EXTREME Rust + Dent Repair. Can this RARE Classic Truck Tailgate be Restored? 1948 GMC Restoration 

I admire your work you're a true craftsman. Keep saving these old trucks.

The panel whisperer does it again. Your work is astounding, and your explanations make so much sense. Love how you brought the stamped GMC logo back from nearly illegible.

Fine job right there. I can't believe how you take a totally trashed piece like that and fix it. Very talented!!

Don't know how anybody could be compelled to criticize your work. You are showing us how to do stellar repairs with the simplest hand tools. Keep it up. I will continue to watch for what that is worth.

I'm never disappointed in your work. The tailgate turned out nice.

It occurred to me while watching you work that when most people think "bodyshop" this what they think goes on there. I admire your craftsmanship very much. If someone never lifts a hammer or seamsplitter at least they know why others charge so much.. Great episode 👏

I wonder if most people have any idea just how much craftsmanship, patience and time it takes to do things like repairing a panel most would have trashed. Maybe disclose how much time it takes start to finish on some of these projects. Judging by the time I've spent on my 62 C10 I'll guess the tailgate was 7-8 hours or more?

Admirable work bringing that tailgate back. Love this channel!

"My greatest fear, other than communism." I'm still laughin' !

Like my ex wife that tailgate got way more love than it ever deserved.

That tailgate looks good to me! Nice job! Love it!

You know that you're darn proud of your work to sit on it like that. Being a ways older than yourself, and heavier at around (222 pounds of screamin' meat), I would have probably sat 6 inches to your right, and had that thing as straight as a Neanderthal Axe Handle! Keep up that fantastic craftmanship, and have a few sandwiches!

Yet another super job done by you. Kyle looks great. I love the Ray Charles and communism great sense of humer

Holy Shiznit Kyle. I enjoy watching your channel so much. You have some insanely awesome skills man. Even though the ole GMC isn't completely original. Thanks to your metal working magicianery, she's becoming a awesome daily driver. I'd be proud to own the ole girl. I'd do a few things... mainly driving it would be my priority. Although...she could be turned into a real sweet truck if you felt like doing your metal magic to the painstaking end. From what you started with to what you have right now... She's gorgeous. You never stop amazing me with your skills. Between you an Fitzee y'all could bring almost anything back from it's end. You and Fitzee are my two most favorite old skool sheet metal body men. Love your channel Kyle. Keep up the awesome content. I always look forward to your next video. Keep On Keeping On Brother!!! 👍👍👍

What kind of primer are you using ? looks like Rust-Oleum and if so can you paint over it with auto paint ? Great video.

Have you been shopping at CWM again? This looks like something Dean would have in stock.🤣🤣 Still it scrubbed up nice in the end. 👍👍

You work fast. Already finish after the result of yesterdays poll. 😊

Well for something that was going to be just about good enough it was... rather more than that I'd say. I notice you wear ear defenders whilst the rest of us have to listen to the hammer, and yes I know we could mute it but then we'd lose the occasional pearl of wisdom. We shall continue to suffer!

Nice save, also the fix was free except grinding discs, wire and gas. ;)

Enjoyed this video Kyle and watching you hit your index finger nail on your right hand had to hurt.. Love your work a great sheet metal fab gu and I am learning a lot..

Nice job Kyle! Every single wall tailgate I've ever done is pound the dents down and mud the backside so you can't see the script on the inside of the bed! That's why you have over 13K subscribers and I have only 4! 😆

It's cool how you saved that GMC emblem, sweet...

Looks good from this distance (Australia) I would have given up 41 minutes ago lol, must be the cold weather there in Canukistan....... just kidding great work as usual, I have the smaller shrinking disc, it does come in handy for the 'quick' shrink without messing about with torches etc, until next time Chuck.

good job

The panel looks pretty good from here. I need to get one of those California car duster thing, that way I can keep my scrap metal nice and clean and get top dollar for it when it goes to the metal buyers! Great tip as always.

Nice job sir. I would love to see your process and thoughts on how you paint/protect your work. Do you use any acid on surface rust? Rattle cans? Rustoleum? Thanks.

Awesome.....Again!

Nice work. Thanks.

My Hero! Even if the tailgate could have been bought new there is something to be said for having all original era steel. By buying all new parts you wouldn't really have an early truck.

Your utterly blackened fingernail speaks to me. It says “F#€ken OUCH!”

Your patience and talent come through again Kyle. You did another fantastic job! Thanks for a great video. 👍

From here in New York, it looks great!

I'm Glad you saved the original one.....

Nicely done. Possibly a wood bed coming for the truck soon ?

You did it all wrong Kyle. I would have thrown it on the road on garbage day and the garbage truck would have driven over it. Probably would have turned out better. Great work my friend. Interesting what that stud welder can do.🔧🔩⚒

what are you doing for rust prevention inside the rolled edges of the panel?

