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I put a small dent in the door of a 55 Belair. A PDR tech was able to use his rods etc to make it disappear.
I did remove the undercoating in the area of the dent. Don |
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This video shows how buying cheap tools can lead to the type of experience I had.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hISl...annel=ZanVidic
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'69 GTO Convertible - Acquired October 2020. An all original project car. Restomod is underway PROJECT THREAD '83 Chevy Choo Choo SS El Camino - LT1 350/4L60e, Owned for 30 Years, completed 2nd restomod in 2018 PHOTO 2019 BMW 440ix - Twin turbo I6, 8spd auto. PHOTO '55 Chevy Bel Air Sport Coupe - Ram Jet 350 / T56 Magnum 6spd, Restomod Completed Sept. 2012, Sold Sept. 2021 PHOTO |
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So far I've been making my own out of 1/2" 4130 rod, turning my own tips out of nylon, high density poly and such on the lathe. I setup a system where a 1/4-20 studs sticks out of the end and I make internal threaded tips for it .... might change it over to internal threaded tool so I can just buy the tips and thread them in ... not sure what thread size they use though.
My stud system is stronger I think, I suspect the manufacturers use internal threads on tool because then the tips can just be molded with the threads in place. But my way is kind of tedious and time consuming. My regular slide hammer is too big, so I'm going to make a smaller "precision" piece I think. Pics of one of the curved tools and one of an outside "tapper". Last edited by dataway; 02-28-2021 at 06:06 PM. |
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The rod kit I returned was just like the cheap ones shown in the video. And like he said, I couldn't do anything with them.
The '55 Chevy has a little bit thicker steel than the mid 60's cars. 19 gauge steel. Interesting that a pro can use rods to correct a dent on that. Like I said, this work isn't for me.
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'69 GTO Convertible - Acquired October 2020. An all original project car. Restomod is underway PROJECT THREAD '83 Chevy Choo Choo SS El Camino - LT1 350/4L60e, Owned for 30 Years, completed 2nd restomod in 2018 PHOTO 2019 BMW 440ix - Twin turbo I6, 8spd auto. PHOTO '55 Chevy Bel Air Sport Coupe - Ram Jet 350 / T56 Magnum 6spd, Restomod Completed Sept. 2012, Sold Sept. 2021 PHOTO |
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