You know what I like best on these vids. No silly filler music,. No goofy friends around and the clown act that follows that you see on so many vids. The best is he does it all with basic tools most of us have and the whole process from start to finish. You have the desire to jump in on your own projects and have at it. Two thumbs up here Fitzee.
I noticed this, too. It seems as if those guys that are always pushing those high priced special tools are working on some kind of commission. Most of us can't afford that crap that they're pushing and it's as if they're saying that it can't be done otherwise. It's tiring and discouraging watching all of that and now that I've found Fitzee's channel, It doesn't make sense t watching that crap any longer. By the way Ford Racer, I bleed Ford blue, also.
this channel is pure gold. i actually work in fabrication, but in much heavier and thicker material. and i've been doing rust repairs on my own project along with few others for work and friends. and man.. you adress so many problems i've been struggling with
Absolutely first class - pace and content of your delivery is spot-on sir. No excess waffle, great explanation of technique - you are an absolute gift for amateurs like me (and for professionals too I'm sure). The fact that you've retained a bit of your Irish accent is an extra bonus! Many thanks.
Very useful information on making the patch panel. The other thing that I was impressed with, was your explanation of the guard on the angle grinder with the cutting wheel. I've seen so many repairers using grinders with cutting wheels and no guard and they are risking their lives. I always have guards on my grinders. I have had two of these cutting wheels explode and the shrapnel was thrown harmlessly away in front of me, saved by the guard. Some guy here in Australia was using a grinder with a cutting wheel with no guard and the wheel exploded and hit him in the head and took out his eye. He wasn't even wearing safety glasses. Another thing is that so many repairers don't use hearing protection, so I was happy to see you using earmuffs and safety glassed. It's a good example for others to follow.
When I was enlightened to the joys of metal, and became a disciple of machining, I couldn’t understand why welding was considered as vast a capability as the mill and the lathe. Watching this video demonstrates just one piece of the beautiful art of welding, and why each skill set is equally vast and critical. I may yet learn some MIG, but will never master that art the way you have! Very nice.
This is what I have been looking for. I don’t like all the stretch and shrink done with machines. I know you have to do it at times. I have used this technique for windshield pinch welds but watching you has been a treat for me. Thank You👍🤙😃
Hey Fitzee... I've been around a lot of tradespeople and I love the way you just "get in" and get it done! You don't over complicate the job and that's why in my opinion you're a winner! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Fitzie, so glad I’ve found your channel all the way from down here in Australia. I’m about to begin working in an old v8 Ford I’ve had for 20 years and you are giving me great motivation and some fantastic tips. Keep up the good work.
I just started doin rust repair a few months ago and I struggled with a complicated repair for a couple weeks. I will try your way next time. I am learning a lot! Subscribed yesterday and gettin caught up. Hello from Saskatchewan.
Fitzee, I am so thankful that you make these informative videos. You are a true craftsman and an excellent teacher if only you were our autoshop teacher in high school many of us would not have gotten a C grade. Amazing skills never thought you can save rot like that now I believe I might just have the guts to tackle something like that next time. Thank you for the great video!
Wow, I have watched two of your videos and learned so much. This one will be invaluable when I go to repair the dog legs on my 57 Chev 4 dr since no one makes those for a 4 dr.. Awesome job Fitzee from Fitz!
I can't stop watching your videos, the way you connect through these videos is amazing brother, you would make an awesome teacher, the amount of passion and love you have for your skills shows in the way you explain your methods, I really appreciate your time to make these videos, I inspire to become a panel smith like you brother.
G'day and greetings from Tasmania Australia I off ten wondered how you fixed hard places such as the dog leg you explained very well and showed how you did it. The one thing I commend you most for and it deals with work shop safety and that is leaving the guards on the grinders, you see a lot of blokes on you tube that have taken them off, thank you for putting it out there. Thanks for showing this kind regards John
Looking forward to apply your techniques to the same area on my own Z, very educational! I was dreading doing this section but now that I have a clear how-to guide I have much more confidence that I can handle the repair. 👍
Great Craftsman and Teacher.... I just came across your Web site and must say you one heck of a Bodyman who really simplifies how to repair and fabricate using the most simple tools and the results are amazing. I’m new to the body and fender repair trade and have yet to learn so much from anyone else. Keep up the videos and you are appreciated and I’m really looking forward to more of your skills. 🇺🇸
Fitzee I have been overhearing this video for the last two days as my husband loves it. He has also been quoting “that’s not how Fitzee does it”. You have a solid fan in him. Keep up the great videos !
