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I had a great time in my garage this past weekend! Saturday I worked on the new corner a bit more, making it fit: Time to rip out the old corner! But there was a hidden weld that I could not get to: There seems to be a large part you don't get to see, I decided to just cut it off and...

Glad to be of help. Us car guys have to help eachother keeping our awesome rides going right? Great photo, beautiful oldie you got there! Glad I can help with making it look even better 😁

Got them both, putting some pics here for others who may like to see them. I'll PM you to discuss getting them to you :) If these are indeed aftermarket caps for a model A they may even be close to 100 years old maybe? Just imagine the travels these caps have made. How did they get in The...

Someone called? :) The site is not technically sketchy, it's secure enough, but there are always dumb folks willing to pay upfront and then not receiving anything. I have been a seller and buyer on there for probably 20+ years. I'd never pay upfront. If something is worth it I'll drive there...

Haha, I have plenty work of my own thank you! ;-)

Alright, time to dig in! I'm gonna tackle the worst spot first, the rotted out driver's side bottom: Doesn't that just look great? Before anything I took loads of pics and also some measurements: Then I made a template out of cardboard. Funnily enough it matches the other corner like...

Here's some bonus material ;-) So although initially the shrinker worked OK, my second attempt was more difficult with the jaws sliding over the metal after a few shrinking operations. I figured that I needed to find a way to make the jaws grip better and I managed to get more grip by simply...

Success! After brushing the jaws my el-cheapo shrinker actually works! Very pleased now :-)

I have only worked on the surfaces where the jaws slide along the anvils. The surfaces that should grab the sheet metal are untouched.

Nah, bought in the Netherlands but this type is sold world wide under lots of different brands. I have to wire brush the jaws, that is one thing I have not tried… I’m working with 1-1.5 mm sheet metal

I have tried 1/4 to 1/2"" and neither worked. The jaws just slip over the metal....

Hi folks! A while ago I bout a shrinker and stretcher, the cheap ones that many, many others have bought as well. They often don't really work but there are people putting up videos about fixing them. This is what they look like: So I set out to fix my shrinker first. The most obvious fix...

I’d say yes. Many of our cars get leaks there.

One guy asked me the same once, and my car is a coupe!

So today I'd like to talk to you about the inner lips and the outer lips. Together, they make up the edge that the rear window leans against :cool: Respectively they are the edges of the inner and outer body of the car, spot welded together. At least 80% of the outer edge is totally wasted, I...

BIG job done! Last weekend I finally managed to finish patching all the crap left behind on the edge of the vinyl roof. A very long time ago I started cutting away rust holes and replacing them with fresh metal. It doesn't look like on Discovery channel but it will do the job and in the end it...

OK, thank you, but please discuss the beautiful city I live in in a seperate thread so this one stays on topic, which is my garage :cool:

The only brewery I know is Heineken in Amsterdam. For historic sights I'd also go to Amsterdam or Utrecht coz most of Rotterdam's historic sights were destroyed during WWII. The best pub in Amsterdam is Mulligans, an Irish bar.

It can be removed to hoist heavy stuff like an engine. To clarify. Entering the garage downstairs, you gotta walk to the back to use the stairs to go up: The first floor I made looked like this (facing from rear to front - here you clearly see the grate which can be removed): The...

Thanks! The Hague is a nice city, it's next to a little seaside village called Scheveningen which has a nice little boulevard. Depending on the transportation at your disposal you can travel outside the city and visit other big cities like Amsterdam (has real good museums if you're into those)...