I did get a bite on my WTB, and it's definitely better shape rust wise than mine, but not dent wise.An chance of finding a cut-off from a clean western car?
If you are confident enough in your ability to drill off and replace this, fixing those places will be a piece of cake. The really hard crease dent on the left looks like the metal has quite a bit of stretching. Don't be afraid to actually split the metal along there and then work it back into shape then weld up the split. I can see a repair there being nearly metal finished, not by me as I'm more of a blacksmith than a coach builder. Good luck, I agree with Chris Hamilton , buy this!Good time to learn. You have full access to the backside. You can work those out easy. Even without much tooling. I piece of hardwood cut down to fit in that recess from the backside and a hammer would work out those dents. Or pay someone to work them out for you. This is a far far far better option than you trying to make it. I can't emphasize that enough.
BUY IT!
Amen to that.I’d almost rather repair dents than rust.
That's super kind of you to offer Chris! I am working with the guy now, hopefully will get it in the mail soon.I would never cut/split something like that. Work it out any number of ways. A good aproach for a novice would be to fashion a piece of hardwood slightly smaller than the recess and then gently tap it out. You can use a piece of steel plate to then refine it from the front with a hammer . If a spot is high you can use a propane torch to shrink it. That approach would require almost nothing in tools.
Your in Raleigh I see Rob. I'm about an hour and a half from you. Bring it up to me one weekend and I'll walk you through fixing it or fix it for you.
If they have a zipper, you zip them shut. My sandbag is made from a microphone bag (from my days as a live sound engineer).Those people have never done much (any?) shaping. A hand bag ain't gonna cut it. How would you seal it? More internet disinformation.
You lost me right there.Wray Schelin is a metal shaping masterclass
Thanks Chris, I'm hoping it doesn't come to that.Lizer you are aware that we are talking about the panel in the above pics right? Working out those dents will not cause the rest of the panel to become distorted. It will return the panel to it's original shape. In the middle where its sucked in a bit from the dent. Working the dent out will bring that area back out. All the wood chaser is for is to help bring the panel out. By tapping it with a hammer it becomes the hammer in an area where the hammer will not fit. It will require a little hammer and dollying on the outside to help bring the area that is high back down. No shrinking should be neccesary. If there is it would only be on the vertical face of the panel. But again I don't think it would be using the thousands of dents I've worked out in my life as my reference.
Gents, if Rob brings it to me I'll take some pics of the process. Those are simple dents and it would only take a couple of hours to get them out close to perfect.
I am talking about one of his original questions pertaining to should he fabricate patches or buy a replacement piece.Lizer you are aware that we are talking about the panel in the above pics right? Working out those dents will not cause the rest of the panel to become distorted. It will return the panel to it's original shape. In the middle where its sucked in a bit from the dent. Working the dent out will bring that area back out. All the wood chaser is for is to help bring the panel out. By tapping it with a hammer it becomes the hammer in an area where the hammer will not fit. It will require a little hammer and dollying on the outside to help bring the area that is high back down. No shrinking should be neccesary. If there is it would only be on the vertical face of the panel. But again I don't think it would be using the thousands of dents I've worked out in my life as my reference.
Gents, if Rob brings it to me I'll take some pics of the process. Those are simple dents and it would only take a couple of hours to get them out close to perfect.
Wray is known for metal shaping and I had never noticed any of his metal working videos show up when on youtube except this one called "car door restoration".Wray Schelin is a metal shaping masterclass and has a lot of great videos on YouTube to check out as well.