Watching this makes my head spin, taking a flat sheet of metal and turning it into a quarter panel is mind boggling. Oh to have such talent. Fantastic job. Thanks
I remember some years ago you were on an automotive panel show on channel 31. I was mesmerized by your skill of crafting a flat piece of metal into something magic.
Absolutely fabulous work . An artisan . I've repaired and restored cars for 51years and l genuinely think l'm top drawer but your work is on another level . This clip is pretty old so l do hope you're still beating and wheeling . Fantastic . Thanks for sharing .
This inspires me to get cracking with my own home projects. I have a english wheel and I need to learn how to use it properly, that why I just bought your DVD's, and look at your stuff on MetalMeet. Metalmeet is such a great sight to find guys like you with talent and that are willing to share and teach. Thanks heaps! - John
How is that humanly possible? Here I sit mighty proud of the jackmounts and portions of the floor I fabbed for my ford Taunus, and then I see this. Just incredible. You guys should have some sort of award.
one of few men out of 7 billion to be able to produce from scratch with just tools and a sharp eye a near metal press fit(the machine that produces the body panel) of a full panel. if anyone comes across a car worked on by this man, just know its worth every fucking penny cos of the work he and his team does to it.
thanks for sharing this short insight into an artisan & his craft. You make the job look easy. So glad there are people still around who have the skills you do.
THAT is AMAZING!! Well done absolutely fabulous. I'm a painter not a beater but I did know a lovely chap here in Adelaide that "hand fabricates & forms" panels for anything. He does hot rods but mostly he did old Jaguars. I used to enjoy watching him but this Peter was awesome to see. I envy your abilities. Thank you for sharing All the best.
Peter teaches classes both in Australia and he periodically comes to the US. Check Allmetalshaping and you can find out when he is holding classes. He also has DVD's where he makes the same quarter panel and breaks everything down. Really was a "gamechanger" for me. Plus he's a really nice guy.
this is awsome,i used to work in south melbourne in the 80s next to r a mcdermot rolls royce,in the good weather the old coach builders would open the back roller door and you could see them hand fabing panels for the restos, awsome to watch old school skills that are slowly dissapering, p/s i hope that son of yours is doing well,he started at mick malones after i left, i hope he is looking after the xc,noticed it in the background of this vid,cheers geoff howard
Thanks for the video. I have watched this, probably 20 times. I wish you did a full length video. It is way outside of my skill set but very entertaining to watch. I wish that one day I am half as good as you.
Holy crap!!! Most people would have to have made that in multiple separate panels. Peter probably doesn’t even know how to weld because he never had to!!!!
I can weld, but in this case because of the nature of the panel it would be difficult to find a good place to join the panels together, mainly because of the big return on the wheel arch. Welding a panel like that would be a lot of work to line up, weld,and clean up , more so than make the panel in one piece
i like when you get the first look at the quater pannel siting on the car and you can just see the surface rust on it from all the blood sweat and tears 👊👊👊
Do you have any idea of how this fender was formed? He says that he shrunk the perimeter, and stretched the center. Why do the area around the wheel arch look stretched?..www.pro-touring.com/threads/111638-Auto-Rod-Tech-s-metal-shaping-and-fabrication-thread
I did not shrink the perimeter (there is no need) just stretched the whole sheet and then gone on to the wheel arch and all the other details on the quarter
You are more than an artisan, you are an artist. I truly hope you are passing on your knowledge and skills to the younger generation. Anyone able to learn from you would be privileged. We'll done!
It is always jaw dropping to watch a master artisan at work. Look at the sheet metal and know exactly where to hit the hammer and each hammer strike exactly precise. Sure could probably have bought a repro but you'd spend hours making it fit. Sad that such skills are slowly being lost. Great video Peter only less annoying music on the next one, in fact what about just the natural sounds of the workshop.
Thank you for the kind words,.... also like to add that here in OZ a full repro panel for that model is not available, so the only choice is to make one.
Hi Peter Did you manually introduce some crown in the panel before you began wheeling? just to keep such a large panel from flopping around in the wheeling machine
Great vids pete I don't think we ever met ,but I did do my time under tom at Batman (77-81)..and this is great for refreshing the skill...I have been trying to get blocking out hammers on the net with no luck ..any idea where I can source them? Cheers John Beale
Hi rivermetal we wheel some shape with the wheel first... and yes the panel was a bit flopy at first but we manage to contain it by holding it, when it start to take some shape it was OK the all the other shapes where done by hand Peter
