Making a Metal 1938 Chevy Truck LH front fender

Making a 38 truck front fender for my vendor display stand.


First photo 24" x 30" 18swg sheet metal blank

second photo after 4.5 hrs

third photo after 6 hrs and ready to move on to next section

 

Lookin good man

 

Beautiful work. But it sure takes planning and forethought doesn't it. Be proud. Not many with this skill around any more. Another hard one to find is a craftsman who is a good metal body and fender repairs person using lead and the dollies.
Normbc9

 

Nice work Jon!! This will be fun to watch. What are you using tool wise to shape those?

 

thanks.


tools used;

wooden mallet
sand bag
planishing hammer
English wheel

 

Thanks!!

 

no worries.I will be posting a detailed 'how to' on one of the sections soon.thanks for following!

 

section 2 ,part 1 time taken 4 hrs

 

Very respectable time in shaping these pieces. Nice work Jon!

 

Very nice work fellow !!!!!

 

Second panel stage 6.75 hrs taken

ready to move onto third panel section


Wanted 5 window Ford 36 Coupe

 

Incredible!!!

 

Thanks boss!

 

Thanks for sharing your work.

 

Sections 1-4 made,TIG welded together and metal finished.

 

Wow nice! Thanks for the update Jon.


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I feel like such a hack everytime I see an incredible piece of craftsmanship like this !

 

Beautiful work. Just curious, did the original have a standing seam on the underside running from the middle of the arch inward to the flange? My '37 LaSalles did and wondering if they (Fisher Body) still did that in '38.

 

very nice job, i oughta mail upi whats left of the fenders for my 38

 

love this thread cant wait to see how you do the wheel opening .

 

Awesome! Now I feel like a hack...Can't wait to see it finished.

 

BTTT...just so that EVERYONE might have a chance to look at this beautiful piece of workmanship. DD

 

Couldn't have said it better myself!

 

Very impressive. I think your avitar should have the snakes curled around a HAMMER rather than the staff. Butch/56sedandelivery.

 

I toyed with that idea, but I didn't think it looked as smooth.

Thanks guys much appreciated , more pics tonight

 

total time to date for making the 4 sections and TIG welding together ;

part /section 1 6.5 hrs
part/section 2 6.75 hrs
part/section 3 4 hrs
part/section 4 4 hrs

Tig welding 1,2,3 and 4 together 4hrs

total to date 25.25 hrs

 

Metal finishing Parts 1-4 /body of fender

Time taken 4hrs

Time taken to date 29.25 hrs

 

Part 5 time taken 2 hrs to make section

1 hr to TIG weld in

total time to date 32.25 hrs

 

Part 6 time taken 2 hrs to make section

1 hr to TIG weld in

total time to date 35.25 hrs

 

Nice work and photos!