We ran into some issues applying the port hole windows 😝 

When you do the passenger side hole fills, try applying a coat hanger in the middle of the repair piece, feed the hanger through the hole from the inside so you can hold the piece from the outside while you apply the weld. No finger burns and your coat hanger is ready for the final fill. Rinse and repeat!

Cut a piece of coat hanger about 5>6" long. Tack it to the centre of the small metal cut. Pass the coathanger wire through the hole from inside to out and pull and hold the metal plate from the coat hanger stem. (Spinning plate on a stick)...🙂👍Good work though guys . Camera excellent...don't forget to let Fina in....😂👍👍

One idea would have been to weld a short piece of wire to the metal the stick it through the holes to weld them in. Sometimes you have to think outside the box.

Love it except for the rear window and the porthole seem too different in size. The rear window looks too small (short) for the size of the porthole. You and Jolene do a wonderful job and I hope to keep watching more of your craftsmanship each and every day. Thank you both for what you do.

Man the chicken finger brought back memories! I once worked at an offroad truggie building shop, dude had just welded up an endcap on a tubular rock slider and I was tasked with doing the other side. Boss man shows me "look it's a fingers gap away from the body make it the same on the other side" he was wearing a glove when he did this as he had just been welding. Me not taking notice and the metal no longer red hot I put my bare ass finger in there only to realize it was probably over 1000 degrees still, instant blister that covered my entire fingertip! Lessons learned that day....😆😆🔥🔥

Next time make a slot across the hole. Weld a wire to the little patch. Slip the patch through the slot, andcthen pull it tight to the inner side of the hole and slot weld it. Then just grind off the wire and fill up the hole as you always do.

Looking good dude! Love y’all’s videos. I’m a lifelong body man/painter. Make sure to keep some honey around for when u burn yourself you’d be amazed at how quick honey takes the burn pain away and helps it to heal . The quicker u get it on the better and red potatoes cut in half and over your eyes for welder’s flash. Thx again for your content really enjoy it.

Just watched your "perspective " video. Why are people such critical of someone else's work? I really respect your skill & ability to engineer on the fly. I have done a little restoration on a few cars but nowhere near what you do. Today's youngsters just do not have the interest in cars or even attempting to learn the skills necessary Keep what you enjoy, the videos are great for an 80 year old like me... And my hats off to Jolene not only here video skills but also here welding skills.....

Great job Chad if anyone ever cut stuff out like Chad just did you have to admire what he does as cutting that circle out with the 5 inch cut off wheel that precisely is amazing. If I cut it and I have done a little work on car's I wouldn't be with in a quarter of an inch either side of the line. Bravo Chad. Excellent video work by Jolene as usual 😊.

Hi chad an Jolene,,I love watching all you do,,but I sure hate to see you burn your fingers like that, there gonna be pretty sore for a while now,,I hope they heal up pretty fast,,the ports are looking great chad,,great job,,you guys enjoy yourselves on your ride today an don’t let that power house get away from you,,lol lol,, luv you guys,,hi to fina,,👍👍😀

Maybe when you fill the holes on the other side, you could try sticking your coat hanger all the way through to the inside, and weld your patch to that, and pull it from the outside to plug the hole. Then you can use the hanger to hold the patch while you weld it up. Just a thought to save your fingers. :)

I LOVE WATCHING YOU AND JOLENE WORK! CHAD, YOU AND JOLENE ARE SO INSPIRATIONAL! I BOUGHT A NEW LINCOLN MIG WELDER, I CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO WORK ON MY PROJECTS! I SAW YOU USING A PLASMA MACHINE THE OTHER DAY, SO I HAVE TO HAVE ONE. DARN I AM 83 BUT < I JUST CAN'T QUIT DOING THE STUFF I LIKE TO DO> BAD CHAD AND QUEEN JOLENE , IT IS ALL YOUR FAULT I CANNOT RETIRE, WITHOUT DOING ONE MORE PROJECT! I LOVE WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO THAT T BIRD! AWESOME, SUPER! THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE BEST TEACHERS ON RU-vid!

Good morning Jolene just a thought, I see on the Internet a full face protective mask. In maybe two or three colors. They show it being worn while doing drywall sanding and other uses. This might be good for you to where for protection while filming Chad grinding around the portholes etc. They should be easy to find on the net. I think the cost was around $12 to $15 dollars. Have a nice day . Tom at the NB-NS border.

