With rare exceptions, fenders from 1920s and 1930s cars are going to have some old repairs that have been done to them. After all, they are 90-100 years old and have been living who knows what kind of life. I’ve personally had to repair several sets of old Ford fenders that have had previous repairs like the ones on these two and can tell you that the old sheet metal, when gas welded and patched especially, can be hard to move around. In this video from ProShaper Workshop you’ll see the right way to make these almost new again. Check it out.
Video Description:
33 Ford Fender repair (Part 2): Forensic Files In this video we cut out the rotted piece of the 33 ford fender. Wray slows carves away the metal that’s wrapped around the wired edge being careful not to cut the actual wire. Once it all cut away we see where the wire split which caused the fender to be pushed in the front about 5/8″. Wray cleans up the wire removing the rust and then using our Vulcan tig welder he welds the wire back together ensuring the fender is the correct length. He then cold forges the welded wire using a body dolly and hammer. Once it’s all welded Wray confirms the the bead flows exactly like the other fender using the Flexible shape pattern. By this point it is 11pm and we were beat so the next episode will be creating and welding the patch panel in.
