master cylinder lid....

A while back ago, I did some work for a close friend.  He wanted an finned aluminum cover for his Wilwood master cylinder.  The original post can be found here.





Once he was satisfied, I eventually machined it out of aluminum and sent it back to him.

Well, he finally had a chance to polish it and install. Lookin' good!

'36 3 window project begins....undoing years of pervious sin....

So initially, this car didn't look too terrible.  Sure there were no floors and we knew that there was some bondo in the doors but....

I always like to start with the most difficult part first...in this case, it was the passenger side door.  There was a large bulge at the lower rear, which initially was thought to be bondo, and extensive use of flashing on the inside.

Once the the lower section was cut off, it appeared that the skin had been dented and "repaired" sometime ago.  There was quite a bit of lead and a spot where it was punctured and ripped.  The bulge wasn't from filler but from the repair and the lower frame being tweaked.  Once everything was cut away, the skin relaxed and fit the curvature of the repair panel perfectly.

'56 Ford Fender repair....

Had a customer drop off a very solid '53 ford fender to get straightened.  As usual on previous "repaired" body panels, there was copious amounts of bondo...

It looked like someone ran into the front of the fender and then caught the rear lip and bent it in...

The metal was fairly stretched from the previous attempt to straighten with what appeared to be a sledged hammer....

Ahh yes, the fix-all....

Ready for some primer.  The customer wanted to save the "patina", so he'll have to fog in some spots but overall, it is definitely better than when it showed up.