Neat coupe; There's maybe some trick way I just don't know about? I've always bucked and hammer tham as near flat as I can,then welded them up and dress clean after,spot puddy always seemed to do the rest of the smoothy
Don't leave the bullet holes in the car, maybe if you put some plastic rats on the hood when you were at shows and painted it flat black with red wheels it would be ok but for a tradional car, fix the holes.
Wish I'd had a camera back then, but once I was helping do some work to a buddy's car- a mid-70's Camaro. There was a crack in the paint in front of the rear wheelwell, that clearly showed a layer of bondo. Since he was planning to strip and repaint the car anyway, out of curiosity we buzzed the bondo away with a wire wheel. It turned out to be a bullet hole that somebody had "patched" by soldering a penny over the "crater", then covered with a skim coat of filler. He left it there, far as I know. Doc.
Them bullet holes are the least of your body working problems! squaring up the whole body and making the doors fit and redoing the roof are going to be way worse than the holes.
Just be sure to give your sheetmetal time to cool down when you're welding up the holes out in the middle of those panels...it'll warp pretty easy. Great looking bodystyle though, keep us updated.
I heard you can buy these little round stickers. You put them on a bullet hole and it looks just like smooth sheet metal...or is it the other way around?
Careful! Bullets really stretch the metal. You'll have to do a **** load of metalwork if you hammer and dolly them, even if they're a .22. I don't think there's a shortcut, jst take the time and do it right. If they're close together or really big, like a shotgun slug, patch them. I have fixed one--in a mini-van side, made by a 9mm, by a policeman that was not minding gnu handling rule #1. Good luck!
Hey, did you just buy that car from Walt? Not to be critical but I agree with some of the others, if you have questains on filling bullet holes can you handle the tougher stuff? Might want to swing by our HAMB & eggs sometime, several pro builders always there willing to dish out free advice!
As an unarmed Canadian who travels to car shows in the USA from time to time, I would definitely hide the bullet holes. I want any peace officer who sees fit to pull me over - even if just to ask about the car - to be as calm and relaxed as possible. My hands will be in plain view on the steering wheel and I will smile and remember my manners. There is no gun rack in my dream truck. -Chris
I read an article where a guy with a ton of bullet holes to fill found a local shop that had an operation that punched out round plugs of sheet metal, which he could buy for s****. Saved him a ton of time on the 100+ bullet holes in his desert find Model A.
Bullet holes? Easy...................................... Danger, Area clear, what happened dig's?... Response, 'What happened dig's?' Carryout immediate action........... Apply direct pressure with field dressing to bullet wound........................................ Doc.
i agree with 51leadsled. after the shooting has stopped bullet holes aren't too bad to fix. most times the metal is still all or mostly all there just punched through. hammer and dolly carefully to get the torn pieces back to the surface from the back and weld up. go slow and let things cool. the-rodster suggested skinning the bottom of that door and i agree. there seem to be too many and the door would probably be too stretched and out of shape by the time you got done anyway. good luck.
Make sure you hammer & dolly level and then braze them in. Had a 31 tudor body that had over a hundred of them in it. I used all of my mom's wire coat hangers. It turned out pretty good.
I repaired some Bullet Holes on this Thread. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=195622
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