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Back in May I had a radial peel and slapped the crap out of my front passenger fender.
Thank God for the few real body men that I have left around me that can actually do metal work and match paint. My guy is well in his seventies and takes in limited work.
Very nice job . Any reasonable bodyman should be able to fix that regardless of age . As a point of interest it is far easier to repair that fender than a paper thin newer one that will easily stretch .
Very nice job . Any reasonable bodyman should be able to fix that regardless of age . As a point of interest it is far easier to repair that fender than a paper thin newer one that will easily stretch .
That was the same thing I was thinking when I seen this post.
He did a nice job
Dave ----
That was the same thing I was thinking when I seen this post.
He did a nice job
Dave ----
I don’t know where you guys are from but here in Jersey there isn’t a body shop in the central part of the state that would get involved with that job…they are not interested in jobs like this. Plus they all pretty much hire kids who don’t know if they’re *** is punched or bored…much less how to go about slapping the dent out of a mid 50s truck fender…they would sprain something and go home for two weeks.
There are no decent body men around here…you literally have to look under rocks to find people to do the above work.
Most "bodymen" today don't have any idea how to work with/straighten metal. They are all remove and replace panels, or bang it out and cover with filler. Since most body work is insurance jobs or do it as cheaply as possible out of pocket collision repairs they are taught to do as little labor as possible, as quickly as possible. That's why I was offering metal shaping and rust repair workshops, to pass on some of my skills and knowledge to others. Us metal bangers are a dying breed (literally)
I had similar damage to a front fender, but was able to find someone to fix it. He was young, almost exclusively did insurance collision work in his shop, and had switched his painting booth over to only using water based paint. Even though fixing my fender wasn't the type of work he did, he made an exception for me and used my single stage old style enamel paint. Best of all--because I provided the paint and the fender was off the vehicle--he ending up not charging me.
...so I think the knowledge and ability is still out there. Convincing a guy making his living doing insurance claim work to take on your project is the sticking point.
