FULL BUILD VW Karmann Ghia METAL FIX | Complete Restoration Series 

Rule No1 of panel beating dent removal. ‘First in last out’. Meaning start from the outside of the dent and work into the middle last. PDR guys are the people to watch and learn from.

perfect sunday coffee content. ☕️

CT!!! GO Baby, GO!!!!

awesome, txs for sharing..."Texas"

Great work. I’ll be watching this one a few times.

Slowly but surely, this car is worth doing right… keep up the great work

Congrats! Perseverance always has a payday! Ron USA

Looking Great !!

Looking good 👍 Can't wait for the Body work to be Done Always Loved Karman Ghias

CT you be able to carv up the turkey dinner with that angle grinder this Christmas...lmao

The eyes of your boss / quality controllant mr Buster told me that you are doing a good job. Please send him a regards from a dog friend in Finland.

Great content C.T. I always look forward to your vids!

Consider a air chisel , great tool for demo. Your productions are great!

Its coming along well CT iam impressed man keep n going👍👍💯

More great progress CT - thanks for sharing 👍

Great work!!!! Looking sweet.

looking great!! good progress

Well Done CT :) yes lots parts be test also fit together and then weld in place nicely also old rust parts take lots work get out be sharp too so be carefull too!

I think I'd be dropping the boot (trunk?) lid into place soon - definitely before welding that cross piece in place - to make sure the bottom of the wings (fenders?) are in the right place, after cutting away all that damaged metalwork. Looking forward to future videos on this project.

It looking amazing and really cool

Your doing great on the restoration.

put your trunk on line it up ..gaps etc...adjusted properly when closed...fix your fenders and bottom panel in place ( out of the way supports to hold it in position so you can install the replacement panels..)...i like having adjustable supports to pull or push it if i need some tuning later....then keep checking the trunk as you fit panels in...only way your getting it correct is to have the doors , hood and trunk or other body parts that go on later ...otherwise your going to find it is off..tack it till your 100% sure it fits and stuff closes/fits..before you weld it solid....and don't warp it too welding it too quickly...takes time..but so does starting over again??

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Love this I hope they do have a new piece for the corner plus you should get rid of all that bondo and see if you can get the metal back to a smoother looking car and only have a very thin layer if need be.

I wouldn't piece in that battery tray. You've got the whole replacement part just knock out the welds and put the new one in.

Keep it going CT, you are getting there AND learning along the way👍

Great job! It a job for a patient man! Little by little, and the best option for areas where you can't access the back and front of the panel at the same time, which limits the ability to hammer and dolly the damage. The old school way!

CT, your doing an amazing job 👍👍. Keep us the great job. Just take your time.

Your definitely improving great work

Connect to the damaged side where you want it and you will have to pull body back together. When you released the backend it spread that distance.

Nice tool

Looking really sweet CT, can’t wait for the welding to start.

Your dog checking out the progress.

Hop! Cada vez melhor.

It would really help if you had the body solidly fastened so that it could not move when you pull the metal. Only a suggestion👍

Looking good!

The pulled metal will have a flimsy feel to it. Use a body hammer to lightly tap the area to restore rigidity

Looking good CT.

Ct you sure have come a long way from the rusty bus days. Keep up the good work. Can’t wait to see the project done. Take care.

Man I wish I had your patience and eye for detail. You make it look easy. I would not even try to smooth those wrinkled fenders out I would have searched for after market and just cut them off but I see where your going on trying to keep as much original metal as possible and commend you for it, more work but more personal satisfaction. Keep up the good work.

Looking from Japan I am looking forward to the continuation

yea bummer is you need that inner structure first so you can stack from there.

YEA BUDDY no drilling roll that metal up like a can or spam. that is the way you do it.

Hi looking really good, you might want to think about putting the trunk(boot) lid on to get the fit nice and possibly welding a temporary brace between the two free fenders(wings) to make sure the gap stays correct. Keep up the good work.

Your extreme attention to detail is very helpful. I personally like to fit the new metal before cutting off the rusted metal. You are teaching a lot. Thank you.

Great work CT enjoy it ; the car will be amazing love the level of detail in your work .

Far as I know the issue with pulling dents out is that the metal will obviously be stretched. So unless you have a way to shrink it after pulling its a case of reducing the lows and not making any high spots for when it comes time to fill. Either that, or replace a panel.

Those rear panels are available. I'm amazed how differently Ghia's rust. Mine also had the rear wing bottoms previously repaired but the rest of the rear was 100% rust free including the battery tray. Conversely, my heater channels had rotted from the inside out and yet yours are rust free!

It is great to see you cranking away on this project. Maybe overdoing the rods a little? From what I’ve seen others do they use strategy to be efficient in their use of these to pull dents and minimize the rods they have to weld in each spot. Great call on doing the Mike Fn technique of peeling the rusted panels back like a can of Spam. Just like he does remember to clean and neutralize or convert all the rust with rust converter in the nooks and crannies before covering them up with new panels. Keep at it; the feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment you’ll get driving that beautiful car you restored yourself is priceless!

I wish I could comment before you cut that into because you really should stabilize the two pieces from side-to-side so it doesn't split apart on there

Been following you since you first picked up Rusty. Your skills have come a long way since then. Great work on this one. 🇦🇺🇦🇺👍👍

did you check your trunk fit??? you have to make sure your gaps are correct as you fit panels in...or you redo it again....

