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dunce79 · 12-24-2019, 01:39 PM

Started sheet metal repairs... My goal is to keep as much of the original "patina" as I can and try to fake the areas I've had to repair. I'm not into big rust holes etc so everything needs to be solid. The baby blue color will go and get replaced with an off white I think. Will be interesting trying to fake that but I'll have to play around with that... and it that doesn't work out, I'll strip it and we'll do something else. Its a bit more work fixing things this way but the hoods are rare and the aftermarket fenders are crap so if I can fix the original parts I feel like I'm ahead.

https://imgur.com/OZw5nlB

12-24-2019, 01:39 PM	#6
dunce79 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Fremont, NE Posts: 154	Re: Dunce's 61 SWB Custom Started sheet metal repairs... My goal is to keep as much of the original "patina" as I can and try to fake the areas I've had to repair. I'm not into big rust holes etc so everything needs to be solid. The baby blue color will go and get replaced with an off white I think. Will be interesting trying to fake that but I'll have to play around with that... and it that doesn't work out, I'll strip it and we'll do something else. Its a bit more work fixing things this way but the hoods are rare and the aftermarket fenders are crap so if I can fix the original parts I feel like I'm ahead. https://imgur.com/OZw5nlB Last edited by dunce79; 12-24-2019 at 01:51 PM.