#6 White to brown bodywork and paint (Tatonka) (1 Viewer)

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Man I wish you were on the east coast, I'd love to hand over my 62 to you for bodywork.
Im on the east Coast...headed West in July...willing to drive your rig West.
 
Drivers side. Let’s see how this goes.
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Nice Work Kelly!!
 
This is what I was able to accomplish. The body lines look straight, the panel correct without any wavy areas or low/high spots. This is the tricky part, to get the steel the right shape, so that the filler is minimal thickness. I use pry bars and 2x4's from the backside, pushing outward until it looks right, then tack it. I do this every 5 or so inches until the outer curvature and shape is extremely close. Also, these quarters were damaged in a collision previously, and had filler covering much of the back halves. They did a good job straightening out the metal though, but it's still not perfect. I will work on it a little more before filler. It should be another fun one!

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Drivers side. I was fighting this panel I made today, but we had a talk and worked it out. Stitched together like Frankenstein.

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Fab skills that never cease to amaze. Bravo :clap:
 
Next, the shrinker to straighten out the part after the stretcher twisted it like a potato chip. And work the part with both tools until it fits.

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