Thread: Work junk, and junk... at work. By 'junk.

and some of that tuna casserole

im all out of words for your shops work.

it all falls on you body guys first tho, then the rest of em get to rub all over your work lol

wow that would be a metal stretcher wouldn't it? seen one of them on the tv one time lol only way ive seen to make 90º angle metal make turns.....

Yep that's a stretcher and shrinker, two things on the same stand. I'm new enough to it that it's still a blast to use. It would be cool to have the big stand and foot pedal for it. It can wear you out doing a "crazy straw" looking piece like that flange strip. Funny, I was distracted by a chatty co-worker and made a left side strip on the first try lol. No loss of labor, just woops made it wrong but then realized I had made the other side.

The big tool I like is the air / electric shear. It makes dudes flinch clear across the shop when you cut four foot wide 18 gauge with it... Ka-BAM! Used that to lop the strips off a sheet, trimmed them then went to the brake to put the 90 bend in them, then shaped to fit the floor edge with shrinky-stretchy, then drill press for plug weld holes. I'll make strips for the top also, and basically just move the existing vertical wheel well section inward with those filling the gap. I'm enjoying being mean to the old Ford. This is the kind of work I dreamed of doing as a kid.

Yesterday I wrapped up three and a half months of metal work on one car, the 33 Ford. Joy! Now I get to do filler and primer work... on the same one. I have surely enjoyed the break from sanding but here we go again. Its gonna hurt.

Mmm, Chevelle-

Been working out the gaps on this black '69 SS396 this week... having good luck so far but the man is picky. I can handle it.








I have got the Biscayne work started in a couple places. SD and BB I know you know how to go see the rest of these if you wish












Oh and holy crap remember the pale blue 67 F100 that was shot for... oh probably "Classic Trucks"? It took best late truck at the Starbird show in Wichita last month and just scored first place in it's class (contemporary street truck or something like that) at Detroit Autorama. I'll be danged. People do love old trucks. I just love to hear of our work making a mark on the show car world

Same door

Yep, stuff happens. Just ask for whatever you want to see again. No ransom required!

was that a 67 RS? and who was driving it? and what the hell they hit? cause old cars need a good hit to crumple up like that.

Originally Posted by Scottydoggs

was that a 67 RS? and who was driving it? and what the hell they hit? cause old cars need a good hit to crumple up like that.

69 RS/SS. A mechanic. Another car. I'm thinking head-on.

Silly me, my bad. You probably wanted to see how much filler is on the 33. Fair enough...







That represents a week or two of work anyhow. Working the trunk lid now. Might work on the Chevelle next, not sure.

Originally Posted by idrivejunk

Was that originally an all steel roof, or did it have the fabric (?) center section?

Originally Posted by BrandonHall10

Was that originally an all steel roof, or did it have the fabric (?) center section?

Mustang dude's reaction there reminds me of my first ride in muscle... a 70 or 71 black SS454 Chevelle that went lazy 12.9s thru muffs. Belonged to my cuz and he had a Camino just like it. I was sold on full frame two doors and big blocks, still am. Got a 72 SS when I was a senior and had gobs of fun with it but a couple friends could stomp on it. Heck the GTP might have given that one a run. I really like all years of Chevelles from 66-72. Had me a 68 Malibu also, woulda kept it but somebody smashed it. They just look great and take whatever ya got, and were a good do-everything decently-for-cheap car. Grand Prixs on the other hand were pure badass always no matter what! You could always wait for the Chevy guy to punch it first then walk him with your Ponch.

Originally Posted by JamesIvey24

oh god, that makes my heart hurt.

Don't it, though? Tragic.

I reached the primer stage last week-







Heres something I did a lot on awhile back, now its painted. Just a white Fox but the engine compartment had a bazillion holes filled. In this area of the car, everything I did was from the towers forward and a couple other dudes did the rest. Yes it will be stuffed with pretty go-fast goodies in there when finished.








Then heres some of the 69 Chevelle quarter patchwork happening now (bottom pics). Due to one of our guys breaking a leg, the plan was shuffled and another guy is knocking out the metal work on that one while I do filler work on the 33. He is moving right along and doing fine, getting close to done with metal work. The customers are smiling and we have plenty of work so maybe we ain't charging enough?













Oh and the 67 Datsun got back from sandblast jail and now looks good in epoxy primer. Speaking of plenty of work, that is. Broke leg dude had surgery to rmove rods from shin today so my fingers are crossed for his recovery. Those things have been in since October. Cringe.

you fixed that fast!

As far as I know, on average I cost over 5K for a month. I'm not as curious about the hand that feeds me though, lol. If I were flat rate I sure would be.

Full roof stampings did not show up until a few years later. Tooling was not developed to that point yet. Any you see with no fabric insert have either been filled like this or are fiberglass. The 37s were the first mainstream cars to have that but it appeared as early as 35 on Caddys. As far as I know. Most of them leave the gutter / mounting flange for the fabric insert and use a flat patch but I whacked the gutter and used the center section of the roof off that yellow '68 Camaro because it had approximately the right crown shape. It was a challenge. I whipped up a wooden brace for some minimal support but it will hold up two jack stands without it.