I enjoy watching you make those panels I’m an old body man 45 years I’m still working in the collision repair and history but I haven’t done anything like that in 25 or 30 years it’s like old home week
So glad I found your Channel getting ready to do body work on my 1970 Chevelle it's got some rust on the quarters and fenders that's not what I was afraid of its the rust around the back window and watching your video has shown me how to fix it thanks I have watched a lot of different videos trying to find one that addresses my particular problem and I finally found yours I've been a welder for 30 years you made the problem that I have look and sound easy to fix I'm excited to get started on my car now that I know what to do thank you
You are a genius! I can’t believe how good you are at body work. I want to get half way decent at this stuff. It just can not afford to have other people do the work I need. But i am so excited to do myself! Thanks for all the help you give everybody.👍
You are a very good craft man,and instructor. I have learned a lot from you, and I do every time I watch a video. I like your patches project. Thank you. Ronnie.
Thank you Fitzee, excellent video. I am learning lots, most importantly not to be afraid to make something that seems very difficult, but you break it down into it's pieces and show how to fit the jigsaw together.
I have been welding and fabricating for nearly 10yrs now and always learn new things your content is great, I was very happy with the butt welding you shown us on the truck body with fuel filler cover and will now use the 45 degree angle cut myself rather than cutting flat with the disk. I also have to fit a fuel flap on a project thanks for the info
Thanks for sharing your great craftsmanship, I especially like your tip about building up corners from behind ( Ive learned the hard way on that one) also,how you stress the importance of just " getting the planes first".God bless.
From a Canuck on the other side of the country, just a thanks for posting your content. I've started a restoration with some panels required and I've used your approach and tips with good results so far. It's been a big help. Cheers
My rusty 89 trooper has been saved thanks to your simple informative videos!! Quick to the point but detailed enough it makes sense!!! Keep that content coming!! Im running flux but its usable for now!!
I've watched many of your videos and your easy teaching style has emboldened me to buy a MIG welder of my own and try fixing the rust damage on my '05 Blazer. The techniques you show and your explanations as to how and why they should be used are exactly what I hoped I could learn from someone. Thank you and please keep up with the great content!
Really good work.It's amazing how you can take pretty much nothing and make a beautiful piece out of it. Metal fab is an art no matter what anyone says. You're a fine fab man.
I've used this technique for a while now, simply because I didn't know any other way. Always thought people would laugh if they knew how I was doing it. Now I see a real pro using the same technique and it makes me feel like I was doing something right all along. Thanks Fitzee! I'm now motivated to get started on a new project.
I restored a 240 a few years back. We did a lot of custom mods where we made it look like a 1963 Ferrari GTO. On a quiet night, you can hear a 240 rust!
I bought a 72 Datsun 510 new and after one year, I found heavy cancer around the taillight panel just below the taillight lenses. I was told that these cars were secured to the weather-decks of the ships that brought them over from Japan. No covers, no nothing protecting them from the salt environment. Go figure.
Very nice work. I am just a DYI person I have a 2000 Dodge ram 1500 that has quite a bit of rust in spots. It's basically just a weekend home depot or going camping my plow truck for around the house. I think I will use some of these techniques to make it look nicer. Thanks so much for your videos you do great work.
Great job TEACHER!! I have never touched bodywork😢 but my son has rust behind the rear wheels on his 02 corolla...and he and I will tackle it! Thanks for the ambition and knowledge! ❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thanks brother! Nice to see you take it of the car! Original and new to me, im just a diyer, but learned bit by bit, and still do...its an art! Respect Sir! Bob. BElgium Europe🇧🇪
I like your approach of making an individual piece for each face of the whole part and welding it together rather than trying to take one piece of sheet metal and trying to hammer it into all kinds of shapes. I currently actually have the issue you were talking about at the top of the windshield roof section coming apart from the pillars. I like how you were able to do all this without any super special tools. Thanks for all the tips!
been doing this all. my life and am 56 and I use same method. for years as I learned after it was faster less tiring to make parts fit when done this way it always fits no stress. and fast, nice to see you go hard , you stay safe!!!!!!!
I don't sit around waiting for someone to make it look easy. I can watch anybody and figure out what they're doing wrong. I've taught people how to do things I've never done before in my life, since I was a kid! People just tend to panic too quickly and get married to one bad idea...
@@Tricknologyinc I am the same. Is it a gift or a savant type of situation? It is not an illusion. Not a self-serving belief. It is real and astonishes people. I shouldn't use that word because most people convince themselves that they would have thought of that too if given one more second to think. After 30 years in the business. Things that are instantly obvious to you and me seem to elude even the expert. I've had too many experiences to write it off to chance. On the other hand, my wife says I'm an idiot.
Fitz could find ya . Glad i did . Just had my 92 bmw convertible rear fender welded rather than bondoed thanks to watching your videos! Now im goin to hav them put it up on the hoist to see if they knew what their doin ! Love watching n learning ! Thanks !
