During my journey to try to get Sandy's car ready for the WCR I discovered another huge dent in the left front fender. I worked hard to try to get the damage out but there was no way I could be happy with the end result. So I have a Ravenna 73 parts car. It's a MN rusted hulk with a brazed patch on the bottom. I cut the best parts off the salvage fender and saved what I needed to repair the damaged fender. I sand blasted it inside and out so it's nice and clean. You will see the lower section looks a little rough but I'm not done working it. It was hammered to death so all in all it's a very good repair. I will only use primer on the welded seam over the wheel.
Notice my body file in the photo. I didn't use a grinder. I just filed the welds to finish.
Wow. Nice work.
very nice work.
I am guessing you are using your tig for the welds?
I really need to brush up the skills on my tig skills and this is great motivation.
Cheers
Edwin
Beautiful.
I assume that you didn't bring it all the way to the hood seal area and the lower rear because the donor fender was rusted in those areas? It's a great solution for us Midwest guys.
BTW - I need one of those body files.
Yep I used my Tig. Love this thing!
Here is the fender That I cut off. The damage was deep with no room to swing at it. I tried to heat it with a torch and push it out while it was hot. This worked to the point where I ended up with a reasonable amount of damage to fill but when I was shrinking it flat I ended up shortening the fender leaving a door gap 8mm wide. The wrinkles you see I couldn't hammer. no room. Not every repair technic is going to work in every situation.
Here is the MN donor fender. The bottom had a brazed patch that had rusted out again. After cutting off the lower section I ended up with a good piece or so I thought.
Once I started cleaning up the rest of it, I discovered that the side marker light hole had a huge rust ring around it. The rust ring around it with pin holes through it and as John suspected the weather stripping channel was not much better. The section I ended up using was very nice and I am satisfied I put the car back in a condition that will not devalue it. It really is a solid car and were happy to be the lucky owners.
rick, how much time do you have in on the fender?
Very nice! Wish I could weld like that.
Want to weld the fenders and nose on my 356?
very nice work, Rick. now I know what a $3000.00 fender looks like.
Very nice Rick
Nice work Rick. I think you missed your calling, but if you had to do this every day, I doubt it wouldn't be as much fun.
Hey, Rick. Beautiful work as always.
You helped me with some advice on a rear fender I sectioned a few weeks back. Panel shrinkage had pulled my rear trunk gap in a bad way.
Last weekend, i welded in the patch and the gap is now good, I'm happy to report. however, I have not ground my welds yet.
Any advice on that so that the grinding heat and cooling doesn't hurt the gap i just fixed?
I'm wondering if this is why you specified that you filed your welds on the repair above.
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