thread. Hope to do some of this work one day and this is good inspiration.

Keep the info coming