Classic Car Body Restoration

09/12/2024

Hi. This is a video of an Alfa Romeo spider that has taken 788 hours of rust repairs and preparation for paint. It's gone to have the top coat applied now and to be reassembled. Thanks to Richard for letting me work on his car, it's going to be a good one.

A massive restoration come to a conclusion. Thank you Richard for letting me make videos of the whole job, its been a lot of fun.

06/09/2022

More on the Renault 5, and more rust of course.

Some information on blast cleaning, welding distortion and panel beating

02/09/2022

More on the Alfa Romeo Spider, and some unexpected extra work which I'm quite used to by now. 😉

In this video I fit the new door, repair the A post, fit the outer sill and repair the front wing. The wing panel needed to be cut along the fl**ge in order ...

20/08/2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZviNQ8ib_Q

My experiment to better understand blasting

My experiment, please comment with your thoughts, blast cleaning vehicles can be a destructive process.

13/08/2022

It's the little things that can help the most doing this job.

Some of the tips from 20 years+ experience welding classic cars.

25/07/2022

https://youtu.be/byPh9CNneoM

New project, nice old Alfa.

Where to start with a big restoration project and the added complication of convertible cars. I start repairing the sills and replace the floors.

26/01/2022

Rusty door repair on a van in for some work.

If you want a lasting repair then my advice is to do this way, as long as you protect the inside weld with paint and cavity wax it will last a long time. Alw...

21/01/2022

Hello, I've created a YouTube channel with my first video uploaded, going to see how it goes but will do more if it's of interest. Thanks to the owner of the car for letting me use it for the video.

Hi, this is the first video of a new channel which is to share information that I've gained over the years on classic car body repairs. I have plans for many...

24/10/2021

This type vw 25 panel bought from a well known panel supplier was made poorly with the swage alignment way off parallel, this is a pain to fix and the supplier was of no help. I Flattened the swage with the English wheel then milled a press tool to reinstate the swage so that it's parallel. It was about 15mm off closest to the arch, how these panels can be sold I really don't know. This wasn't easy to fix but I'm pleased how it worked out.

11/05/2021

Some window aperture repairs on a mini bus. The large flat unsupported panel that the repairs butt weld to has a very high tendency for distortion. It can be hard avoiding this particularly when you can't get to the back side of the panel. It's a delicate and slow procedure to avoid getting too much distortion.

17/11/2020

The process of leading panel joints, I only do this on certain occasions and specific panel joints as it's not the quickest process but well worth the extra time and effort in my opinion. If you want your panel joints to last a very long time, rust free then this is the best way to achieve that.