Fenders and other body parts

[rishi_j]

Is there any step by step tutorials around showing how to actually repair body parts and panels including:

tools used
material used
procedures in performing the repairs?

 

[mkiiisupra]

Usually in the back of the haynes repair manuals there is a section devoted to body repair and how to's. These instructions are generally vague and I wouldnt rely on just those. Best bet, go to a local body shop and ask if you could observe some work being done or if you were around KY in a few weeks you could come watch me finish up the regal. Best bet is to get with someone you know that does body work or talk to a few shops and observe. They might even let you try some body repair on some junk panels they have lying around. I learnfrom my father and my uncles who have had years of street rod building experience and that has proven invaluable to me. Then again there is still stuff that I learn by trial and error. Hope this helped you a little and sorry for the rant.

 

[supercrackerbox]

Car Craft and Popular Hot Rodding ususally have pretty good articles on the basics this time of year. But instructions will only get you so far; it takes a lot of patience and practice to perfect it. I recommend practicing on a few panels from other cars first. When I was in school for auto body, we were each issued a fender, and the instructor came around and smacked each one with a lead pipe. Once we got it smoothed out, he did it again, so on and so forth.

 

[GP403]

....When I was in school for auto body, we were each issued a fender, and the instructor came around and smacked each one with a lead pipe. Once we got it smoothed out, he did it again, so on and so forth.

That's just awsome 😀 I can picture that. "Hmm. Looks pretty good. (pause). WHACK!!"

Bet he enjoyed that 😀

 

[Blake442]

Did the same thing at my school, we used rejected fenders and doors that were donated from the Ford plant here in St. Paul.