Fender repair?
As these guys have already said...I'd sooner get yourself set up with a couple hundred dollars worth of tools than spend it on a body panel that's gonna require work anyway. Once you have the basics you can expand from there. You need a small brake (or duckbill vice grips), sand bag and hammers, dollys, a way to make smooth cuts, and a way to weld it together. A shrinker/stretcher, and a cheap engish wheel are things I can't live without too. Rusted windshield channel, cancer fender that they don't make anymore, no problem. Build it! Also don't overlook modifying sheet metal from other cars. Use a contour gauge and go hunting for something close.
Can't find an early a fender? These are 72 legs grafted onto 66 fenders.
And if you are restoring a Swiss cheese 64-65 Chevelle...a mid 80's Ford pickup is the best "parts car" you can buy.
As these guys have already said...I'd sooner get yourself set up with a couple hundred dollars worth of tools than spend it on a body panel that's gonna require work anyway. Once you have the basics you can expand from there. You need a small brake (or duckbill vice grips), sand bag and hammers, dollys, a way to make smooth cuts, and a way to weld it together. A shrinker/stretcher, and a cheap engish wheel are things I can't live without too. Rusted windshield channel, cancer fender that they don't make anymore, no problem. Build it! Also don't overlook modifying sheet metal from other cars. Use a contour gauge and go hunting for something close.
Can't find an early a fender? These are 72 legs grafted onto 66 fenders.
And if you are restoring a Swiss cheese 64-65 Chevelle...a mid 80's Ford pickup is the best "parts car" you can buy.
