1930 Ford Sheetmetal Restoration by Flop

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thanks alot guys!!

heres some more pics to give you some tips .i found with model a patch panels they are easier to make myself then mess around with the pure garbage that is out there for these cars.

some work i am doing on a 30 roadster

heres the start! dug inot the driver side cowl today 

found a mix of cement and some red oxide filler of sorts

cut out the mess and found a solid area to work with 

welded up the inner piece and seam sealed it up 

i made the body line on the harbor freight bead roller with the step die and some work to give it crown . way easier to make your own in my opinion then mess with patch panels 

finished up 

this crack is really throwing the alignment of the door off on the bottom. its on the top rail you could say on the quarter panel

crack open 

craack closed.makes the door fit waaaay tighter to the body 

ground a bunch more useless red oxide out of the door now its loking like a nice solid start!

figured out why the door was hangin out at the bottom

all welded up

some filler. but i would much rather have some well used filler then rust 

half finished ...the rest of the filler.

gonna have to pull the door to get around the hinges and pull the lock assembly to get around the handle hole

the next mess