Good points on the pitted chrome. I've seen a lot of people build a decent cat and skimp on so much such as proper screws bolts. I can see not affording chroming but they would also try to say its fine. I worked on the interior of a 51 Hudson rag top with the plaid interior. Guy a guy who restored the car got free storage in the shop for a couple years. He got his screws from his work which were completely wrong but they were cheap or free. He worked for the railway to so he was not starving. When time came to finally pay for the interior, he refused to pay for it. We started taking he interior out in retaliation and he finally paid. Stuff like this is why I got turned off from the car hobby. Then when you are willing to pay, the shops/mechanics.junkyards you go to see you coming and screw you over, had that happen to.

Oh, man! The porthole looks awesome perfect! I knew it would. What a great teacher you are, Chad! I've learned a lot watching you.

I have to admit.... I never heard of Bad Chad, found this channel accidentally a few months ago. I watched one episode and thought Chad was a disorganized bumbling goof. After watching several episodes including this present car, I can see now how wrong I was about Chad. This dude has it going on, maybe a bit unconventional (which I like) but his skill shines through, as he records in real time. . . on the fly. Rock on Chad, you the man.

What issues Chad - You always find a solution. Jolene is always amazing with the video.

Looked better with bigger back window and no portholes. Portholes look too big especially with the tiny back window. Just my opinion, know you like it. You have done a good job with the work and it's your car so you get to do whatever you want. glad you are deleting the pitted chrome, looks much better without it.

One thing that may have helped to plug the small holes would have been to take a small roll of the tape you have right there on the finder having the sticky side out. Put that on the end of a drill bit or something that would have fit through the hole on the back side. Stick the small piece of metal you were using to plug the hole on the end. Put it through from the inside line it up tack it in place the repeat for the rest of the holes and no burnt fingers.

Chad & Jolene hope you had a nice ride in the Vette today! Chad you gave new meaning to finger sandwiches today, a little dipping sauce and you are good to go! That looked like a painful sacrifice to make, could'nt you have welded the coat hanger or something to the back of the patches and held them in place while Jolene tacked them in? Either way nice work on the holes and the port hole and Jolene nice work on the video and the close ups of the issue with holding the patches. Chad when you mentioned the drinking and hitch hiking, when we were young in the summer in Michigan a friend and I used to just hitch hike around for something to do. I never got in trouble drinking and driving until in my late 20"s I moved from Illinois to Wisconsin where bars are really plentiful and I got charged with DUI more than once. They are misdemeanors in the US however Canada considers even one a felony so as much as I would have enjoyed attending the workshop that you had or even just visiting you and Canada as a felon I am not allowed in Canada so if they chose to check my driving record at the border I would be turned around and sent back. I think that is why you had people that ended up sending the kids instead of coming themselves as they had signed up to do!

To hold the little bits of metal in the tight holes, I would have used some kind of putty as a wedge to hold them in place from the inside, tac and then remove the putty. OR, maybe tac a line of coat hanger to the center of the small piece, push it through from the inside and then tac around the coat hanger using the coat hanger to pull it in place tight. Or of course everything would be easier with two people doing things, one in the car and one outside. Looks good though!

Bad Chad, just a thought so you do not fry your fingers on the passenger side… what if you made your small natal ‘backer’ pieces and then welded a length of coat hanger to each piece. Then slide the coat hanger welded to the piece from the inside of the car so the backer is inside and the coat hanger is outside for you to grab with a gloved hand so you can pull the backer tight without getting roasted as you weld. Just a thought from a nobody that does not like burned fingers because they hurt.

Have the chrome sandblasted and powder coat it chrome. It’s not as good as dipping, but it’s not bad

Hi Chad and Jolene , Zack from USA 🇺🇸 on this video, I can't help myself but to say if it's of eny help future reference on a similar hard-to-get area for welding I like to say , that if it's hard to hold the metal size of a dime or nickel if you weld a clothes hanger wire in the middle on that nickel-sized metal and put the wire through the whole that you're going to plug up... hold it on the other side to tack welded then break off the clothes hanger wire.....

Porthole looks too large to me but your work and talent are Awesome!

I understand the cost issue on the trim, but really unfortunate to loss that authentic jewelry.

For the hole plugs try sticking the welding wire to the plug then run out a few inches and cut it off. Then run it through the hole and hold in place from the outside. Everything is looking great. Really enjoy your work .

Chad, Ton of people enjoy watching you on a daily basis. I think most people care enough about your welfare that we would rather you take your time and find what you need to do a job without harming yourself even if it means we don't get to see everything you do live. We know you're a tough guy, but you need those fingers to make your living. Keep on rockin Bad Chad. You da man!