Admire your attitude ! Maybe you should fit the rear lid before welding everything...

Making good progress. Suggestion for correctly positioning the rear engine lid latch bracket: measure from each of the hinge bracket centers (on the body) and get the same measurement from each hinge center to the latch center point. That triangulation should put the latch where it needs to be in all 3 dimensions.

you pull it out in reverse to how it got dented... takes experience..so just keep using it...you can get it out 100% but fir your project in the 90% up range and filler at reasonable thickness is fine....

CT great show again, but it's quite hard not to join rotten parts with new ones, the whole underside of the rear of this vehicle is compromised with rust, replace with new parts what you can.

Dent puller is cool, saw mike use one. Like you said you just need to get most of the dent out and filler will do the rest. You don't want more than 1/8" I think is what mike said otherwise you need to cut out the damage and weld in a new piece of metal. The back will look great too once you get that done. Hopefully you can score a new section back there. Maybe someone getting ready to scrap one that that section is still intact

I enjoyed watching you installing the new metal parts. I wonder if you need that angle part you cut off on the battery tray. It may be a bumper to help hold the battery in place. You can weld it on top if needed I guess. I'm looking forward to your next vid. Thank you.

What engine is going in? Type 4? Thanks - Joe

They probably should have just gotten a couple of good used, or new quarter panels.

Looking good so far, the one thing i would have done from the start before I started cutting would have been to brace across the trunk lid and the actual bay area itself to stop it moving out especially as you have had to remove so much metal, but overall it looks like you have got away with that. The other thing is im pretty sure that middle support under the battery tray should connect to the rear valance to keep it rigid but it looks a little short, maybe from where it was previously damaged.

Hi CT, You did great work,👍🏻 Just for correction the cars never rust from the outside just from the inside, so that should've been protected very good-keep up the good work. looking forward to the next vid.Greetings.☮️🙏🍀HCS

I would say Ferdinand Porsche felt the same passion , when he was building his first Porsche .👍

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Hey CT. Great work. It is coming along great. It scared me when I saw the way you were holding the grinder at marker 20:40. If the grinder ever kicked back, it would go right for your knee. Other than that, I enjoyed your video. Keep up the good work. Thanks for sharing.🍁👍👍

Takes lots of youthful energy to even start these jobs!!?? I used to do a bit on cars that weren’t that old but rusted early from lack of any protection at all! I had an’87 Vauxhall Cavalier, the roof of which literally fell in! They replaced it after much rowing! The only difference between then and now...is the car has rusted for so long, there’s virtually nothing left to build from, whereas back then it was fresh rust, so to speak! Good luck going forward !

Hey CT!! Long time no see. Hope all is well. The Ghia is looking real good. One of these days I'll get to run out there and see.

Loved to be working on this vehicle with you, great work.

Wow amezing😍

without years of experience and Shrinking high spots...your best to pull slightly short and load up the trowel!! 😉

Did you consider cutting out the rear quarter section with the biggest crease and putting a new plate in? Would save some time on pulling as well as reduce filler.

All those parts you need to trim and fit. they are generic. Most patch panels for any make and model are not direct fit. little trimming and your all good.

Hi I'm really enjoying video I'm wanting to build my own car and watch channel will help me with any pit falls I come across

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See bad chad channel The tapping welds he does to give tension to the structurals metals nerves to sheets on the new panel(no puncture needed)

leave the Pins on and make it a PINHEAD/HELLRAISER model 😂

Can you not get to the back of the panel with a dolly, and a slapper on the exterior wing face?

If that car would talk it would say alot of things it has gone to maybe make out spots accidents some others bodywork. If that car talked it would be famous 👍💯

J A C K O' L E G T E R N

hi mate, you are doing a good job, please let me know, where did you find panel parts for your restoration. thanks mate

What is that cordless Milwaukee tool you are using with the small cut off? The size looks handy and I cant find anything like that.

If I were you , I’d check the the engine lid before I’d weld anything in place. With that much cutting Something is bound to be out of square.

Where are you buying the replacement panels?

Rolling 👍🌭😎

you need a plasma cutter to make this job right

why don’t you remove the dampers from the spot welds

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Just one thought. Firstly, I am not a body man, so keep that in mind. I do work with metal for a living. Would it be worth trying to just wire brush (not by hand) the areas where you want to put the dent puller studs? If you grind it, to get the dent to the original contour, you might be in actuality needing to over pull the dents to do this, which, of course, you don't want to do. Just getting the primer off, enough to get the studs to weld, maybe that could work better, leaving more of the original contour?

Just found your channel and it's awesome! I'm restoring a 67 Ghia right now; may I ask where you bought your sheet metal parts? Thanks, Kyle

how much is that Milwaukee Toy..that little cordless cutter toy??

Back in the day they used lead to fill in the holes and seal body panels

Get a Ninja Stick for more leverage pulling...without having to install a post to pull from.

I think, it would be necessary and important for this job to learn welding!

That body was worse than it looked you have your work cut out for you any thing can be fixed good luck.

About need to stick your hood on to line up your latch.

почему бы вам не тренироваться на кадиллаке или на другом американском автомобиле, их не так жалко

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They didn't believe in rust proofing back then. None of the car manufacturers did any rust proofing.

If you want to see how it's done, play Polish Porsche episodes on YT😉

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