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Tue Feb 18, 2025 12:48 pm

DaveB9 wrote: Looking good: that's a very clean donor panel, even if it does need a little finessing.

Thanks Mr Dave ….

It’s a fantastic example….

Not many left like this. 8)

Tue Feb 18, 2025 7:49 pm

Well…. I guess I should not be surprised how challenging it would be to get some many contract points to play nice.

When I got one point where I wanted it another would walk away. The most important and noticeable area is where the decklid meets the quarter panel.

After going back and forth I decided to get that area as good as I can then work the of contact point into position. I think I’m getting it.

I was pleased to see the back of the car fixture was the same degree as the fabrication table so at least I know that is correct.

Im confident that I will begin welding it on tomorrow :lol:

Wed Feb 19, 2025 8:05 pm

Wed Feb 19, 2025 10:50 pm

What a perfect work, so good to see, thanks for sharing !

Antoine

Thu Feb 20, 2025 5:47 pm

Thu Feb 20, 2025 5:51 pm

TRS63 wrote: What a perfect work, so good to see, thanks for sharing !

Antoine

Thanks Brother !!!

Sat Feb 22, 2025 7:05 pm

Making milestones.

Got the body off the layout table and loaded in the rotisserie.

Before I made the move I put the other door on and locked it down with tabs. I also did a bunch of the lower metal panels so the body would be rigid enough to justify removing it from the table.

The quarter panel was the big one so everything else is fairly straight forward from here.

Thu Feb 27, 2025 1:17 pm

Great progress, please keep the photos coming! Metalwork progress is so satisfying.

Thu Feb 27, 2025 6:19 pm

Thanks man. Will do…

This one’s weekly rotation starts the third Monday of every month. So it will be a little bit but I will be sure and post up some more fun pics.

Mon Mar 17, 2025 5:22 pm

This was a very time consuming area. It was rotted all the way through all the layers.

Tue Mar 18, 2025 6:37 pm

Wed Mar 19, 2025 9:47 am

Clean as always 8)

Antoine

Wed Mar 19, 2025 11:05 am

You are such a sheet metal artist :shock:

Incredible work there! Thank you for sharing the progress in so much detail.

Wed Mar 19, 2025 5:09 pm

^^^ I truly appreciate that you guys. It’s nice to hear you are enjoying it. I feel lucky that my clients also enjoy the threads and allow me the freedom to create and add content to them. Having The Samba is a wonderful thing for everyone involved! ^^^

Wed Mar 19, 2025 5:15 pm

I’m just about finished with this rear corner area and I’m looking forward to moving onto the headlight sections. There was a lot to replace here but I was happy that the repop parts played nice , they did not give me much grief.

Thu Mar 20, 2025 6:17 pm

Fri Mar 21, 2025 7:40 pm

Sat Mar 22, 2025 8:01 am

You are the metal wizard. Do you final welding in Tig or Mig?

Sun Mar 23, 2025 2:57 pm

^^^ Hey there^^^

Thanks for that.

I have chosen to do a MiG Stitch Weld process. I discovered that when I Tig panels they need way too much hammer and dolly work afterwards. The typical process for Tig is just too hot for these cars in my opinion. If you try to Stitch Weld with a Tig machine to reduce the heat introduced into the panel it is slow and tricky to boot. Often when folks Tig they run a bead and warp the heck out of the panel just to go back and beat it back into submission. Tig is fun and very popular to watch these days and see posted online but at the end of the day it think it takes more time and energy, Many would probably disagree with my opinion but I have found it to be true for myself.

Mon Mar 24, 2025 3:40 pm

cool, thanks for the answer. I just recently learned stitch welding with my Miller 211 and Ive made my best welds with it! :D