Hi all,

The project after the Dax (a Triumph TR4a restoration) is coming on well, but now I really can't put off the bodywork any longer.

The good news is its pretty rust free (all relative - both sills have gone and there some other patches needed).

The less good news is that it has lots of little dings and dents, as well as more major dents in the front and rear 'skirts' (I think it ran over something at some point as the chassis was cracked and the diff had a hole in it!)

My eventual aim is to do all the bodywork myself, aiming for a 'no filler' finish.... does anyone have a suggestion for a basic metal bashing book or guide that I could get hold of... or any other ideas about learning? There aren't any colleges near me that do metal body repair courses unfortunately....

Thanks!

Chris

Give lead loading a try..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upn_20rqGE4

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Originally posted by chrsgrain
Hi all,

The project after the Dax (a Triumph TR4a restoration) is coming on well, but now I really can't put off the bodywork any longer.

The good news is its pretty rust free (all relative - both sills have gone and there some other patches needed).

The less good news is that it has lots of little dings and dents, as well as more major dents in the front and rear 'skirts' (I think it ran over something at some point as the chassis was cracked and the diff had a hole in it!)

My eventual aim is to do all the bodywork myself, aiming for a 'no filler' finish.... does anyone have a suggestion for a basic metal bashing book or guide that I could get hold of... or any other ideas about learning? There aren't any colleges near me that do metal body repair courses unfortunately....

Thanks!

Chris

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Originally posted by chrsgrain
Hi all,

There aren't any colleges near me that do metal body repair courses unfortunately....

Thanks!

Chris

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Mid kent College do a course on that in Maidstone. Try your local adult education centre.

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Hi Chris,

Reading your first post Iwas going to suggest Basingstoke - I've looked at the course myself before.

Might be worth a U2U to 907 and Fozzie on the forum - both are (I beileve) in the car restoration business and may be able to point you in the right direction with learning materials.

May be a bit far, but Bracknell used to...

Contour Autocraft in Peterborough do intensive courses, quite expensive iirc but they got a good writeup in a magazine I read a while back (sorry can't rememeber which one).

http://www.contourautocraft.co.uk/courses.htm

There was a good metal bashing book on Scibd (or whatever it's called) but it might have gone now.

Oooooh, they're still there

http://www.scribd.com/doc/17765226/Sheet-Metal-Handbook

http://www.scribd.com/doc/17765520/Race-and-Custom-Car-Metal-Fabricators-Handbook

http://www.metalmeet.com/forum

mostly american , but a hell of a lot of knowledge, and friendly too

Take a look at this thread on Retro rides this guy is fantastic.
Link
He makes it look so easy, somewhere on the thread there is another link to a how to section.

There's a coincidence.

I've just had an email from John Bonnett and it had this link in it.

I had to watch it 10 secs at a time. O the joys of living in the country.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGElSHzm0q8

Cheers
Paul G

p.s. you get to play with a dolly after all.

scribd.com what an awsome resource

aitch

Thanks guys, I'll get the books and the DVD and go from there!

Chris