30 Pickup Sheetmetal Work

uhhhohh !





important bracket in making these trucks solid . rivets to the rear crossmember from the b pillar and also the triangle bracket . fixed the bottom up .it was rotted out .



b pillar rot



need to hit in here ith the spot blaster



bracketry all coming together



not to bad for a bunch or repop/mismatched stock parts !

 
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Tom - You are amazing !

I can't wait to see my truck when you are done with it !

Keep on trucking !

Mike
 
Nice to see someone else's work. Flop, what are you working with? Hand tools, Bag and English Wheel, Power Hammer? You must have a "Break" also. Your doing some nice work I hope your getting paid for your time.

The Old Tinbasher.
tinbasher@rogers.com
 
Tinbasher said:
Nice to see someone else's work. Flop, what are you working with? Hand tools, Bag and English Wheel, Power Hammer? You must have a "Break" also. Your doing some nice work I hope your getting paid for your time.

The Old Tinbasher.
tinbasher@rogers.com
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I keep telling him he needs a Pullmax also! I keep messaging him on Facebook showing him machines to buy but he does not seem to want to buy one!! I suppose he is blaming on the money!! :D

If he only had one he would see how it makes life much easier!!
Here is a (large) clip that proves it!! www.model-a-ford.com/PatchPanel2.wmv
 
Thanks Mike can't wait for you to see it ! She has come a long way already !

Tinbasher . Mostly hand tools . Bag and English wheel . Break . Shrinker/stretcher . Bead roller . Jump shear . Thanks ! I eat a few hours here and there but I'm sure most fab shops do . My main reason is pride . What goes out the door I have to be happy with . Which means if I don't like the way something comes out it may get cut out and start again. Also i dont have the luxury of the car leaving painted . What goes out the door is what the customer sees . Also these tools dont grow on trees and are pricy . I wasnt born into a shop or a car repair oriented family . What I have in my shop I have earned and I am proud of it ! The last few months havnt been the best with dealing with a broken arm and a few other things when your hands make the money .

It's tight in here Brent with 8 cars ! I will get one eventually . It just gonna eat room then I gotta figure out the inverter where to put it etc .

Body panels are very easy now . Throw the model a dies on the roller set the fence and roll away !
 
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drivers side is solid now !!

now i gotta wrap this truck in sheetmetal !

 
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well getting this door all apart



even the ppatch panel was starting to rot out . nust have been a very old braze job / patch



making a new skin . bead roller , english wheel, shrinker stretcher

 
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I'm on my first A and going to be into patch panels soon. I have question---how do you get such a tight fit on the patches? Do you overlap them then cut both at the same time or is there a different proses ? Ai 69 yrs I'm into learning new ideas and teaching the old ones.
 
silver . i dont cut them at the same time . that will always leave you with a fat 16th of an inch gap . the tig welder loves tight gaps . which leads to better resutls. ton of trimming ,filing and grinding to get a nice fit .

yours is a gem John !


cab corners taking shape !

 
shes a little rough around the edges





and then this weird image came out after running the file over the damage



shes in

 
Interesting image ! There's a "cult" somewhere that worships that. Now you can't finish the metal work and paint.................................. :D:eek::D:)
Paul in CT
 
it is smoothed out now Paul !!

so i had the decision to make of putting the patch for the back of the cab in down low and fixing the whole back panel with all of its dents and dings or make a whole panel . the whole panel will save tons of hours in body work compared to what had to be done to the orig panel . Honestly it was only and extra 3 Feet of welding to replace the whole back .



panel we made up



simply welded in no hammer and file work



welds






well thats the end product after hammer and file work




 
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thanks rex and zz!




made a new door bottom



door skin i made !



hard stuff done..tig welding . some file work done . more to do tomorrow .

 
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