Looking great! Only thing I would say is although the port holes look good and are a good size if the back window was the full size of the opening the proportions would look better.

I agree the back window looks too small and the port holes look too big but anyone can do anything they want to do to their cars Thank you Brad and Jolene for posting the videos they're awesome

When I'm faced with the problem that Chad was with the finger burn . I take the welder and weld the wire to the patch part . Then I let out about 4 inches of wire then cut the wire and at that point feed the wire though the hole pulling the patch to the weld area . You can then use the wire to hold it in place while you tack the patch in place . Just how this old guy does it 😎✌️

Tack a piece of coat hanger to the center of the patch metal, poke the coat hanger through the hole from the inside and then use the coat hanger to pull the patch up tight for tacking then remove the coat hanger. I have done this MANY times before. and it saves the fingers.

Porthole looks great... Not too late to change that back window setup....

Can't wait to see Chad and Jolene take this car for a spin

Chad, monkey metal is another name that they always called Pot metal, which is a very cheap low melting point alloy. or brittle aluminum castings. It was a term used in the antique trade to describe spelter figurines, and other ornamental items.

A litle tip if you don't want to be fighting with those pieces of metal behind a hole: tack it with the welder to the welding wire, run the wire cut it and you will have a piece of wire on that plate to pull it through the hole, enabling to keep it in place and weld it 😊

On those little pieces of metal you should have tag welded a piece of coat hanger to the little piece of metal and then fed the coat hanger through hole from the back side and simply pulled metal to roof tight from the outside front. Then weld and melt coat hanger off. Rinse, wash and repeat for each one.

The port hole's are called "Opera Window's". Just wanted you guys to know. Nice work Chad. The T-Bird looks great !

Hi chad can you just spot welld on the little bit of metal and put it through the hole to hold onto the little bit of metal .when I say it sound better in my head wot I mean is thread it like a shoe lace throw a hole 🕳 put some welding wire on a little bit of metal and feed through the back of the roof if you know what I mean pal🤪👍👍💯 love your channel chad I hop this is OK 👍

I don't have a problem with it being a two part series for you to fill in some little holes. and not burn your finger don't blame it on us now lol

Had I bit of trouble but no doubt old Chad would get it..very determined...and with hard work..it pays off...Chad is the living breathing proof as is queen jolene...porthole looks great 👍..awesome..thanks to you both...cya tomorrow

Jolene, can you ask Chad to tighten up the thumb screws at the pivot point for his welding face shield - the helmet keeps falling down over his face. He keeps pushing it up. tighten up those little thumb screws on either side - it’s driving me nuts: watching him push it up and it Falls down, push it up it falls down. AArgh!

Hi Chad and Jolene good episode as usual. The Smoothed Nosed and Decked look is fine by me and this Bird is the right car for it! Those original Monkey Metal trim pieces though are kind of cool and I believe readily available. New or old stock would be easier and maybe cheaper than restoring the pitted ones.

An easy way to delete holes like that is to hold a piece of graphite or copper behind the hole and just mig weld them shut . The graphite or copper won't stick to the welds. I think you can buy a copper backup tool with a handle at Harbor freight . I bought one there years ago . copper

Good morn'in! Bad Chad and Queen Jolene on the camera!!! Whoa!! Dude!! Mmmm.... Chicken!! Anything for the shot!! It does hurt! But it plays narley on camera! First time commenting. Long time watcher! I'm on the Midnite Express! Just cruising bye! As always Like-Subscribe-Comment-Share !!! Peace out!!

Hey Guys shout out to fellow Canadian you tubber half assed customs. We are all in mourning for his total loss fire to shop and tools. And a link to send that good guy money. Thanks

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, for fixing the rear window. The1st one looked way to short and out of proportion to the rear panel. You would not have been able to see out the rear window with the inside rear mirror. Raising the window height makes it look much better. This is one body style option Ford should have made back in 1958!

hey if you zapped a piece of coat hanger on to the metal chunk you could feed the coat hanger threw the hole from the back and pull it toward you to hold the metal tight against the hole while you weld it and then just buzz it off with the grinder when you flush it off.

Chad: When you want to weld in a trim hole and there is a bigger hole behind for a socket access to the nut that holds the trim, cut a piece of metal that will fit thru the rear access hole and tack a piece of welding rod or coat hanger wire to the piece and feed it thru. You can pull out the wire and hold it while you weld the hole. Much easier and it prevents dropping the backing piece and burning your fingers. Speak from experience.

