{"id":91,"date":"2004-02-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-02-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-04-01T16:57:15","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T16:57:15","slug":"bel-air\/cleaning-rear-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/?p=91","title":{"rendered":"Cleaning the Rear Quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"

After finding no real need so far for the filler that was on the rear drivers side, I was curious to see what was under the many layers of paint. Bob came over to give me a hand, and after spending a good few hours looking for sander discs we finally started working on the car. We wheeled it out into the fresh air and started to clean it off. <\/p>\n

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There was indeed a dent under all that filler. And not just one. It had been creased along the side, and there was a strange dent that had been beaten out with a claw hammer by the look of it. It took a couple of hours to get it mostly straight, but there were still a lot of dents to get out. I painted it to help see the shape, and you can see what it was like in the picture on the right.I spent a few hours that night researching panel beating on the net, then a good few more hours tapping the metal instead of whacking it with much better results the next day.
\nI got it as smooth as I could, then gave it a quick sand and opened the filler for the first time. The last time I used filler was on Bob’s beetle, and that was when I was 19! A really light skim later, I left it to dry. Once it was solid, I gave it all another quick spray over and left it alone for now. It feels good to be putting something on the car rather than taking it off. <\/p>\n

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After finding no real need so far for the filler that was on the rear drivers side, I was curious to see what was under the many layers of paint. Bob came over to give me a hand, and after spending a good few hours looking for sander discs we finally started working on the car. We wheeled it out into the fresh air and started to clean it off. <\/p>\n

\"Drivers_Rear_Qtr.jpg\"<\/p>\n

There was indeed a dent under all that filler. And not just one. It had been creased along the side, and there was a strange dent that had been beaten out with a claw hammer by the look of it. It took a couple of hours to get it mostly straight, but there were still a lot of dents to get out. I painted it to help see the shape, and you can see what it was like in the picture on the right.I spent a few hours that night researching panel beating on the net, then a good few more hours tapping the metal instead of whacking it with much better results the next day.
\nI got it as smooth as I could, then gave it a quick sand and opened the filler for the first time. The last time I used filler was on Bob’s beetle, and that was when I was 19! A really light skim later, I left it to dry. Once it was solid, I gave it all another quick spray over and left it alone for now. It feels good to be putting something on the car rather than taking it off. <\/p>\n

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