Tailgate came out awesome great work

So far ive seen two rear fenders that weren't fit to send to China for their garbage and a tailgate that looked like it came off a manure spreader all restored to amazing usuable condition. You should be proud Kyle. Fantastic work!!

Shrinking disk: I have used it a lot with great success. Your comments are on the mark on several counts. You do need a mega grinder to get the rpm's up to a usable level. Emphasis on mega....not just a bigger than normal unit. The marker for me made no difference with or without. And I wear cut proof gloves whenever I use it. Unfortunately my good friend Wray who sells them does not tell you that you need that funky flange nut that he sells separately and then you need to stack up a bunch of washers in order to get it to screw tightly into the grinder. I use a damp sponge so there is not really any rust afterwards and I do rust treatment always right before epoxy primer anyway.

Turned out awesome. What's the next project?

truck looks great!

Well Ray Charles might've be able to read braille... just saying

Nice work Kyle. Will that truck have a 100000 mile warranty?

The California car duster is epic

I don't watch these to see hammer work. I only like to see miracles. Kyle seems to specialize in those. You look at one of these panels, and you see right away that it's got leprosy, and obviously nothing short of a magic wand can save it. Then terms like 'Lost Cause' and 'Junk' come to mind. Then Kyle restores it, and it looks like part of a truck. Pretty cool.

I really like the lettering on that tailgate. Nice work. Do you have a plasma cutter?

Kyle ,again old school ways are the best way!

I think the entire truck looks factory fresh and just as good as it did when it was brand new. Very nice work by a very talented individual. Well done!

That Ol’ truck is gonna make one helluva nice daily driver! Awesome Fix-it series, Kyle!

I remember my Dad back in the early '80's welding a flat plate into the backside of his '69 Chevy truck's tailgate to desperately try and give it some structural integrity. Watching him quench it with water and seeing that plate warp by inches was very memorable. He bought a new tailgate later... Dad is no longer with us, but the old '69 is still rolling along. Dad owned it 25 years, and I have had it for 29! Your '48 should be good for another generation or two!

G,day young fella, very good, very informative advice. Hooroo mate.

There is no better. Be well. We look forward to the next.

You can't fool us with that new tailgate you got off ebay!

You are amazing I just get amazed watching your miracles wow ,just WOW HELLO FROM PHILIPPINES

You did a really nice job on the truck. Somebody in my area was selling a 1950 GMC, that didn't look nearly as nice as yours for $10,500 U.S. not sure what that is in Canadian money. So don't let it go too cheaply.

If you didn't record these repairs I'd swear you just bring in stand in panels. Just truly amazing!

Wow, Kyle! That's truly terrible! Is this advanced technique, or can anyone do it? I have a claw hammer and a soldering iron.

These types of repairs are great for vehicles that have sentimental value that you don't want to put a bunch of reproduction parts as well! Nice work! How long did it take? 😂

This is a craft you don't see everyday, most if not all body shops today orders replica parts to put on vehicles. Fantastic job.

Hell she's looking very very more than acceptable !!! 😉🙃😎 NZ

why is it always hard to get rid of and old coat shirt or boots im with you

Really like watching you work your magic on these old beatup panels, fenders, doors, and tailgate. The Ol' GMC looks pretty good. Keep up the great work and videos.

That is amazing! I have 2 that look like yours in the beginning. I like the answer to all my questions, YES…….

Yeah, if you figure out had to grab your footage, maybe do some of these new fangled "shorts", that seems to be all the rage with the kids.

I have a lot of the same questions about the creation side of Ewe-Toob. Nothing seems intuitive. I couldn't figure out how to post pictures in what is now the Community Tab. The way I was finally able to get that Community Tab to show up was an accident. When I tried to do a custom thumbnail on a small RU-vid short, it made me verify myself again (I guess they want to make sure I'm still me.) After I verified my(Nom de Guerre)self (again) suddenly that feature was unlocked. There doesn't seem to be any sort of instruction manual, which makes sense because RU-vid destroyed instruction manuals. I used to love exploded drawings now I've got a fumble through 6 videos & hope that somebody shot the video from an angle to see the screw that I'm trying to see to determine where it is and how to take it out. . . .other than communism. . . In the past, I would have encouraged you to come South to the US of A. . .but these days you've got to go a lot farther south. I'm thinking perhaps Ecuador.

You will eventually have that truck in excellent shape from bumper to bumper. Your methods of doing then explaining how and why is very much appreciated. Not every panel is not in a catalog. Many of us don't live on the prairies where more old cars survive so your presentations are invaluable. In short you are relatable as everything we have seen you use is with in the means of many or a friend may own. It takes a lot of time and patience to put together such a strong video. All I can say is very well done.

you said unless your Ray Charles, but I am sure even Ray Charles could have seen it and pointed it out to Stevie Wonder. BAHAHAHA!!!!