I bought some patch panels to fix up my rust bucket OBS F250 and discovered that they don't fit anything out of the box and need a lot of tailoring. The method you demonstrated in this video saved me a ton of time and I managed to get a functional result without too much fiddling around. With some practice they might actually look good too. Thanks.
Aw! This will help me a bunch, shortly! Doing some small repairs and maintainance on my old Volvo, a car my grandad bought new many years ago and my daughter wants when she starts driving in ten years. Almost no rust on it, but a few spots. And of course they are in very tricky places, like under the plastic battery tray, were water has been standing unnoticed, towards the inner wheel well. Now I feel alot more confident in tackeling those spots! Brilliant! 👍👍
Great talent and video! We are working on a 1969 buick wildcat.RUSTY!! Rear quarter panels are gone. Previous person wrapped the panels with aluminum flashing and heeps of body filler.Nobody makes the replacement parts we need so we built them all from sheet metal. It is a great feeling making parts from scratch that look OEM.
Awesome !!! After watching channels with moulding and shaping and stretching & fitting , This is awesome. No bullshit , just straightforward & simple for simple guys like me 🤪 Thank you !
Yay I found Datsun Z video #2....just discovered you worked on a Z. The two I have are SO much rustier. But like you I've got a Black Belt in fabricating parts. You have some different Idea's .So I love to see your approaches.
Thanks for your amazing video's. I have had the pleasure of working with many tradesmen from "The Rock" and they do fine work. One welder told me he could weld a broken heart at the crack of dawn!
I've learned so many tricks watching these videos I've been doing patch pannels for years fighting them with all the tips and the welder set up video Its making it alot easier and I have stoped secound geussing my self
That was just beautiful to watch! Thank you so much. Cab corners on my f150.....not sure I have the skill and or the time to do them, but if I do, Imma be watching this a few more times!
Tried your method out today and it works! Did a lot of rookie mistakes - as usual when trying something new - but end result was good. Getting my hopes ut that my Syncro will see the road again!
True gold. The funny thing is .. after watching it, it's all so obvious. I think the problem is, that for those of us still diddling in the art .. cab corners, or floor patches on junk we're just trying to safety and such .. we've never quite grown the balls to cut into something that we consider valuable with abandon. Interestingly, I recently dd an almost identical repair on a late 90's Dodge van. It really did come out nice enough, but I now see where I did it wrong, and how I beat myself up trying to form (in one piece on the van) what I could have welded in more than one piece (on the bench) - and your way would have been faster! I really can't wait to put these tips to practice!
Great video. Your expertise is very good. I have tried to do everything else but not doing it the right or best way. Your technique does take some extra work, but it is well worth the time you spend to get the kind of results that you get. Thanks for the lesson.
As soon as i saw the maximum brand cut off wheel I knew you had to be a Canadian boy like myself. Work well done, if i was closer I'd have you look at my new project, car rust issues, but I'm going to give it a go looking at your videos.
The ONLY other man I've seen cut the angle grinder guard down for more usable access. All mine are cut back. Works a treat. First thing I do to a new grinder. (I go through a few) And you are correct, too many people cutting without guards. Stupid, scarey, dangerous stuff.
A bit of an Irish accent, I was thinking you sounded like you were from Nova Scotia! Wonderful work, explained in simple terms. Thanks for showing your techniques and also your specific tools. You left out the two most important ones: your mind and your hands.
Great work. Been learning a lot from your videos. You have answered a bunch of questions I've had on trying to figure out how to do patch panels on my 54 belair.
Nice job Fitzee. Soon as you started talking I knew you were a Newfoundlander. I'm in Alberta. There are lot's of your buddies around here. I have done some of the metal work you are doing but I am going to learn a lot from your channel. I will be starting a restoration on a 1977 Special Edition Y82 400 4 speed Trans AM with Hurst Hatch's after I finish the 79 I'm working on now. Will have to do some rust repair in the exact place you just did in this video. Subscribed now. Keep em coming my friend!
Soooooooo many mad skills!!!!! You Sir, are a bloody Legend, and I know I speak for everyone here when I say thanks heaps for sharing your awesome knowledge and tips and tricks. Invaluable 🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙
Fitzee's Fabrication ..... Gentleman, Thank you so much, learning - as you doing You are *genius, magic as you form metal. . Now it make easier my decision buying a classic car near same condition. So I did follow you *Lectures. several times for my project. Wishing You Health and Luck, God bless Amerika, Greetings from Germany.
Fitzee is a highly intelligent man who is prepared to stay with his work till the end when it is finished and perfect and guaranteed, unlike many socially- emotionally oriented professions who have nature helping them to finish up what they leave halfway done and where they never provide a guarantee. It is such a pity that society appreciates emotions but not the guaranteed logic we saw in this and other videos contributed by Fitzee. Sir Congratulations, for your logic and craftsmanship and scultutres!
