I hate this board, LOL!!!!

[rydeordie]

So I recently bought a 67 SWB and I'm currently building that one now. I came over to this section and started browsing the burbs, just to look at them. Now i'm hooked. I have my eye on a local in really really great shape. My question for the pros is this….on the roof there are two spots that are somewhat indented or buckled to say. I can easily push the spots up by hand. I want to know if I remove the roof racks will that help out or would I need to brace the roof from the inside? Any other insight on this soon to be purchase would be greatly appreciated.

[Bigdav160]

"Oil canning" can be fixed pretty easily. It takes some heat so be prepared to paint afterwards.

[rydeordie]

Ah ok…Did you experience? If so, what were your results?

[highwinger]

I've recently started some body repairs and have been watching a ton of youtubes. One in particular showed the process a big panel truck. He'd torch a spot then quench quickly. This process shrinks the metal in areas where it's stretched.

I've also seen a Fast N Loud show where they fixed a bunch of hail dents this way.

Also, Mobile Hot Repair guy (on youtube, previously referenced on the forum, does vids for Brothers) smoothed a quarter panel this way, but used a tool to do so that heated a circular area. I never could find a reference for that tool tho.

So do some searching. The info is out there.

[Bigdav160]

Did they use a shriking disc?

[highwinger]

Originally Posted by Bigdav160

Did they use a shriking disc?

No, but that's the only related tool I could find. It looked like a heat gun not an angle grinder. It left a half-dollar sized black mark on the metal after only a second or two of holding it to the metal. I'll see if I can find the vid...

mobilehotrodrepair: 1962 chevy pu day ... day 16 at the 19:22 time mark is where he starts describing it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVFPTTu6_Vc

[LockDoc]

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That looked like a pin welding gun to me.... Maybe he was using it without the pins... Dunno.

LockDoc

[highwinger]

Originally Posted by LockDoc

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That looked like a pin welding gun to me.... Maybe he was using it without the pins... Dunno.

LockDoc

That sure looks like it. Good to know

[Oldtruckfanatic]

The unispot guns come with a pin tip and with a solid copper shrinking tip.im sure some of the other brands do as well. I have one myself. One word of caution. At least on mine if im using it for shrinking for a long period of time it kicks out the built in circuit breaker. Has done it since it was new.

[Dunenutt]

Here is the tip.

http://www.eastwood.com/stud-welder-...RCCODE=1SE1532