Wow, you work so fast but how can you make any money when you can do all that work in less than a hour? Seriously, great stuff as always. Like being in school but much more interesting. Thanks for making your knowledge of the craft available to all of us who are loving it!
Enjoyed this video a lot. Thanks for all the detail on the cab corner fitting. I felt like we missed a bunch of the fitting for the rocker, but you said the video was getting long. Could have easily been a two part (or more) series. Thanks again!
Love your videos don’t worry about the length, you show us how long it really takes and give us a proper example of what we need to for these diy repairs keep up the great work
you make that sheet metal on cars look easy , that is far from the truth . When i lived in Maine just on the other side of Calais i know why so many cars and trucks are so rusted out. great videos.
Fitzee, as a backyard bodyman, I enjoy watching every one of your videos. Not only for tips and tricks but also for enjoyment...................Keep up the good work..✌
Tip is to use panel bond between the welds to help keep water out then drill one hole in rear rocker use then spray in wax with special hose to spray around till it runs out of seams repeat till it seals up all the seams and stop running out. I usually leave hole in rear rocker use a body plug to seal it so I can repeat every 2-5 years. Use same wax spray in cab corners helps them from rusting from inside out also on doors interior. The panel bond also allows you to glue it in place and hold it after it dries to weld.
Hiya Tony great video as always i always mention your channel to other RU-vid users the tips are always good you're a true craftsmen always tell them about your cutt and butt panel techniques and how you make many of you're repair sections absolutely brilliant my friend ❤
That one trick including moving the edges of the small piece to the outside....worth the entire video! Appreciate all of the tips and tricks that Fitzee shows but glad they are free because if he charged what they are worth I couldn't afford the price of a single one. They are invaluable.
I've been restoring old Chevys for nearly 40 years. I just bought both outer rockers for my daughter's '86 CUCV Army Blazer for $60.00 shipped. Some of this stuff is too cheap to make, even though we can fabricate them easily. As I approach my mid-50s, my arthritic knuckles and tendinitis-riddled elbows determine how adventurous I am nowadays. As usual, though, your work is incomparable. Thanks for making such entertaining content. Bravo.
Dude, I'm Impressed. I'm in my mid 50's. I was learning body work and welding when I was around 8 years old. Now new technology, but still, I Impressed
Fitzee another great vid, love watching you make the panels and your tips, don't skip cause you think we might get bored, show more detail, even if it takes the whole vid to make one panel. I have to make my own panels with limited tools so its a great help. Keep up the great work.
I have a 77 and an 82 chevy, the 82 is straight but the 77 is from Iowa, a real rust bucket , so I really appreciate your training and knowledge sharing! Thank you very much I am in Vancouver Washington. I cannot wait to get started on this project!
Greetings, today , 8/19/22, changed cab corners on my 86 C10. Had the same issue fitting it. I did it as you explained. Thank you so much. It worked perfectly. Thank you for sharing your knowledge .
G'morning Fitzee, appreciate the subtitle option, too many years for this guy working in noisy mfg. shops. Enjoy the bonus details of your archaeological finds (socket) while disassembling projects, you are an inspiration to all of us subscribers. Carry on pal.
Discovered Fitzee's channel yesterday and now one of my favs.... love the longer length videos. I think this guy can make / rebuild anything. And a good East Coast boy to boot. 🙂🙂🙂😘
I had to see this again, and learned a little more this time. It is your exactness with the details that encourages me not to leaves things half ass. I will be back working on replacing the rusted metal around the front windshield, but this time I will go back to complete the welds 100% and make it look like the original. Thank you very much.
Hey Fitzee - great as always. What I really like about this particular video is that you approach the repair of a work truck with the same skill, care and professionalism as you give a treasured antique. Way to go.
Excellent save with the small corner patch at the end. Dealing with lightly damaged areas on my van. At first glance it looked fine but the deeper I got into it found similar misalignment. Liked your solution.
@15:40 .. This is the secret handshake .. The alchemy, the voodoo that separates "us" who watch, from "you": hand forming a curved flange! Most of us have discovered that sheet stock simply doesn't do that without ye olde magick. A video addressing this in particular detail I suspect would be.. well, awesome. I'd imagine (maybe I'm projecting) that your videos target those of us with a bit better than half a clue but lacking the industry experience. We've put a decade or two into the 120V MIG and feel not too shabby with what we've learned, but radiused flanges, corners, and shrinking still freak us right the frig out.