Gotta comment on this one it’s driving me mad watching filling this holes. A domed head gutter bolt pushed through the hole from the back. Tack weld and grind job done 😊

Hi Chad could please you give a shout to Brent @Halfass Kustoms (Manitoba ) his shop went up in a fire and lost quite a bit he's an old skool rodder like yourself respect to ya thank you 😁👍🇬🇧

I live the port hole windows. & the roof move. I personally haven't fell in love with the rear window shape. I can't criticize it because it's not my project or can I come up with anything better. Nice work and great camera work Jolene.

Looks better and better each day bro. Have you thought of this spray chrome everyone is using these days from the pitted trim etc? Just a thought. Costs far less then a chrome shop and if done right comes out pretty good.

Great video!! I’m not even a car guy at all and watch your videos everyday!! I think your builds are badass, very informational, and love the outcomes of each ride! Keep grinding. If you see this post, please reply. That’d be even cooler!!! Now, let Jolene go rip around in the vette!

You could tack a coat hanger to the center of the patch and put the coat hanger through the hole then you could hold it in place an weld it from the out side

you should hsve stuck the welder wire to the litte peace of metel and the you could hold it from the out while you weld it without burning ya fingers...jusr saying,peace

You're the Michelangelo of the Zipcut! Your freehand cutting of those circles was masterful.😃

Port holes are really big.

The bird is coming along nicely. I like your attitude of why buy when you can build. I was hoping you would use real port holes from a boat!! I can remember the hot rodders of the fifties and sixties stripped most of the chrome off their cars. The big three were creating huge piles of chrome in those days, and then bolting a car to it. Your story about being a professional hitch hiker brings to mind the summer I spent hitching & walking for the same reason. As they say "every saint has a past - every sinner has a future". I'm glad you worked your way past those holes, too bad you scorched your thumb and finger. Hope you enjoyed the day off getting chauffeured in the vette. Nice car but I like the oil truck better!

Chewing gum. Get some chewing gum wet and put it on the end of a stick to hold the metal piece to the inner body while you weld it. Burn the gum, not your finger. Then pull it off when you have welded the piece and move on to the next one. This also makes it easier to hold the piece when you use a stick long enough to reach into the car.

Chad, in the first few minutes, you were talking about, and showing us, the pitted emblems and trim pieces. And then you started talking about how much a person could possibly sell the finished car for. And that confused me a little, because I had thought that you intend to keep the car. Not resell it. But it also brought...to my mind at least... that many people who would be building their own hot rod, or mildly "customizing" their own car like this...They aren't doing it with the intention of "What can I eventually sell the car for?". Instead, they are building their car with the intention of keeping it for their own enjoyment. And yes, some would leave the pitted trim off. Others would pay to have it re-done. And yet others would either search swap meets looking for better pieces. Or buy "re-pop" pieces if a company sells them. Same with the door handles that you showed us. Surely you plan to do something with them?🤷‍♂️🤔

He should weld a little piece of coat hanger to the plug, stick it through the hole and use the coat hanger to hold it in place from the outside until he gets it tacked.

Sorry Chad that you burned the tip of your finger. I think I would have welded the small pieces of metal to the end of a coat hanger and pulled the wire through the holes from the back with the metal pieces on the end then welded them. Easy to say when your not the one doing it. Your very good at your job.

Nice metal working man! Nice camera working woman! I like the porthole windows added. I think the back window is too short on the top side now though. Really like watching you do this one!

You can fix the back window, by cutting it bigger at the top, bringing it up to within about an inch from the top. That area is where it seems to look really off. Just make it taller, then the back would look so much better and it would work better with the portholes.

Maybe should of tack a peace of coat hanger to the center of it and stick hanger through the hole and hold from outside and tack it then cut hanger loose, might save on chicken fingers 😊

Thanks Chad and Jolene looking good and running into problems is just part of the fun.. cause once you figure it out it makes what you are doing so much more rewarding :)

What seems to be the simplest tasks can be the hardest.I once tried to fill holes on my friends police car that he bought at auction. I uses the knockout plugs from electrical boxes. I used a file to open up the holes just enough to inserted the knockout plugs in place brazed them because I didnt have a mig welder.

If it smells like chicken it's Chad's burnt fingers. Chad & Jolene you two are doing a great job on the car . Have fun with your sporty ride.

