1963 Dodge Dart 270 Convertible for the Wife
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL day in Southern Arizona today... but yesterday went to town and stopped by the machine shop to have the alternator parts pressed in... ready to assemble on the next nasty day where I don't want to go outside.
Today attacked the sheet metal... Here is the HACK of a fix for a fender bender.. These holes where PUNCHED with a PUNCH not even drilled!
Started to work it with a dolly but the metal was just too stretched so I used a straight edge to find where the bubble was... see it.... drew a line were it was..
I then cut the line with the cut off wheel and welded it back closed and it really pulled the metal back to the point where I struggled to get it stretched back out! Also welded the holes shut...
It looks ugly but trust me it only needs minimal filler.. When I stripped it the filler was 1/2" deep in places and the shape was total wrong... It should match the other side and the largest gap on the straight edge is now less than 1/8"..
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL day in Southern Arizona today... but yesterday went to town and stopped by the machine shop to have the alternator parts pressed in... ready to assemble on the next nasty day where I don't want to go outside.
Today attacked the sheet metal... Here is the HACK of a fix for a fender bender.. These holes where PUNCHED with a PUNCH not even drilled!
Started to work it with a dolly but the metal was just too stretched so I used a straight edge to find where the bubble was... see it.... drew a line were it was..
I then cut the line with the cut off wheel and welded it back closed and it really pulled the metal back to the point where I struggled to get it stretched back out! Also welded the holes shut...
It looks ugly but trust me it only needs minimal filler.. When I stripped it the filler was 1/2" deep in places and the shape was total wrong... It should match the other side and the largest gap on the straight edge is now less than 1/8"..