I thought there was an old thread about this but I couldn't find it so I'll start another.

I broke all four bolts that hold the front bumper brackets to the frame on my 65 Mustang last week. The welded nuts were inside the boxed frame so I couldn't get at them to heat them with the torch. I drilled out a piece of round bar to fit over the end of the broken 5/8 bolt and then drilled it 1/4 inch through the other side. I put it over the ends of the broken bolt and used a 1/4 inch center drill to start a hole through the center of the bolts. Then I removed the tool and drilled thruogh the bolts with a 1/4 inch drill followed by a 3/16 drill and kept using bigger drills till I drilled out all four bolts. All of the holes were right on center and I didn't hurt the threads.

But that's not why I started this thread. I was going to tell you about the sanding board I made for sanding the roof of the Mustang. Like the one Boyd's working on my roof was a mess from someone walking on it. I made a similar sander when I restored a 65 Porsche 356 but I just stapled some sandpaper to a long board. This time I made it from aluminum bar. The allen screws hold the paper on the sides. It works great on long curved or flat surfaces. There's a picture of it below.

Hot rodders are a clever bunch of guys. I'm sure I'm not the only one who invents things that aren't available. Anybody else got some home made tools to show us?