Projects Repairing an abused & wrecked 5-window coupe

Hear that!

Suppose to end up Maroon? '40 Fordish maybe?

 

looks like some nice work going on over there

 

Glad no one was seriously hurt. Cars can be fixed or replaced a lot easier than ppl. Looks great so far.

 

Maroon would look good. I like the idea and it won't look like everyone's color black.

 

the repairs look really good. its a little ironic the cars going to be better now than it was before, im looking forward to seeing the finished article.

 

Excellent repairs on s WAY cool hot rod. I am so pleased the folks had no injuries in this crazy crash.

 

Glad noone was hurt.
It's refreshing to see a shop which does such fine work.

 

Thanks again guy.

We moved onto the front A pillars. These where repairs we weren't planning on doing at first. Once we removed the drip rail a bunch of lead had to come off from the A-pillar (front of drip rail was leaded over). This is an idea of the past rough life the car had. The customer said his windshield never fit right so we decided the repair both sides....

 

Some donor A-pillars we got from our friend @el Roach . saved the day.

 

those old front windshield post are really rough - is that just the result of a bad chop at some point in the cars history?

 

We think it was a little of both. Car might have been on it's top at some point in its life & a very rough chop hidden in lead. It's a mess!

 

Glad I could help out with the A pillars. Riley and the boys at Rockets garage are total professionals! They do metal magic with the best of them! Keep up the great work fellas.

 

Thanks for the endorsement Rick!

 

Cut out all the old junk, removed inner header panel, separated the new donor A-pillars & cleaned 'em up. Repaired the driver side dent over the windshield & built a new section for nasty spot where header meets A-pillar.

 

that's 100 times better than what was there previously.

 

Looks great. That work was needed badly. If you do not mind could you tell us how many shop hours the repairs took to complete the metal work after you get there. You don't need to go into the money or material. Just the ballpark billed hours.

 

Looking mighty fine.Glad no one was hurt.Was the truck driver ever found?
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

Haven't been back since you started the thread ( and I wondered why so much sheet metal was being replaced with new). Now that the old girl's makeup is coming off, I totally understand your thread title!

Nice work, Gentlemen! ( and ladies if that may be the case!)

 

First of all glad the folks were not hurt.

Great workmanship on this project. Saving them one at a time, that is a good thing.

 

There appears to be a ton of pics missing between that of the roof top quarter being a piece of sheet metal and the finished part awaiting fitting. Enquiring minds need to know!

Great work and thanks for bringing us all along.

Chris

 

nice artist craftmans ship there ... keep up the good work

 

WOW nice work

 

Man that was a lot of Lead, what a hack job. When I first saw the pictures before repairs it did not look to bad but it was covering a really rough work. You made the right decision to replace than repair. Just think what the left 1/4 is hiding.
As for after market parts they have been around almost as long as cars. Fosterier made fenders for T and A and early cars. They came already painted black and wrapped in craft paper ready to install. Knowing this how many of us have aftermarket parts on our car and don't even know it?
Late model cars are often repaired with aftermarket parts, JUST READ YOUR INSURANCE POLICY. The require it. Happy Motoring. Frank

 

Wow, this is going to be a much better car when you're finished. Very nice work, guys!

 

Thanks again guys for all the kind words. We're glad we're able to fix it right and it really is going to be a much better car when it's done. The owner is now motivated to do a few other improvements! Mike, my main sheet metal guy is responsible for the great finish work on the quarter window and A-pillar job.

Here's a few more pictures of the part. Sometimes it's a little hard to capture in progress stuff...



It was all done using a shrinker/stretcher, sandbag & chisel.

 

I would have said a talented craftsman! Great job guys!

 

We went about the A pillar a little different than most. We modified and fit the outer skin first. Then did part of the inner structure & went back and finish welded the inner structure from inside out last. I'll try to do my best to explain along the way.

Fitting & modifying the skin.


I forgot to show the old hacked A-pillars after they where cut out.

 

on the original pillar it looks like they have tried to lean the top of it back a little but left the bottom half stock. Or instead of leaning it back it may just be the roof was a little short because of the chop and they had to match the top and bottom someone so its just the way they tried to bridge the gap.

 

This looks like it will be better than what was under Henry's paint job. Impressive work to say the least.

 

That's cool Riley, a little different approach on the A pillars! You guys ROCK!