Very nice work. Thank-you for sharing. PS My biggest fear is also communism... and who is elected as our Prime Minister.......

Kyle, another awesome metal working class sir!!! You, Scott and Fitzee are the metal master's!!

So much patience, you gotta love it to give it. I need to get busy on my old rig. Thanks Kyle.

I'm always impressed how fast you can move your hammers when pounding panels

Thanks, I'm not loaded so I'll give what I can when I can because I like your content and would like to keep seeing more , pls don't buy cat food with money my dog won't talk to me again if you did 🤐

It's Perfect, stop worrying, it's just right and looks great, really!.....

More magnificent Muppet metal manipulation! Merci!

I sure enjoy your POV, you could be my long lost brother but you would have to be 80. Keep on keepin on and I’ll keep on watching “Your Stuff”.

Well knowing full well I can get a replacement panel from the Dollar Store. I followed this video intently.. 57 Dodge tailgates are a dime a dozen. Sarcasm a side. Saskatchewan DNR to shop truck, to farm truck. 2 thumbs up I learnt a lot.

I'm thinking your chief Boyardee and you've made chicken soup out of chicken %$&**# , this takes the cake.... "get it" I've seen you do the impossible but that tail gate would have gone in the dumpster at 99% of most shops

Iv used one of them magic wand things ,it came as part of a spot welder. I don't know where you would get one now,they was great. I have used the core of a battery pushed in end of mig where tip go's to get same effect but don't think it's good on your equipment. I did have a dent puller that did have a shrinker on it ,shrinker bit looked like a single side spot weld bit but hollow. Anyway great vid as always.

Fantastic job on the tailgate. Looks great. My attempts at tailgate repairs in the past involved a sledge hammer and Bondo. The shrinking disk is probably unsafe at any speed… wouldn’t want any of your good jackets to get wrapped around those. Communism is the greatest fear of all…. So funny, because it’s so true.

Mind blown. Thanks for the video. I see now why things take me so long. I'm moving way too slow. I pussed out and bought an original gauge complete bed and tailgate for $1000 USD. I traded a golf cart for a Porsche Boxster that slightly kissed the guard rail. It came with all the parts to repair it except for the rear quarter panel. Can you do a video on repairing the rear quarter panel on a Boxster? I'm sure it would be in great demand. Allen looks tired in the video. My RU-vid channel is up to seven subscribers now. I made all my family and friends subscribe under threat of me moving in with them. Thank you for your time.

Cue dramatic movie trailer music...against what were surely insurmountable odds, he went into battle...

No oxy-acetylene? How about oxy-propane, that is what I'm using right now.

Ray Charles called. Says he can smell it.. Lol! I'm impressed! And I impress easily!

Amazing work bud just amazing and I still say you have the fastest hands in the business 😂 how you can see and do what you do is a knack I've never seen and I know how to work metal well I thought I knew how to work metal

Looks like your 2x6 is also needing some rust repair!

Glad to see you wear a mask, I guess, for what it's worth Thumbs Up Dude!.....

The thanks goes to you.I learn from you,and l find it entertaining. I just wish you were my neighbor. I don't want to buy a Chinese tailgate for my truck.

It looks great. Thank you for taking the time to explain what you doing and why. Just keep on doing it your way. Most of us are learning a lot. Thank you.

The California Duster might make for a lightweight finishing hammer. Just sayin.

A lot of work. Good job.

Do a video when you try the shrinking disc again I would like to try one sometime. I like the way you explain the procedures. Thanks Man

Shrinking disc is great for those little dimples

I bet if you welded some legs on it you could get $800.00 for is as a coffee table.. I can see art. Another great job Kyle.

The answer is Yes ! What is the question?

Great work as always! Thanks for sharing it! JW

I would have just done the ‘Louisiana Lap Weld’ because that’s all I can do. Great video.

Nice job on the tail gate. I keep waiting on the day you take a part and start cutting it up into little pieces then carry it out to the thrash can on a snow shovel and walk in with a new replacement part............doesn't look like it will be anytime soon. lols Thanks for the video. Good luck with the sale of this truck, it sure is a gem.

i would really like to see you work on a 60-66 chevy or gmc truck. especially repairing the hood

Nice pants that you were wearing during your "tailgate talk". No holes, they look good enough to go to church in, not that I am advocating, I just wanted to say that they look good. The tailgate looks pretty good too. It does have the benefit of being the original tailgate and as you pointed out, this could help out for the not so popular tailgate restorations.

I like the resourcefulness of your methods. "Waste not want not." Who knows, there may be a guy or gal out there that has the time but not all the money some do. Nice work!