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Cant remember if I posted a thread on this one.

1958 plymouth, it's one of our active projects currently in the shop.

I'm currently uploading around 200 photos to photobucket and I'm going to try to make this work like a good old fashioned ND post fulla photos.

I don't find the time to get on here and post like I used to, maybe with the election cycle behind us this place will become once again tolerable.

I have to get to work on ole girl, but I'll slide a couple photos out here while the bulk is uploading and while I weld the last repair panel on the car.

Here she is.











These are from the beginning of the project, I'll post more and describe whats going on in the photos (If I can make photobucket work)

Laters.

Cool project, ND...

I am looking forward to seeing the progress on this one. "Fear on four wheels".

You should be keeping an unlocked door in sight while working on that one.

GTC

Wish i could weld like that. NICE.

LMAO!

terrible!

We had to cut that stuff off and start over.

Anytime my wife starts 'badmouthing' me or my ride while we are out, I gently pat the dash and say "it's ok Christine, she doesn't know any better"
That movie terrified her.

Had a HS friend that had a couple of Chryslers in those years range. Great party rides for teenagers in the day!

Chryslers terrify me.

So that was a prior repair? Guess you find all types of things like that..

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Yes, pretty old repair. Gas welded with filler rod, warped all to hell. Besides that it was an overlay style repair, lay a formed cap over the rust hole and burn it on, hammer the weld down (HARD) and fill with an inch and a half of body filler.

I'll post up pics of dissecting and correcting those old repairs.

Cutting near the old welds to see if anything under the cap can be salvaged



old repair cap removed, original rusted metal exposed.



other fender

Yeeesh,..they just capped it.!

That's one of those "hurry up so I can have the car ready for Friday date night" types of repairs..

I'm glad you're chronicling it. I learn stuff just about every time you post up a group of pics...

I started the repair by hand forming a new forward edge with 3/8" tubing



I cut out and rebuilt the inner portion first, then made a flat paper pattern for the outer.



front edges were shrunk to help them roll down, the rest was hand formed with hammer and dollies.



jumping ahead a little here.

Same for the other fender



photobucket is being a bitch, so I'm missing a bunch of my photos.

HOLY SHEIT Dave, you could fool Penn & Teller! What a metal magician!

BTW, I love that car.

One of the first cars we had was a 1957 Dodge ( like the real Christine!)

I would LOVE to have one of them refurbed by ND...or Chip Foose!

big girl up on the body cart to work on the rockers and lower quarters.

Gotta fix that stuff.

Old overlay rocker patches removed, exposing that the rockers are fulla dirt.

A floor brace end was are off where it joined the inner rocker, had to rebuild the area.