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    that panle can be worked at from the back side ?? with a pick rod EZ looks or a 2by4 has a backer to lever off of inside using a pick rods or spoon long crow bar . reworked leaf spring . not very hard to remove part of the back tin with a cut off re work the panle and weld back on as for shinking i used to use the washer welder at the shop and a wet rag i done a well worn 24 grit sanding disc on a air grinder and a wet rag on new cars and used kinking with a sharp pick hammer sometimes not the best way but work s last is a torch and a bucket of water with a rag this way takes many years to now were to shink the metal after you over worked the steel you learn not to over do it . it comes down to how hard you hit the steel in one spot to many times or on doly smashing .i did shrink more metal for a buddy that did not know when to stop he was good at making oil cans . it got to point were i just took the dents out for him as i got sick of fixing his oil cans
    Last edited by pat mccarthy; 02-24-2012 at 07:04 PM.
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