Automotive Bodywork and Rust Repair: Step-by-Step, Tools, Welding, Filling, Shaping, more

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There comes a time when just about every car on the road will need some form of rust or body repair. Quite often, if the car is a daily driver for running errands, repairs are never made, and the car eventually ends up in junkyard heaven.

For our beloved collector cars, hot rods, and muscle cars, dents, dings, and rust are not an option, and neither is the scrap heap. And for just about any restoration project, the bodywork is by far the most expensive part of the process.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments | Introduction

Chapter 1: What You Should Know
Before You Start | Panel Types, Configurations and Reinforcements | Autobody Steel | Plasticity and Elasticity | Work Hardening: The Metal Remembers | At the Factory and Afterward | Necessary Tools and Equipment | General Considerations

Chapter 2: Limits of Materials, Equipment and Skills
Inherent Advantages | Divide and Conquer

Chapter 3: Types of Jobs
Damage Repair | Small Rust Repairs | Small Patch Piece Welding Methods

Chapter 4: Cleaning, Modeling and Cutting
Preparing and Cleaning Sheetmetal | Cutting Panel Materials | Getting Shapes and Contours Right

Chapter 5: Forming, Fitting and Smoothing
Simple Tools and Equipment | Applying Plasticity/Elasticity, Work Hardening and Annealing | Hammering Techniques that Work | Bending, Beading and Prying | Power Forming | Pulling Approaches to Moving Metal | Smoothing, Stretching, Shrinking and Forming Operations

Chapter 6: Bumping to Move the Metal the Right Way

Chapter 7: Metal Finishing
Indicating, Feeling and Other Human Tools to Determine Panel Surfaces | Filing Done Right | The Art of Pick Hammering | The Disc Sanding Alternative

Chapter 8: Welding Body Metal
Types of Joints | Welding Smaller Pieces into Large Constructions | Fixturing | Electric Welding

Chapter 9: Filling
The Secrets of Lead Work | The Project | Applying Lead Filler Material | Applying Plastic Fillers

Chapter 10: Special Projects and Procedures
Fabricating a Splash Shield for a Ford Amphibian | Making Panels and Trim Fit | Quarter-Panel Replacement | Door Re-Skinning | Hanging Doors | Mounting and Adjusting Trim

Chapter 11: Before You Paint
The Danger from Behind

Chapter 12: Minor Rust Repair to a Fender Edge
The Approach | The First Step: Evaluation | Removing the Bad Metal | Planning and Modeling the Repair | Cutting and Forming the Metal Patches | Final Fitting | Welding Considerations | Cleaning, Positioning, Fixturing and Welding | Grinding the Weld Beads and Shrinking the Bulged Area | Final Steps before Filling | Tinning | Applying the Lead Filler | Shaping the Lead and Finishing the Job

Chapter 13: Repairing Collision Damage in a Decklid
The Approach | The Early Steps | Metal Finishing | Filling

Chapter 14: Sources and Resources
Local Sources | Non-Local Sources | Knowledge and Problem-Solving Resources

Appendix | Soldering Data | Colors of Steel at Different Temperatures

In Automotive Bodywork and Rust Repair, veteran Matt Joseph shows you the ins and outs of tackling both simple and difficult rust and metalwork projects. This book teaches you how to select the proper tools for the job, common-sense approaches to the task ahead of you, preparing and cleaning sheet metal, section fabrications and repair patches, welding options such as gas and electric, forming, fitting and smoothing, cutting metal, final metal finishing, including filling and sanding, the secrets of lead filling, making panels fit properly, and more. It also includes a comprehensive resource guide.

Whether you want to tackle a full restoration project, or just want to save money by doing minor repairs yourself, Automotive Bodywork and Rust Repair is the book to get you through it.

Automotive Bodywork and Rust Repair: Step-by-Step, Tools, Welding, Filling, Shaping, more