1980 B1 Passat Project

[Peter Jones]

After staring at the new panel for hours trying to figure out how to tackle it I realised this was probably beyond me and called for help.

Dennis is an old friend of mine and is one of those old skool metal smiths that are rarely found these days. He took some time off fixing Ferrari 360s to get me back on track.

The bottom corner of the guard had a rust pinhole in it, when I cleaned it up with a wire brush the panel started to disapear. It was mostly rust held together by a layer of paint. Dennis said he just have to put a 'piece' in there. Before I knew it he had fabricated a new corner to the guard!

Watch and learn.



Most of the morning Dennis spent straightening out the inner guard. I hadn't even got it close.
Here it's been etch primed and painted before the outer skin gets attached.

[Peter Jones]

This is where I've left it tonight, just a bit of etch primer and high fill on it to keep it from rusting. I've seam sealer'd the interior joins and the inner lip on the guard.


Pete

[Preen59]

Very nice! People with talents in sheet metal just amaze me.. I'm bloody hopeless with the stuff! haha.

[gldgti]

pete, i think we should invent some kind of forum award and give it to you. every time you post up in one of your resto threads i feel like you've been reading my thoughts and then go about answering all my questions with a writeup on something new and cool.

all i can say is thanks - the pictures tell a thousand words

[16v_kid]

pete, very nice work.

and done properly.

really impressed mate.


keep it up.


Gordan.

[Peter Jones]

Very nice! People with talents in sheet metal just amaze me.. I'm bloody hopeless with the stuff! haha.

Yeah Dennis is freak. I've seen him make panels from photographs. When I first met him he was making panels for a Schwimmwagen. Crazy skills. Biggest hammer collection on earth!

Pete

[Golf Loon]

Another sweet writeup Pete.

And man enough to call in a pro for a particularly tough job.

Car looks pretty good now.

[phaeton]

Yeah looks great

[Jarred]

Amazing work.

The welds are so straight! Amazing.

Give me a holler when you want a hand sanding

ooh, and the carport looks good too!

[vinderliker]

Fantastic work. Slotted disk brake rear end! Tell me more please. Bridgestone Adrenalins as well? Love the rims, a bit easier to clean than mine as the meshing/cross hatching is finer and yours look in great condition.
James