Thread: Body work and some concerns..

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If you have to replace some metal around the window it's not that hard to do. You could hand form the pieces out of tin and replace the rusted out areas. Hard to tell you how here, find a good book on metal forming. The narrative and pictures will show you how to do it. Don't be afraid of it, it's just tin! I would say the clown who gave you the $6,000.00 estimate was just being a smarta**. I've got to do a bit of piece making soon on a cab. If you want I'll take some pictures of how to do it and post them for you....

That would be great, Dave! My dad does have a MIG welder or a TIG welder I forget. its not the autofeed welder. But i would definately like to see those pictures. Thanks!

Looks to me like your hood hinge is binding,if nobody has tried adjusting it,youmight get away with just oiling all the pivot points and working it in. I can see from your pictures that somebody has already tried to do something with that back window, now you can do it right. Yeah like hot rod paint has already said,the glass has to come out. Odds are you'll have to patch,but like Dave says that's not rocket science either. Try just a rust converter, I've used POR15, it's hard to sand,and I couldn't get paint to adhere. Might be just me though. The window trim is held in with clips attached to studs, you'll probably have several missing when you go to put things back,I put the clips back on with pop-rivets dipped in rtv to seal the hole. Good luck. Hank

I was just thinking.. TIN?! on a steel body? doesn't metal have to be the same kind of metal to weld together or is it that I didn't pay attention in chemistry class? :P