New Guy From Australia (lotsa Pics)

[Karnage]

Hi Everyone,

My name is Jez, I live on the North side of Brisbane. I have always played with cars and bikes, and have been slowly building a business for myself doing custom paint and Airbrush. Slowly as the business evolves I have been doing more resto work. I am completely self taught and am realizing that the only way I can make a name for myself is to do the best I can at every aspect of my trade.
This is what led me to the site, I need to learn how to shape metal to the best of my abilty, and there is only so much one can learn, without the guidance of skilled and experienced craftsman.
My business is only small, but though perseverance I want to make it successful. I realize success not only comes from experience but also efficiency, my real weak point when it comes to metal shaping.
I should probably mention at this point that I am not expecting it to be a 5 minute learning curve, but my goal is to build up my skillset, learning from each job I do, and using less filler each and every time.

My current project is a Ford XY Falcon ute. I had quoted on this job initially as a colour change respray. After the customer had it blasted the true state of the vehicle changed the game!
Here are a few shots of the state of it showing the "quality" of previous repairs.

What drove in for the original quote


Torque box, the patch is 0.6mm on a plate that is 3mm!


Rad support "repair"


Firewall Patch


Plenum Repair


And now some of the repairs, these haven't been "finished" yet

Bumper mounts


New torque boxes



Side of firewall


Firewall Patch Start, would have loved to press this, but not possible with my equipment or time frame



And a few quick pics of my previous work












As you can see, I take a lot of pride in my work, I hope that I can gain knowledge from the Vast array or experience here, and hope I can also contribute in some way.

Cheers,
Jez