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Introductions
My name is John Rainwater and I live in Western North Carolina. I have nearly 15 years experience in dad in law's automotive shop and during that time I assisted in NHRA certified roll cages, motor and transmission R&Rs, and sheetmetaled the 85 S-10 pickup that I had a 113 mph quarter mile in, from bumper to bumper; including the freehand bead rolled flames on the inside tailgate panel. I recently purchased a 1966 Olds Starfire (power everything), knowing it needed a lot of work. The motor is ready to come out; I couldn't get it to turn. Five feet of 3/8 drive extensions got me into the trunk from the back seat; it looks like Swiss cheese. Her belly was sitting on the ground and the back floorboards are gone. I straightened out the right front fender that had a double 90 degree bend in it (still needs a little hammer/dolly time on the workbench) but I am going to be making some patch panels all the way around the car...No one has any NOS metal for this car. I have an idea for templating the pans with a routed piece of plywood. I came to this forum following a link that alluded to an identical use of low budget tools and supplies and I wanted to see if it worked somewhere besides in my head.
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John Rainwater "Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success." -Henry Ford “The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it.” -Albert Einstein |
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Welcome from a fellow North Carolinian.
Lot's of advice and techniques to be found here from some very talented individuals. Dave
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Hi John welcome to the forum
Peter
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P.Tommasini Metalshaping tools and dvds www.handbuilt.net.au Metalshaping clip on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEAh91hodPg Making Monaro Quarter panel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIpOhz0uGRM |
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