[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] You guys are basically telling me to bite the bullet and weld up the holes..... but what happens if I don't like it [/ QUOTE ] Not to be harsh dude, but shit or get off the pot. If you've really got to try it out first, put black electrical tape over the holes and step back ten feet. Ed [/ QUOTE ] Easy for you to say...
here is the easy way out . do the car like you have in the first picture and leave the holes . then later when you put all the junk back on it , no problem .
a few weeks ago there was a post about a kit that someone on the HAMB is selling through his business that will allow you to fill holes cheaply without a welder. It involved some metal putty/adhesive. My memory is apparently going because I can't remember the details. That is one option. Would it be possible to braze weld the holes shut with a little propane torch ($3)? That's a cheap alternative and you'd have a lower risk of warping the metal since you're a novice... IF that would work. Anyone. The flamed car looks much better IMHO, but it's your car. You're not sure what the car would look like? That's what Photoshop is for!!
It was probably that kit someone's selling to shave your door handles. I don't remember who sells it though. I really can't imagine why you have such a hard on for the original trim when there are thousands of 56 chevy's and they ALL pretty much look the same. Step up, be a man and forget that side trim. I guaruntee you'll get more money out of that car if you sell it like my photoshop then as another stocker 56 four door. But if that still isn't enough, then just take some drywall mesh and cut out squares for behind the holes and mud it up. Like someone else said, it will last longer because you will have something to "grip" to. Rattle can the thing blue. Hell if you want, once that is done, drive to Chicago and the Czars (me at least) will lay out your flames and we can rattle can that too.
[ QUOTE ] I guaruntee you'll get more money out of that car if you sell it like my photoshop then as another stocker 56 four door. [/ QUOTE ] That car went for $29K on ebay. Thanks for the layout offer. Right now I am in the planning stage. I have another problem on my plate concerning the tranny, which will have to be tackled before the paint job.
I have an idea. Why don't you just do what you want to do since you obviously don't value anyone's opinion on here.Either weld up the holes or put the trim on . Pretty fucking simple.
I was reading Barris Custom Techniques of the 50's vol.1 and it shows sam barris filling the holes on the top of a 50 Ford hood with pop-rivets and lots of lead, that method apeals to me but, the holes on the top of a 50 ford hood are recsessed so I guess you can't do that, but this bit of kustom history has made you a smarter person.
No worries. Sometime this summer. Gives you time to get the tranny fixed, get the body ready, get it blue and get it up here. A 4 door sold on ebay for $29,000? That's stupid.
You could throw some duct tape across the back and skim it with bondo... Seen it done before, normally shows through the paint all the little dots if its gloss... but if ya want your lower photo chop all ya have to do is sand it off
[ QUOTE ] I have an idea. Why don't you just do what you want to do since you obviously don't value anyone's opinion on here.Either weld up the holes or put the trim on . Pretty fucking simple. [/ QUOTE ] You know what bugs me? All I asked a simple question and I wanted a simple answer. Thanks to the few that just answered my quesion. Yet I get lame comments like the one above. I don't feel I have to explain myself. Yes I like the flames, BUT after it's done and in a few years I might want to change it. I'm trying to leave an option open for me. If in a few years if I still like the flames and they need redone, by all means, I'll make one hell of a custom. Is this wrong???
You've asked this question before. Don't do it half assed . Figure out what you want and do it.There are no easy ways of doing things, There is a right way and a wrong way.Period.Make friends with someone who knows how to weld or leave the holes in the body for right now. Just make up your mind and get to work.
[ QUOTE ] Is this wrong??? [/ QUOTE ] yes There are a lot of guys here that have chopped and hacked the shit out of cars (chops, channels, basically non-reversable stuff) in pursuit of a dream at great cost( time if not money). So to those of us who build cars the best we can, drive them for years, then tear them apart and do it again. . . this endless search for short cuts can be sort of offensive. Some of us take this stuff seriously- and some day you may find that it's much more fun that way.
[ QUOTE ] I have an idea. Why don't you just do what you want to do since you obviously don't value anyone's opinion on here.Either weld up the holes or put the trim on . Pretty fucking simple. [/ QUOTE ] Dude, he wasnt trying to be a dickhead, hes right, figure what you want and do it, theres no sense in doing something and have it come out like shit. Good quality work takes time. Its alot easier to do something once, then change your mind half way thru and have to do it all over again! Just my 2 cents. nate
I just think the whole idea of " what if I don't like it " is silly . what if you don't ? change it back . . . what if you do ? you are stoked . what if you heard about someone falling and dying in a shower , are you going to stop taking showers ? I mean think about what you want to drive around in , and do it . if you change your mind , then change the car . Its just a car , and for what it's worth its a tri-5 chevy 4 door . . . aren't there about 9 million of those out there ? do you want a neat mild custom , or a 70's looking street racer ?
You could always weld them, or have them welded. If you change your mind there is this really cool tool for making holes... I think it's called a drill.
Where can I get this tool called a drill you speak off? Stick a screw in the whole n just tack it. You won't warp a thing.
If you chamfer the holes a little bit you can lead them up and you can do lead with a propane torch. I would recommend having someone that is proficient with lead do it so it doesn't warped beyond repair. Then if you don't like it you just melt the lead out. Someone also mentioned using solder and a soldering iron that will also work and the chance of warpage is even less. I would say lead is about the best semi-permanent solution
I'd second what Brxter said. Best way to fill holes, and easily "unfill" them. Anyone know if you can still get lead plugs? They are small pieces of steel with lead already on them, made just for filling holes. I don't remember who made them.
OK, here it is- Take off panel, Clean up area around hole, sand it back to shiny bare metal both sides, Tap the hole in a bit so the hole is a little lower than the rest of the panel, Use some soldering flux on both sides, Get a HOT soldering iron and tint both sides (those small gas ones work good), Get a silver coin and get some one to hold it up behind the hole- use a wooden hammer handle * dont use a copper coin the solder will take to it*. Get it hot and fill the hole with solder, dont move the coin until the soler is hard again, Clean both sides to get rid of any soldering flux, Paint the back of the panel with Gal. Paint or some thing that will seal it, Then fill and smooth the area, prep and paint. Do ONE panel at time, get the whole panel beast you can and give it a coat of paint, then move on to the next panel.
[ QUOTE ] You could always weld them, or have them welded. If you change your mind there is this really cool tool for making holes... I think it's called a drill. [/ QUOTE ] Well put. Close the holes by welding them, or having them welded. Drill them back out again if you miss them. It's not complicated, and doing it any other way is either more complicated, or is asking for trouble.
[ QUOTE ] Its just a car , and for what it's worth its a tri-5 chevy 4 door . . . aren't there about 9 million of those out there ? [/ QUOTE ] hehehe... Those numbers are almost up there with 32 fords, roadster pickups, or 2 door mercs... just ain't seein' em I guess...
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