Can It Be Saved? Repairing a Severely Twisted Hot Rod!

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In this episode, we attempt to realign the heavily twisted and warped hot rod body. The body restoration starts with a new set of full-length coupe subframe rails to help us align the body to factory specifications.
Next, we fabricate custom rear quarter panel body lines to secure the gutter in the trunk area. This will ensure all the panels are straight and the doors latch properly. Watch and enjoy!
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@matthewmoilanen787 27 дней назад

Jordan you look like you're becoming so much more comfortable with your metal shaping! Initially it seemed you would defer to Karl as he's quite good at knocking tin. It seems that your confidence is growing and you feel good about jumping in and going for it! Good work man!!!

@Resurrected_metalshaping 2 дня назад

Send it fully weld it in one hit or half. Builds looking good man

@raymondantonio4145 Месяц назад

Hey Jordan , just gotta love a chopped Model coupe! Love it! Think you’re going about it the right way, get the main part of the body all squared up and then get the doors and trunk lined up. Great job as always Jordan!

@CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525 Месяц назад

That's why well the whole thing go ahead. I don't see any use in it. But it go ahead and weld at the top and at the bottom and wet rags of course. Something to draw out the heat and just take the time to go do something else come back and put a weld in. Of course you know this. It is nice that you asked. Great work as always

@jrehtil1494 Месяц назад

Jordan and crew are going to save the coupe. YEA YEA

@murdoc6501 Месяц назад

Truly admire your thoroughness and attention to detail. Getting it right from the start prevents going backwards! Learned that the hard way on my '46! Karl just did a headlight bucket and welded thru because of the strength from the curve and material thickness (sure you already know this). Both approaches seem to work in curved sections, but Lordy, a lot of work (welding and dolly)! Love all your builds and videos! Go Bennetts Customs, keep moving forward!

@michaelhallas6450 Месяц назад

Coming out nice , looking forward to see more videos..

@donaldhalls2189 Месяц назад

Getting a lot done, taking shape quickly, thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones

@timr.3108 Месяц назад

Great content Jordan. Always learn something in your demonstrations.

@nicolasstanley1392 Месяц назад

New subscriber…I was like, is this guy from so cal or England???? Then you explained the blue weld-through primer in Australia…ahhhhhh! Light bulb! Anyway, looking forward to the rest of this build. I appreciate your fastidious methods.

@johnlee8231 Месяц назад

Hope we get to see you use the potable shrinker stretcher to final fit that radius of the trunk panel. Also missed seeing the gymnatics of getting out of that cage youi welded yourself into.

@kevinmartin9432 Месяц назад

You remind me of my favorite instructor when I was an apprentice, his mantra was; If you going to do anything, do it properly!

@bobkoroua Месяц назад

15:34 All those hours helping my dad, holding tapes, handing him the level while thinking "we will never see the inside of this" but luckily it permeated my being.

@arlinchaapel4616 Месяц назад

Just found your videos ,, the radial 6 airplane engine in your VW van hella cool ,, this roadster fix very cool ,, great informative videos

@daleking8529 Месяц назад

Excellent work as usual!! Your attention to detail is amazing! Take care.

@user-ot7ec4uc3g Месяц назад

Good to be here!!!

@geoffreymills9932 Месяц назад

Well it's in good hands so I don't think saving it will be a problem, nice work 👌

@jeffrainey131 Месяц назад

I have yet to learn to weld but in regards to your method of small welds and cooling it… an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

@gregjobson4844 Месяц назад

Nice work Jordan on getting it back to original specs, it certainly looked in better shape than it was so Im guessing it wasnt a complete body but sections pieced together ,anyway its coming together and it will be interesting to see how well the wood kit fits out of the box. Cheers Greg

@garyfairbrother5532 Месяц назад

Using unibody techniques on a 90 year old body. Wish you could do that for me. My old bones could use some of your expert reinforcement and squaring up. Joy to watch as usual but OMG what it must cost in labor hours. Hope your RU-vid community/connection is helping you at least break even. It sure is worth it to us! Can’t wait to see the body meet the frame. Every confidence it’s going to be a marriage made in Heaven.

@johnkranz4004 Месяц назад

Coming along nicely Jordan

@davidhyson9910 Месяц назад

Hey Jordan, when you say back to spec, I wonder if they were ever that good. They were spanking them out at quite a clip! But I agree with your method. I think Ol Henry would give you a nod.

@bryceonysko6479 Месяц назад

Way to go beautiful work😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

@Dagrond Месяц назад

It would probably be square if you put all the wood back in! LOL. Nice work.

