Old School Projects

[nigie]

Yeah...Jay Zee...not the rapper....de engine..

Yeah Yeah..chassify...zin... of course....

[roadracer7]

nigie , a man doing ah old school 616 project with V6 power, clean 120y with rotor power, jeep cherokee sb 350 chev.

[king bob]

well tuners, ah start cuttin d patch an dem

[nigie]

good luck with the patching ....and wear a mask and goggles..dont play hero...

[darrenwilson]

Any Progress of the datsun 1200

[king bob]

well ah almost finish d patchin, bt rain kinda spoil d play

[d spike]

well ah almost finish d patchin

With arc welding? Wow. Don't forget pics! (really need to see this)

[Sanctifier]

well ah almost finish d patchin, bt rain kinda spoil d play

Fabricating patch panels + welding... in less than TWO days?... For the WHOLE car?... Pix please.

[king bob]

well ah almost finish d patchin, bt rain kinda spoil d play

Fabricating patch panels + welding... in less than TWO days?... For the WHOLE car?... Pix please.

yeah d whole car i jus have to patch d doors and a small spot behind d fwall, pics 2mrw as soon i done

[wagonrunner]

well ah almost finish d patchin, bt rain kinda spoil d play

Fabricating patch panels + welding... in less than TWO days?... For the WHOLE car?... Pix please.

yeah d whole car i jus have to patch d doors and a small spot behind d fwall, pics 2mrw as soon i done

oh...........oho....................oh.............oh ok.

^ ^ ^ HOLY SH!T ... Yuh going to pay a "Fred in de shed"... or try DIY bodywork too?
That is a HUGE bite to take for your 1st attempt @ bodywork.

If ever I saw a project in need of Electrolysis or at least Media Blasting.... this is it. (Click on the links for more info.)

I'm going for both options for my projects... and it's a lot of work.
Much respect if you try either one... and good luck.

My $0.02¢

arite den

[king bob]

lol smh

[king bob]

after like 6 months of constant begging my father finally decided to help me
now i have to take out all d patches i put on and do them over

[roadracer7]

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[nigie]

happy new yr peeps...

[king bob]

that just not right O_O

[king bob]

molasses?? O_O

[Sanctifier]

^ ^ ^ Happy New Year bob.

Yup, molasses. MUCH cheaper option than Electrolysis. Unfortunately it takes MUCH longer though.

[roadracer7]

adhesives are the new welding of the future. Ford started stress & shear testing with welded panels & bonded panels. they found that the bonded panel sheared off not at the bonded point but where there was no bonding.listen carefully to the narration, i learned a lot from them.happy restoration.

[king bob]

i'll stick 2 traditional welding
nex ting u knw i gone down in one ah TRINIDAD famous pothole an my quarter panel fall off nah i good

[nigie]

Well Bob your couz.....er i mean granpa ahead of you...

[king bob]

we'll see bout that

[d spike]

Well Bob your couz.....er i mean granpa ahead of you...

we'll see bout that

Thems is fighting words...

[nigie]

Corty becoming straighter and straighter....

[MG Man]

nigie your guys could make some money teaching people how to do do bodywork...these youngsters only know how to run in de bamboo and buy used bodyparts to slap on.........'straightening' and patchwork is a dying art...

[nigie]

nigie your guys could make some money teaching people how to do do bodywork...these youngsters only know how to run in de bamboo and buy used bodyparts to slap on.........'straightening' and patchwork is a dying art...

True.... but ironically ..these same master patchers fully endorse running in the bamboo for used body parts... cause they say its so much work..and time consuming...the time it will take 2 slap on a fender and paint ..to craft one is tripple the time..so u have 2 beg most of them to work on old cars..and the work oftentimes gets interrupted to facilitate the bamboo bucks or is very pricey....plus all garage owners complain about the lack of labour and interest in body restoration...there is "patchin" and there is "patching/restoring properly"....so guess it will remain a dying art..



Note he indents the patch 2 retain the pockets ...like the original...this takes time...






Note patch is double coated...well tripple cause entire underside will be painted

[MG Man]

excellent work..............once the house is done, my next task will be to teach myself bodywork.....as yo said, people not doing that anymore
my uncle already ruined the MGB.......he stripped the whole fcuking car to bare metal and left it that way for nearly a week.......now the car has tinworm all over