HACK "Bodyman" RUINS MY 1948 GMC! 1947-1954 Chevy Pickup Inner Cowl Replacement 

Thanks Kyle. Your previous projects helped me along as I tackled the rust repair on my ‘50 Chevy pickup. Channels like yours give the average person the confidence to take on what at first seems unattainable. Keep up the awesome work.

Much respect for your talent and humor.

I do not weld, I have never worked metal, I probably never will. But I love cars, so find this channel and the metal working you demonstrate absolutely fascinating. Thanks!!

Nice work with the "Hack," saving older vehicles and getting it done, strong and permanent repair. People who don't think it should be done watch too many TV restoration shows and have unfinished projects out in the garage. That looked WAY easier than repairing the metal headliner, A pillars and roof. Like on my 62. ;)

Mary doesn't care about the restoration but she stayed up for the whole video to see Allen and Poe. Joseph napped. It's really nice the way you explain the chess game of repairing these old trucks. I had a girlfriend once that actually painted herself into a corner. She was hot so there's that. Thank you for your time and effort.

My neighbor was mad I busted his window. Videos are great, keep them coming.

I loaded up the old trebuchet with lots of rock messages and did a town wide postal drop for you. I hope you receive many excited new viewers. great video 2x👍

Thanks for posting Kyle I have been fixing rusty junk in New England for almost 50 years. You do good work. Those mirrors were called west coast mirrors at the GMC dealership I worked at in the 70.s

This old GMC is definitely in the right hands. The replacement panels don’t quite fit but you can make them fit which saves time and energy. Loved your take on Resto-Mod and RU-vid ripoffs.

"And for those of you who don't like the taste of prison food........." This is exactly what our '53 Dodge is going to need. You have provided great instruction. Thank you! Cheers!

Hiya, just wandered over after a mention from Scott at Cold War Motors, SUBBED!

I didn't throw a rock through my neighbor's window, but I have spread the word about your channel on the car forums I frequent. Thanks for the excellent content.

Over 11k already.Keep having fun and we'll be here.

I did the rock through the living room window of my neighbor and about an hour later a rock came through my living room window telling me to watch “Carter Auto Restyling.” So I think I gained you a new viewer, either that or my neighbor was getting even for busting his window.

The Master, knows what it takes to make things better than new... He has to have multiple hand tools......He works so fast He needs time to alow them to cool and can use another tool...keep it up....

Sincerely enjoyed the rant about RU-vid and short comings of `restoration' videos. The realistic format of yours can't be questioned. Thankyou for your continued struggles. It's always good to watch skill mixing with humility.

Here's 1 more view towards your millions. Keep on with the real content Kyle. We love it.

I remember those trucks from my childhood. Farming in Saskatchewan. Great restoration work

I have a 49 chevy pu ( got as a "basket" ) that I just replaced that section using the bottom of a school desk that had the beads already in it, The beads have different spacing; and I don't have a bead roller, but I rebuilt the lower cowl piece to match beads. Thanks for all your videos!!!

Great work Kyle! Nice to see how to use the prefabbed patch panels. They do save time, as long as they are close to the original. Sure looks nice when you get everything installed. Look forward to further progress!!👍

As always, another great video Kyle. Looking forward to seeing her completed. I appreciate the way you explain what an why you do what you do. Your videos always keep me riveted. Always look forward to seeing the next video! Love the channel an knowledge you share Kyle. Keep On Keeping On Brother!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Thanks Kyle. Good for a laugh, good for education. Keep up that desert-dry commentary (even that's sardonic, given 'Saskatchewan'..) True belly laughs even the rants are useful. Comment and like folks! Lets support 'Carter Auto Restyle' and his nefarious adventures.

Kyle I throw the rock because your videos rock. Now I just have to remember to write your note for my neighbour on the other side!

Your a gentleman and a scholar.