@OzGecko Месяц назад

Looking good. I don't know if you can turn one of the shrinker jaws through 180⁰ so that the gaps don't align - that should reduce someof those big ridges in the shrunk areas.

@nicolasstanley1392 Месяц назад

Yeah that thing is aggressive!

@deanedgar3022 Месяц назад

Hot rod garage in Perth do great paint . Charlie the owner has been building cars in Perth for a long time. Ben foster knows him . And he doesn't charge Hollywood prices, like some Perth painters.

@carlhansen5807 Месяц назад

Jordan why not take the time to drill up your table with a grid of through or threaded holes on 2" (5.08cm) centers using a mag drill? If you don't have one I am sure you have a friend with one. A quick template would get you spaced and square as needed. A bit of time drilling would result in a very useful upgrade to your construction table. I love what you do and always look forward to your next video keep it up...

@jorgemercatali9319 Месяц назад

Beautifull mate !!!!

@MrMadkaw400 14 дней назад

That’s what I would have done

@erniehoffer1784 Месяц назад

Nice video. I see you are selling the Racer on Bring-a-trailer. Good luck.

@DemopVWgarage Месяц назад

I feel your pain, building a 54 vw single cab from the ground up is also major torture 😂

@peterbrown6960 Месяц назад

Good job, the way to do it I reckon.

@animal_engineering Месяц назад

sometimes ya got to go back to go forwards, had to a few times now. lately I've been using these magnets about the size of a 20-cent piece to hold parts together to buttweld found them pretty good, barely know what I'm doing so can't comment of best ways to weld sheets together ha ha.

@marshallcrank Месяц назад

I'm not sure if you have ever seen a welder fitters clamp... it's a C clamp with the c cut in half. Then you can tack the front of the clamp to the table and tighten the clamp down on on the part. When your done just break the tack off the front of the clamp and move on.i know terrible explination.hope you understand.

@CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525 Месяц назад

That's pretty much it. I'm not a welder 😞. But I grew up in a weld shop. My dad was a great welder. The best around. Everyone said that. Yeah I know it sounds like a kid but far from it. Anyway I love the fabrication I just never got into the desire of welding.

@larryreece1403 Месяц назад

Sosa says weld it all at once. when I took his class we had quite a discussion about it. I have always welded and cooled as ai go. Its worked for me and to be honest I'm too scared to try welding it all at once. I guess I need to try it...

@deliveredconcepts Месяц назад

Is there any reason why you haven't swapped your shrinker stretcher jaws to upper left and lower right. It reduces the ridge the shrinking process creates. It also move alot more material without the damage/ridges. I seen it on a Lazze or Covell video once. It makes a massive difference.

@freshoutofsnails Месяц назад

Hello from milwaukee!

@tstuart7333 Месяц назад

Super talented guy. Thank you for showing how to do and all your efforts. Always good to learn something.

@stuartstephens Месяц назад

I've always wondered about that blue coating on steel tubing in Australia (and also in many Asian countries.) I see it in videos and wonder why they paint it that color.

@innleadair Месяц назад

Your shrinker seems to make quite big ridges ?! My cheapo Chineseium one leaves the metal pretty flat. Might be worth tinkering with your one a bit ?

@yoyobenjo1 Месяц назад

No need to space your weld just back step them. Also use a guard on your grinder for fs.

@MrRobertHarrod Месяц назад

I'm not sure your ocd, I think you just want the best results, this means perfect preparation.

@dennisschickling2249 Месяц назад

Nice Work. #STAYSAFE #PHILLYPHILLY 🇺🇸

@ajsgarage6802 Месяц назад

remember 1/4 inch was there tolerances back in the day for squaring the body and it was wood inside

@eugenegilleno9344 Месяц назад

The reason ‘30’s Fords survived and Chevrolets didn’t was that Ford was all steel, while Chevvy stuck to a wooden frame that rotted. 🥴

@jayinmi3706 Месяц назад

I haven't go my tig welder out yet, but I was wondering...I see a lot of people say tig is a softer weld and is easier to work, and less likely to crack like MIG can do. How does using MIG wire with the TIG work? Is it more brittle than using actual TIG rod?

@williambecker6187 Месяц назад

Those are milling machine hold down clamps .

@workshop593 Месяц назад

👍

@marshallcrank Месяц назад

From a metallurgical standpoint there is no point in cooling the weld .and weld from one end to the other non stop is best .

@davidwilfong5820 Месяц назад

No you skip around back stepping and cooling it off because of warping tig makes alot of heat causing warping mig works good for light steel sheet metal