Some say the porthole is too big, for me it looks good. 😎👍 But if I burn a finger, 🔥 I stop everything and immediately go put my finger under the cold water tap, or take ice from the freezer, to stop the burn (and ease the pain). In case you can also pause the video for 5 min 😉

You know you can restore that smaller chrome yourself. You can sand and reolate it there in the shop with a battery charger and the right chemicals that you can make yourself. To learn go on RU-vid and you can find all sorts of sites on the subject.

You can weld a wire on the middle and then pull the wire to hold it in place while you weld.

To hold the little pieces, welder ground to patch, tak welder wire to piece lightly, take off ground, run out 4 inches or so of the wire with piece tacked on, cut off and instant handle you can break off easily!

Chad is a master at engineering on the fly!

I want it to be up to BAD CHAD'S STYLE ! This is why I'm watching ! Thumbs-up Jolene and Chad I'm all in on this build !

Brad just something a lot of Aussie's are doing with pitted chrome is rub it back and apply black/smoke chrome paint just a thought . After all your more of a car builder than I will ever be 😊

WE GET IT CHAD IT IS YOUR PRODUCT BUT YOU ARE NOT RESTORING A CAR YOU ARE CUSTOMIZING A CAR IF YOU RESTORE THE CAR YOU WOULD REPLACE EVERYTHING THAT GOES TO THE CAR i STILL LOVE YOUR WORK AND THE AWESONE JOLENE

I believe if I'm not mistaken thay have made a,,beautiful yellow,, Thunderbird, rare model,, not many of them made,, take me to lake and throw away,, good luck good job.. looking very nice 👍

I see a theme in the cover pic of your video…. The round portholes mimic the round of the steering wheel to the round of the tires….. make the back window two round windows…. Tried to share the screen shot of what I mean but not sure how to upload a photo in the comments. Just a crazy idea.

Windows are just a little too big and why remove the chrome strip on the bottom of the roof?

Last time I had to weld a hole in a hole like that I super glued a stick to my patch as a handle, welded it and then popped the stick off. Felt like a genius for lil bit.

Chad weld a coat hanger to the back of the patch for those small holes you wont burn your fingers.👍

Chad i have welded a piece of wire on the centre and poked it thorough the hole it takes a bit lo ger but it works for me keep comming with the content

Attach a short piece of wire to front of patch piece, feed wire through from the back , hold in place by the wire while you tack it, much easier on the finger tips

Try welding a short piece of wire to the center of the patch so you can pull the patch from the outside.

When you cut those little stripes and bang them straight add a little piece of wire in the middle and you can hold it and then weld it

could you weld a peice of coathanger to the plug and then stick the coathange through the hole and pull on it and weld it all form the outside??

if you tack a small piece of wire in the center of the backing metal you can use the wire to hold the backing in place

Master builder bad Chad you should collaborate with a high school shop class and teach your skills as you build / love watching cause seems you just build from your visions on the fly / epic ! Thank you and queen for your build videos!

Ports Holes look awesome...You could put some Bad Chad flexible chrome around the bottom edge to emulate the removable convertible top...Oh Yeah!

This is another day with great content , thk you Chad and Jolene you move forward everyday having fun .

Tac to the squares back side and with the wire still attached let out wire feed two inches cut it off and then hold the the wire to hold it each hole. No more chicken!!! your welcome!

Make a tringle to fit the hole and push the point through the hole and tack the point and then weld in the rest of the hole. Wouldn't that work? Or make the back piece bigger and hold it in place beside the hole with the magnet.

Before Chad showed the round porthole idea, I was thinking I would’ve gone custom, with a modified trapezoidal shape with rounded corners for the portholes. It’s obviously not a 56 or 57 and the second gen is funkadelic, so really make it one of a kind. JS

To fill the holes left by the trim piece what about welding the coat hanger on the backside of small fill piece to put it into position for welding?

Hi Chad and jolene. if you hold a aluminum plate 1/4 inch plate or bar behind , you can weld directly to it and it will stick a little but wont weld , it will make filling the gaps much easier for you

Those little windows are seriously going to help more the you would think and are stylish, too. 😊

Those holes you filled with the little square coins, all you had to do it drill holes in the center of each, pull a tiny wire through to hold it while your welding them in place. WAY to much effort was spent on that particular portion.

Suggest you get youself two small not too expesive tools: a small anthena type magnet and a stick type battery grinder. Hopefully will help you look better and avoid painful burns. Take care.

Looks like a porthole on a Ship! Well it would be considered a Land Yacht as they are big automobiles!