Another great video!!! I've found some of the best in depth, actually SHOW something useful, u-toob channels are the ones which take awhile to 'gain traction'. I'm subscribed to a few where the contents is not all 'hocus pokus' and gets to the actual work... (without all of the glam, new tools, multi-camera 'flash').... THIS is what I'm interested in. I've also started watching videos, subscribed to different channels because of their content, and over time they tend to lose the root of what brought me in to watch.... I then unsubscribe because they start going into the 'black hole' (IMHO) of 'Hollywood production style videos with panning, zoom in, zoom out, overdubbed music...etc, etc. I DON'T expect a channel I enjoy to watch and glean knowledge from, to ONLY show what I'm interested in, everyone has different interests and hobbies, and I don't mind watching an occasional variation....BUT it's difficult for me to hold interest in 'all sizzle, no meat' type of presentation. Your methods AND explanations are WHY I subscribed. You have a vast amount of experience when working on this (and other older tin) style and vintage of truck. You know WHAT and WHERE the problem area are, and share them with your audience. For this, I thank you.

I appreciate your rants, adds a little comic relief to your videos. You've got some skills! Thanks

Thanks for making these videos. They are informative and I know that they are not easy to do. It takes hours. 👍

Enjoyed the live stream ..... good content ....

Love watching this cab come together. I like the different repairs that you have done on the project. Probably back in the day those trucks were never fixed or repaired as well as they are today. I am almost 76 years old and when I was a kid those trucks were just tools that you would modify to keep using it to preform their job and replaced if to much trouble to fix. . A+++ channel

Thanks to some of what I learned from your videos I made a patch for the gas tank corner on my 37 Pontiac. I was doing the poor-mans shrinking method, and it worked but was very slow. Then I shrugged and said "it's just a gas tank" and cut out some pie slices and welded it. Still much to learn but appreciate the time you're taking to provide educational content!

Thanks for teaching us and helping to save these trucks

The panel you did and the way you did it will undoubtedly help alot of people with there own restoration your experience will save people much time and trouble thank you 😊

You do good work.Enjoy watching.

Nice work. Hey, I've got a jacket almost as stylish as yours. The most stress-free piece of clothing I own. I don't care if it gets dirty, torn, or holes burned it. Perfect.

Great content, yeah patch panels can be a pain and I usually just use a portion of the panel and attempt to keep as much of the original metal as possible. keep up the great work.

Always enjoy the technical content, for those of us that don’t have all the metal working tools it’s nice to see ways to make the store bought parts work . Keep up the good work!

Thank you very much. It is looking better every day.

Great job on the repairs. Really enjoy your videos, there informative and reflect the type of skill set you possess.

Thanks for another great episode. I look forward to the next one.

Your are so talented I truly appreciate your gifts of knowledge. Thank you.

Hey Carter, when I bought my 64 F100 I hauled it home on two trailers. It has last been titled 30 years ago. Lots of starts and walk aways. The frame is solid and straight which is the only thing going for it. The rear cab mounts were still intact but the front cab and radiator support mounts were gone. I leveled the frame front to back and side to side and started with the front cab mounts and floors. I looked at replacement pieces but figured I could do a better job myself. There was enough rusty crap left that I got pretty close on the heights. I used the door gaps to set the height of the cab and then the height of the radiator support. It wasn't until I rebuilt the entire box support system that I could eye ball the body lines from front to back. The thing I don't like is that the body line doesn't seem to follow straight through to the front of the truck. If I maintain the door gaps the fender line rises toward the front. As I don't have access to a original truck I have to go by the door gaps. I've done three jeeps (72, 74 and 79) and bought windshield frames and front fenders and the quality was crap. On one windshield frame the wipers wouldn't work because the wiper arm hole spacing was off. The one arm wanted to over swing and then flip backward in the arc and jam. As you said they typically need work . Thanks for the great videos. I look forward to each one. Always learn something!:)

Great Videos Kyle!! I am working on a 55 Cadillac that sat in grass for years so there is a lot of tips here I can use! Thanks for the tips!!

I am glad you have been producing more content as of late. I really enjoy the quality of your work!

Great seeing it come together an when you work on a truck long enough you learn the bits to change to make it better . Cheers mate 🇦🇺

Thanks for the timely video Once again you have inspired me to move onward on more projects

CWM Mentioned you today.

Another awesome video.your craftsmanship is outstanding

Once again great videos and great advice on how to set in panels. What you are doing is helping out other that are faced with similar situation👍

Thanks Kyle, nice. Cheers.

