Thread: PANELBEATING ALUMINIUM

Here are some pics of the Austin 7 ...

Originally Posted by awabbit6

Here are some pics of the Austin 7 ...

Wow !!!!

That is some very impressive work.

My deceased father in law worked for 35 years at GMH in Elizabeth - ended up as leading hand in the upholstery section. During his time there, he also learned some good panel beating skills.

Years ago, I had tread come off the right rear wheel of my 2 door Rangie, and it managed to fold the rear section of the guard, together with mudflap bracket etc up under the car and turn it into a mess. Everything I tried made it even more of a mess.

I was visiting him in Adelaide once, and he offered to panel beat it out for me in exchange for me doing the brakes on his Torana (I used to be a brake mechanic in a past life). Well, it only took him a day - I remember he used heat to "shrink" the damaged aluminium back into shape - and at the end of it all, you could not see where it had ever been damaged. He did end up making up a new bracket for the mudflap - the old one was beyond repair. What he did was far beyond anything that I would ever have the skills to do.

Pales by comparison with that Austin 7 though - that is a work of art.

I am in awe of engineering metology skills such as that hat's off and all that,

I'm a member on here Metal Meet Forums - Powered by vBulletin but my sheet metal skills extend to making the odd air con plenum or box.

Originally Posted by rick130

I'm a member on here Metal Meet Forums - Powered by vBulletin but my sheet metal skills extend to making the odd air con plenum or box.

Me too. Some of the members of that forum do magnificent work!

Originally Posted by BMKal

Austin 7 though - that is a work of art.

Yep, wow