removing aluminum anodizing

toolmanmike said

I'll leave the straightening to Leanna.

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heck it isn't that hard on the 63-66 cars. It might be a little harder on some others. I used a scratch awl, Popsicle sticks, oak dowels and pretty much anything that fit in the shape I was working on. plus a large assortment of sand paper. Every piece of trim I had for the car except for the pot metal pieces had dents or holes in them


One thing I did discover was the aluminum welding rods you see everyone at swap meets selling and telling you you only need a torch to weld stuff up. I had some bad holes I wanted filled and decided to try the rods I had bough in a weak(I thought really stupid moment) moment welllll they worked. I couldn't believe it. I had a couple of nasty dents and tears in the grill of my 66 dart and I was able to weld the tear up and mount another tab that had broken off to hold the headlight bezel on plus fill a couple of holes from the original owner putting in grill mounted fog lights. it was unbelievable to see that rod work. I have one more grill I have to fix for the wife's car and it's got some dings and a tear in the headlight area that I'll be using the rod for.