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

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

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.

I can see new metal, but it all looks like it was meant to be there in the first place.

You does good work.

Thanks! I did alter some areas to look smoother than stock but natural. Check out the wheelwells, the body used to hang down over the frame there. I am mudding the roof now.

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.

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.

Love to see the bill the owners get.

Originally Posted by idrivejunk

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

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.

Originally Posted by idrivejunk

Full roof stampings did not show up until a few years later. Tooling was not developed to that point yet.

A lot of people don't know this. They think all old barn cars had sunroofs. Ha!

Originally Posted by BrandonHall10

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

Any updates? This thread makes me happy. I need some happy in my life right now.

Originally Posted by WarStryker13

Any updates? This thread makes me happy. I need some happy in my life right now.

You guys way up north just can't get enogh rust porn can you? My belly is fulla unhappy too, so sure. Fix that and get happy. One day I may just make a new thread since I nuked my pics.

The 33 Ford is in the paint shop now-



I'm getting started on pans and patches in a '60 Biscayne-



Not sure whose stall the 76 TA will land in-

rust or not when they show up, they all leave looking sexy

You have made my week, especially with that Chevy... I want one in all black, Batmobile style.

I know you guys remember this one. Mechanical bugs have been exterminated, assembly blemishes repaired as needed, handprints wiped off, etc. The steering wheel cover is just to keep it clean at the shops, and the back wheels don't quite fill the wells like the slicks probably do. So its officially done with no excuses. Every big job gets to come back for touch-ups after its all together but that may be the last peek I get. Mighty fine job by the crew, and thanks to the car owner for seeing it through. Its all over but the enjoyment!

I was gonna also brag, er- mention, while I'm here... that the green all-steel 30 Ford roadster I did the bondo and primer work on a few years back got best hot rod at the Starbird show in Wichita last month. And that blue '67 F100 got best late truck at that same show. Next week, the F100 will be shown at the Detroit Autorama. Scope it if you go, but I didn't do much on that job.

Pics from that show-

http://carnut.com/show/17/star/strp1.html

you know what that camaro needs? them ugly ass wheels gone. theres got to be better choices.

all your hard work, it shows.

Yeah, wheels are like condiments. About half have wheels I would not choose. You made me chuckle because sometimes when I walk past one we did all shiny and done and I think to myself wow that thing was a piece of ****. And I wonder how this all happened. You're right... mostly what you see there is time-tested dudes and products at work. The pile of steel at the root of it could be ANYthing.