entire body chassis restoration video

[pdc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdK-2M26OQ8

I found this video interesting and wanted to share this for those who like to see how body/chassis restorations can be done.

When I noticed the spot welding I wondered because I seen in this forum how important original spot welding is when validating a car, no ?

[Cees Klumper]

Many here assign a premium to a car having the original spot welds for the front fenders. Many times when fenders are replaced those spot welds are not applied, so if a car does not have them it means the fenders were replaced. It depends on how big a deal you beIieve it is to have non-original fenders. Personally I care more about no rust, proper fit and those kind of things for my fenders, but it's just one of those things that distinguishes a more original car from a less original one.

[Rolf-Dieter ✝︎]

Great video ... thanks for sharing.

Yes it is quite important to check (during the pre-purchase) for original spot welds also under the car and fenders to make sure no patches have been welded in place. The Technical Manual of this forum has excellent check lists on this subject.

Thanks again for the nice find ... nice to be able to understand every word that is being spoken in this video.

[kampala]

Thanks for posting ... very nice to see.

[iftykhan]

Pascal

What a great insight into the depth of work and expertise required to bring these cars back to better than new.
I know some restorers who mimic the spot welds by simply using a drill bit on the front wings - probably at the request of the owner!

Anyway, thanks for sharing

Ifty

[pdc]

Yes great video indeed,

@Cees; I fully agree with you, it just triggered a thought that they might do the spot welding just like original when replacing a fender. So how can you be sure it wasn't replaced in that case. Than again, so what if it was replaced as long it was well done.

The video got me also somewhat concerned... if you ever need to do a restoration like this, it must cost a fortune..

@ Rolf, great if you understand every word of the video; for me it is pretty easy as German is pretty close to my native language. Even for those who didn't I am sure they enjoy the video and probably learned a lot.

# Kampala and Iftychan, glad you enjoyed it; it might be a bit boring in the beginning till you really see that you actually get to see almost an entire body restoration; it looks like they do it very nicely.

I should have named the topic "entire body chassis restoration video" ; at any case I hope others will discover it also.

[Rolf-Dieter ✝︎]

Pascal, I was born in Germany and came to Canada at age 19, I maintained the same level of German since coming to Canada.

I think you can re-name the Thread Topic since you issued the post, once you click on and go to Edit.   Just click on the EDIT symbol over at the right ... the little diamond with the yellow pencil inside ---->

[pdc]

Herr Rolf, danke schön  

[pablo_o2]

About the spotwelding:
my car received 2 new front fenders when i had a full body restoration done. The restorer glued the inner to the outer fender in the engine bay, so it was sealed together. Many times this is the place where rust begins because of moisture is trapped ( caused by heating and cooling of the engine) in between the small gaps. However he reproduced the spots so it looks they are original spot welded. Same thing he did with the bottomplates...

[Garry]

Pascal,

The repro welds look really well done. I have seen this done before and it appears to work well by drilling small holes then doing a small weld into the hole that I gather he has done as well.

What are the round holes in the fender though??

Garry

[pablo_o2]

Gabby,
those are standard accespoints for waxing the inside of the fenders. What you see are the plastic caps.

Paul  

[Cees Klumper]

Nice video. Couple of things that caught my eye:

- the mechanics almost never wear gloves, even when welding, or spray painting
- the engine was fitted with a 123 ignition
- the flat metal area behind the grille was painted body color instead of flat black, which really detracts from the final look