52 Chev Panel....repairable?

[joedoh]

haha! shrinking your welds?

not my joke, stolen shamelessly

[olcarguy]

Originally Posted by joedoh

haha! shrinking your welds?

not my joke, stolen shamelessly

Not my preferred method of shrinking welds. But it will do till spring...just another 2 months to go....

[8man]

The work is incredible! The snow, not so much.

[olcarguy]

Found some more pictures you guy's and Gal's might enjoy....Different way to do a graft but seems to work. It's of o a 67Chev 1/2ton. The reason I widened the front fenders, will likely have to widen rear fenders as well. Will also have to wait till motor and rad are mounted to see how much the front springs compress.

[olcarguy]

It's been awhile since I have been on here, house project is taking more time then I figured on. Have to wait till spring and see what falls out of the snow....Keep the shiny side down and keep working on something....Roy

[vintovka]

I fully understand. If home repair costs don't kill ya, trying to get materials, appliances and labor will. We waited for 4 months to get a dishwasher and now 2 months trying to get the house (cabin) painted.

My 98% complete Ad sits in its new garage ready to run. Even then i have been reluctant to drive it since the wheels fell off the country.

[olcarguy]

I can relate to what you say....Not sure if it's fortunate or unfortunate ....I do pp% of my own repairs...from plumbing, electrical, Flooring, Drywall, Put new windows in 2 winters ago, still have not finished the framing of the sills and stuff.....Money pit....But no I'm not bitter, we knew what we where getting into just not this deep.....Unfortunatly most of my equipment is 240volts and my garage only has 1 15amp circuit to run the complete shop....That's on the to do list for spring.....I hope.

[vintovka]

Originally Posted by olcarguy

I can relate to what you say....Not sure if it's fortunate or unfortunate ....I do pp% of my own repairs...from plumbing, electrical, Flooring, Drywall, Put new windows in 2 winters ago, still have not finished the framing of the sills and stuff.....Money pit....But no I'm not bitter, we knew what we where getting into just not this deep.....Unfortunatly most of my equipment is 240volts and my garage only has 1 15amp circuit to run the complete shop....That's on the to do list for spring.....I hope.

Inflation and age has about ruined house stuff DIY for me. Car stuff too. everything is 100-300% more and shops around here are like $150/hr. Even having the bucks sucks cause I think in 1980 dollars. Folks now need to be especially careful in starting projects now that were no brainers even a year ago. Even house flippers are losing interest in the game. Car restoration today seems a gamble. BTW summit sucks avoid them.

[Tempest67]

Good to hear from you.

Work on it when you can, and keep us posted, as your metalwork skills are amazing.

[olcarguy]

Thanks Bro.

[6DoF]

[dsraven]

it's art, it doesn't happen overnight..........

[olcarguy]

Thanks Bro,,,,,

[olcarguy]

Not done yet, still looking at it,

[daveshilling]

Originally Posted by olcarguy

Not done yet, still looking at it,

Just go spend 30 mins goofing around on it. There's always 30 minutes of work to be done somewhere for free.

Then do it again tomorrow.