Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Fixing the issues on the drivers rear fender for the Vicky.

I started fixing the dents on the drivers rear fender. First I had to grind out all the bondo that was in the rear tail of the fender. Then with that out that exposed all the damage to be worked out. I like to use machinist die to highlight the low and high spots for me. That way they are easy to see. Then I can start leveling out the panel and working out the dents.






Luckily the passenger fender is perfect in the tail section, so I'm able to use it for a reference of what the correct shape should be on the drivers fender. I started working out eh major dents already. Then I'll have to see how much is truly salvageable and what I'll need to create from scratch.




Thursday, July 17, 2014

Finished installing the new rocker panel on the Vicky.

I finished fitting and welded in the new rocker panel. Everything lines up great, and now the bottom parts of the drivers side are done.




Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Finish welded in the quarter panel patch on the Vicky.

I was able to finish weld the quarter panel patch on the vicky today. Now I can do the final fit on the rocker panel.





Thursday, July 3, 2014

Building the rocker panel and quarter panel patch on the Vicky.

I made from scratch the rocker panel, Its been back and forth on the car to get all the curves right. And I've been using it as a reference to rebuild all the sub rails. Next is to get the quarter panel patch fitting, and rebuild the sub rails under it.




Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Repairing the bottom of the drivers side body.

I've been repairing the bottom parts of the body on the drivers side. The pieces are all made from scratch to replicate the exact shape of what is on the body. I had to replace both the sub rail bottoms and the outside skin bottoms. I've finished the cowl repair, and getting close to finishing up the rocker panel repair.