Well, lets do this again! - Page 3

**akitaman** · #31 (**permalink**) 08-03-2006, 03:50 PM

Funny! I thought of old frankie too!

**mubezzi** · #32 (**permalink**) 08-03-2006, 03:52 PM

Hey, at least the gas lid is in good shape! I am going to start a bake sale. Anybody want some Amsterdam Brownies? ...they are really good! $25 each.

**mubezzi** · #33 (**permalink**) 08-03-2006, 03:54 PM

Kind of like what your knee looks like after ACL surgery in Mexico....

quadrifoglio · #34 (**permalink**) 08-03-2006, 04:02 PM

I know that this would get answered even if I didn't post and I'm making myself look very ignorant (which is okay because I am!) but what's going on in the pictures?

It looks like either:

1. The blasting uncovered a serious frankenstein's creation of stitched together panels.
2. The blasting both uncovered a serious frankenstein's creation of stitched together panels AND warped the crap out of the existing good panels?

Or....

The car was seriously warped and stitched together followed by a generous slathering of bondo which the blasting removed uncovering the prevous atrocious acts?

**mubezzi** · #35 (**permalink**) 08-03-2006, 04:42 PM

I think it's '3', the blasting uncovered the most beautiful ***...like the one on the blond in your avatar.

The answer is 1 but, to get all the bondo off, there is problably some panel warp but most is from the previous owners restoration process (if you can call it 'restoration').

**akitaman** · #36 (**permalink**) 08-03-2006, 05:00 PM

no, no, no. No panel warpage happened. They did an excellent job of avoiding that.

quadrifoglio · #37 (**permalink**) 08-03-2006, 05:10 PM

Wow. So the car had that much bondo on it? The owner must be really excited.....

**endel** · #38 (**permalink**) 08-03-2006, 05:11 PM

All that work looks like an amatuer did a lot of brazing. In your opinion, what are the options here? I can only think that fixing this mess will be a very costly procedure.

**akitaman** · #39 (**permalink**) 08-03-2006, 05:32 PM

Well, cost is our top battle. The panels that were used to "repair" the car appear to be from another car. Better yet the old metal was NOT cut out. The butcher....... I'm not joking when I say this...RIVETED over the old metal then brazed the edges???? With that said I'm going to attemped to use the metal that is there. After of course, I remove the damaged metal.

PSk · #40 (**permalink**) 08-03-2006, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by akitaman

Well, cost is our top battle. The panels that were used to "repair" the car appear to be from another car. Better yet the old metal was NOT cut out. The butcher....... I'm not joking when I say this...RIVETED over the old metal then brazed the edges???? With that said I'm going to attemped to use the metal that is there. After of course, I remove the damaged metal.

quadrifoglio · #41 (**permalink**) 08-03-2006, 06:08 PM

With the metal that dimpled, warped and patched wouldn't it be cheaper to find a donor car and just weld on entire fenders and things?

**akitaman** · #42 (**permalink**) 08-03-2006, 06:08 PM

The metal will not be "patched". The metal will be cut clean, Tig welded in a butt match, then the welds will hot be forged to a near smooth finish. When restoring a car, the metal must be integral to the existing metal. This is the best way to prevent welding degradation or rust.

**akitaman** · #43 (**permalink**) 08-03-2006, 06:09 PM

Your right Tim, a donor may be our best option. I have a line on those parts.

PSk · #44 (**permalink**) 08-03-2006, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by akitaman

The metal will not be "patched". The metal will be cut clean, Tig welded in a butt match, then the welds will hot be forged to a near smooth finish. When restoring a car, the metal must be integral to the existing metal. This is the best way to prevent welding degradation or rust.

**akitaman** · #45 (**permalink**) 08-03-2006, 06:43 PM

patch........ This car is riddled with patches. The fact that the old metal was not removed, and more so perfectly good metal was merely riveted on. That is a patch (plugging a hole so to speak). The circles that I travel in, refer to butt welding with forging as panel restoring. Patching, in among these people, is called butchering.
And as always Pete, I know what you mean. Your a man with a discriminating eye for detail and quality.