Nothing better than a positive attitude, even if it means you're positive something will go wrong when everything seems to be going right.

Thanks Kyle, good work. I'll be watching the progress on the 49 project.

Some more nice work, thanks for sharing Kyle!!

Very nice progress Kyle. I’m enjoying it very much, thanks for sharing it with us.

Fabulous work Kyle! I admire the work you are doing. Thanks for sharing your video.

Great job Kyle 👍🎸 I'm learning a lot and I sure appreciate that. Best to you and your cats!

Kyle, your subs are cruising along, keep it up.

Hang in there, I think your videos are awesome.

Good stuff. Headed to the shop now to see if I retained anything.

Thank you! Excited for the next one!

Really getting crazy now Kyle " rustorod " love it. Called west coast mirror's down here in the lower 48. Deluxe heater delete plate proper terminology!! Lol great video Kyle

Nice job on the cab. Love the rant!😂😂

Entertaining & informative !😊

Just came across your channel and I am really enjoying it! Very informative as I'm not very good at sheet metal work but have '51 Buick that I need to replace floors and rockers on. Watching your work is giving me some confidence in trying some of this stuff myself, Thanks! By the way I like to refer to it a "restoruin"!!

Well I’m glad I made the premier chat that was certainly fun. Keep the hacks coming I love hacks I am a hack ask my wife 😮

Learnt so much, thanks for sharing. You are the real deal!

Thanks for the tutorial. 👍

I enjoy your experience and explanations, thanks for sharing!

Thanks for another brother !!

Love the kitties too!🐱

One of my trucks has the same damage. But I am fixing the Fargo truck first. Keep up the good work Kyle.

Yes I am of the opinion that you save on work any way you can to come up with the desired result is fine. No sense in killing yourself making it absolutely factory when a hack will do. Thanks for the great video.

Thanks for the tips. They are helpful as are the explanations.This is going to be a great truck.

great work as always, mr restyling.

Great tips. 👍🏽

Doubt you remember my comment from the first louvre repair video, but after you lost patience with trying to save them is what my trailer looked like when I got done. LoL

Sure wish iIwere closer to you, so I could mabey help you on some projects. Or at least get in your way. Love the tips and tricks that making panels work requires. Thanks again.

Never really figured out why some videos on a channel Do better. I like the content maker and anything they do I’ll generally watch if I have the time. Welding, hammering, cutting, shaping or complaining , I’ll take it all

great work

Great video.

Nice Work! Cant wait for the next one.

Nice hack and thanks for explaining as you go 👍

When I did mine it was the same way ending making my own too great stuff awesome thanks for the information

You did the thing from the last video!

Thanks Carter.

just had a rock thru my window and had to find out what's up, not sure where in Canada you are but its bloody cold now thanks a lot! subscribed in hopes it doesn't happen again.

Great video. Your shop looks like mine!

As always good job man.thats gonna be one solid truck.

Good job.

Enjoying the videos Kyle. Keep up the good work.

Excellent as usual!!!

Another great video ! Thanks!

Interesting! Thanks.

I know I recently bought a patch panel for the cab corner of my 1979 F-150. It's a compound curve with some body lines, overall pretty tricky. I actually made one myself that looked perfect, but when I tried to weld it in, I blew through everything around it. The patch panel was only $14, and although it's a bit thinner (20ga steel,) it's adequate.

you are doing great good job you got this

The old louvers look definitely good enough.

Another awesome video. You definitely brought your A game. Your body work was awesome as usual and your rants in this video were also a notch or two above your norm. They were fast & furious and often unexpected. Definitely epic and scary at the same time. Maybe in the future give us a heads up when they are coming and then let'er rip... Thanks!!!

Thanks for the great video's, you are very skilled and make it look easy even though I know it's not easy.

Nice job! Keep it up

Ive noticed a lot of old vehicles with saggy door handles. I was wondering if you can retemper the spring on that. I think a show on metal tempering would be interesting if you do that. I allways wanted to be a body man but never got persue it cause i couldnt afford to after playing female body man, instead of metal, LOL! Luv yer shows!

New to your channel love your videos. Im redoing a 1948 gmc short box.