Thanks Fitzee I do pretty much the same thing for a living except I don't do any customer work I just buy and restore then re-sell . You are much better at this than I am and some stuff I was doing the hard way so I've learned a lot thanks for the fine videos .
Thank you for posting this. It's a life saver. I just started the restore on my 86 and I was sitting here scratching my head on where to begin with the rocker replacement. Thanks a million!
I enjoy the tips! There’s always something to learn from others. A tip I do, drill small holes in the hinges to doors. Use old drill bits to realign in the holes. It makes for alignment a breeze.
Man ..you do good work! You've given me the info I need to do compound angles so, hopefully, I can do better work in the future on my own cars. Awesome job.
oh so glad i found your channel....this is all the stuff i need to learn to fix my van...thanks for videos!! :) im watching them back to bck now ! i dont think your videos too long id watch for an hour mr !
Very, very nice. I've done sheet metal fabrication over the years and yours is impressive. I have learned a few things from you. Thanks for taking the time to do these video's. 5 Stars Fitzee.
Instructive as previous vids. You do nice work. I enjoy your videos & learning from your thorough teaching. Thank you for taking the time & sharing your experience.
There are so many great tips on this channel. A lot of guys are using 100k in equipment to do the same work. That's great for a working shop, but it's nice to see real examples of doing comparable work with basic tools. Thank you for sharing this. I have a lot of videos to catch up on. I busted my vice screw and have been looking to get a new one slightly larger. After watching a bunch of your metal shaping, I think I'm just going to splurge and go overboard with the vice so I can beat the crap out of it ; )
Here in western Pennsylvania that truck would be at all the local car shows. Before the repairs! Around here we find that there are panels we need that aren't available. Usually gone past bottom hinge, door striker, and floor to about where the seat track bolts in. Very nice work you did there
Really enjoy the videos. Not only entertaining but full of tips and tricks. I am not a panel beater, I am self taught on cars I do up and I'd be tackling the job differently and it makes my job easier and more professional looking. Thank you and keep the videos coming
Your videos are great. I'm so happy I found your channel. I'm restoring a 82 c10 and am going to attempt the sheet metal myself. You are a wealth of knowledge!
First of your content that I have seen and I really liked it. Quite informative and helpful. I need to replace a small section of floor, kick panel and inner rocker panel on my 1980 chevy k10. water apparently kept leaking in from previous owner upper drivers corner of the windshield and ran down and collected right at the base of the junction where those parts come together. Keep up the good work Fitzee!
Your work is truly inspiring. I was suffering from anxiety about the rust that is starting to affect the rocker panels in my third generation Toyota 4runner. After watching you I feel like I can make it like new again.
Hi Fitzee, Sir you are gold. Great instruction video all the way. No fancy tools and still achieved a great result. Thanks for sharing this know ledge.
You do fantastic work Fitzee. I've always loved tinkering with cars but never known how to fabricate.I'm off to the salvage yard to find an old rusty fender and practice what I've watched you do.
Big fan here - watched every video. I'm not happy that I've been doing panels and patches wrong for 50+years but I guess you're never too old to learn LOL. Rockers and cab corners going on my 94 Silverado ¾ ton soon and I know it's going to turn out better than the last ones I put on my previous truck.
I appreciate the time and craftsmanship you put into your repairs. When you're done all of your work looks like one piece instead of several pieces put together. And that's before fillers and paint. I started watching another video put out by someone else and to cover up his less than desirable welding, he mixed up a bunch of bondo to cover it up. I couldn't watch the rest of it. You might think this video was long, but I wanted to see more. Keep up the great work. :)
I thought for years when I did repair on door bottoms, rocker panels wheel wells and the like. Like you I always had to piece together all the compound angles and shapes that are pressed into them. I thought I was doing it wrong but I couldn't figure how else to accomplish it. Fitzee you are doing it that way and making it look like new. Thank you for showing that it is okay that way. Now all I need is a decent MIG welder. The torch takes too long.
