Projects burned 34 roadster

Rub some linseed oil on it and call it good !

 

The biggest problem is that it messes with the PH level of the metal... The key is to stabilize it...

 

I was thinking the same thing. Couple of grand worth of panels. That would take care of the worst areas, then all you have to work is the passenger side door and drivers side of the car.

 

you burn off the excess carbon with the oxygen from the torch .

one of my clients I hauled for had a fire in there warehouse that was 2 weeks ( the ajoining unit was a tire warehouse/recycler) they tried many ways to save the steel , they pickled it after annealing it and it was changed , when they tried to reroll it after the anneal it was real brittle , the fire removes some of the carbon and other ingredients in the alloys ( silicone , metals ( copper , magnese, aluminum ) , ect ) and cooks others , and then if it gets flash cooled it changes the structure of the metal completely and you know this happen many times . I spent a good 2 weeks hauling coils to the steel mill as scrap . they almost went out of business because of it too . even when they tried to galvanize it the zinc coat would peel off like paper . it acted like it was porcalinized . and for that they put in a hot tank of 12* hydrochloric acid followed by a sodium hydroxide rinse

 

More pics..the carb has melted, aswell has the tyres and all of the rubber. The tyres on it now was put on for the transportation .The grille was fortunately not in the fire.

 

Wow. That last pic really shows the worst of the damage. While I'm confident that myself and a bunch of other guys on here could straighten it up, I worry about the paint holding.


Maybe a case of Gibbs is in order? Paint's too damned expensive anyway.
I can't help but wonder how Tom medley's '40 was prepared....and how it will last.

 

Oh god! talk about nightmare when you see your garage in flames.

Great that youre saving the car and brings it back to life.
What about the chassis? Is it repro too?

 

So here's a dumb question, but doesn't the metal change when it's been hot? Won't be brittle from the heat now?

 

Yea she will be like new again.Just a bunch of body work needed. I remember the 32 Vicky that was rearended and burned real bad .(on national news on fire ) and on the HAMB. A hamb member bought from insurance co and totally rebuilt it into a beautiful yellow street rod. Good luck on the project.