Hudson Metal Fab

This old fart was in good age for it's condition, or it good
condition for it's age? Every patch had to be hand fabricated
as patch panels don't exist for this beast.

I decided to flange the battery tray to give it more strength
and i wanted to keep the factory curve of the edge.

Looks like someone wasn't too sure of themselves before
the cut. Hey wait, that someone is me!

My first thoughts were... "how and the hell am I gonna fix that!?!?"

These floors were a breeze luckily but the time saved here made
up for a loss of time on some of the harder stuff. In the end it
all works out and the customer gets an affordable yet quality
rust repair...at Lugo's Parts and Restoration...of course!

These were a pain to fab and line up for welding but overall
they turned out decent.

My plan for this was to knock it out in two pieces due
to limitations with compound curves and the metal working
tools we have, which consists of hammers, sand bags, a vise,
and an imagination.

There's also a few patches on the decklid lip. A lot of work
for such a small panel.

I didn't take the best approach to this and in hindsight
I should have waited til I made my tuck shrinking tool
to form the patch where the compound curve is. Still
a solid open butt weld...ok I lied, The patch is flanged on
one side but tucks into the rail

This little snot is trying to stop the flow of things!

Atta boy!

Even had to fab up that stupid little brace!

Another area where I wish I had my tuck shrinker,
yet it turned out just fine.

Time for bodywork! Loosen up those shoulders!

This roof required a lot of metal work which included, using
plastic hammers and sandbags, planishing, shrinking, and
waging a battle for the right flex. Getting the flex now will
not only give the arch more rigidity, it will also be making it
easier to block and that's a huuuuge roof!

TO BE CONTINUED...