Cartech Books, How To: Automotive Bodywork & Rust Repair
Part Number:BOK-CT-SA166
Cartech Books, How To: Automotive Bodywork & Rust Repair (PART #BOK-CT-SA166)
There comes a time when just about every car on the road will need some form of rust or body repair. Quite often, if the car is a daily driver for running errands, repairs are never made, and the car eventually ends up in junkyard heaven. For our beloved collector cars, hot rods, and muscle cars, dents, dings, and rust are not an option, and neither is the scrap heap. And for just about any restoration project, the bodywork is by far the most expensive part of the process.
In
Automotive Bodywork and Rust Repair
, veteran restorer Matt Joseph shows you the ins and out of tackling both simple and difficult rust and metalwork projects. This book teaches you how to select the proper tools for the job, common-sense approaches to the task ahead of you, preparing and cleaning sheet metal, section fabrications and repair patches, welding options such as gas and electric, forming, fitting and smoothing, cutting metal, final metal finishing including filling and sanding, the secrets of lead filling, making panels fit properly, and more. Also included is a comprehensive resource guide.
Whether you decide you want to tackle a full restoration project, or just want to save money by doing minor repairs yourself,
Automotive Bodywork and Rust Repair
is the book to get you through it.
TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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Acknowledgments Introduction
Chapter 1 |
What You Should Know Before You Start Panel Types, Configurations and Reinforcements Autobody Steel Plasticity and Elasticity Work Hardening: The Metal Remembers At the Factory and Afterward Necessary Tools and Equipment General Considerations
Chapter 2: Limits of Materials, Equipment and Skills Inherent Advantages Divide and Conquer
Chapter 3: Types of Jobs Damage Repair Small Rust Repairs Small Patch Piece Welding Methods
Chapter 4: Cleaning, Modeling and Cutting Preparing and Cleaning Sheetmetal Cutting Panel Materials Getting Shapes and Contours Right
Chapter 5: Forming, Fitting and Smoothing Simple Tools and Equipment Applying Plasticity/Elasticity, Work Hardening and Annealing Hammering Techniques that Work Bending, Beading and Prying Power Forming Pulling Approaches to Moving Metal Smoothing, Stretching, Shrinking and Forming Operations
Chapter 6: Bumping to Move the Metal the Right Way
Chapter 7: Metal Finishing Indicating, Feeling and Other Human Tools to Determine Panel Surfaces Filing Done Right The Art of Pick Hammering The Disc Sanding Alternative
Chapter 8: Welding Body Metal Types of Joints Welding Smaller Pieces into Large Constructions Fixturing Electric Welding
Chapter 9: Filling The Secrets of Lead Work The Project Applying Lead Filler Material Applying Plastic Fillers
Chapter 10: Special Projects and Procedures Fabricating a Splash Shield for a Ford Amphibian Making Panels and Trim Fit Quarter-Panel Replacement Door Re-Skinning Hanging Doors Mounting and Adjusting Trim
Chapter 11: Before You Paint The Danger from Behind
Chapter 12: Minor Rust Repair to a Fender Edge The Approach The First Step: Evaluation Removing the Bad Metal Planning and Modeling the Repair Cutting and Forming the Metal Patches Final Fitting Welding Considerations Cleaning, Positioning, Fixturing and Welding Grinding the Weld Beads and Shrinking the Bulged Area Final Steps before Filling Tinning Applying the Lead Filler Shaping the Lead and Finishing the Job
Chapter 13: Repairing Collision Damage in a Decklid The Approach The Early Steps Metal Finishing Filling
Chapter 14: Sources and Resources Local Sources Non-Local Sources Knowledge and Problem-Solving Resources
Appendix Soldering Data Colors of Steel at Different Temperatures |
SPECIFICATIONS |
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| Pages | 160 |
| Size | 8.5 X 11 (inches) |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Illustrations | 450 Color Photos |
| Publisher | CarTech |
| ISBN | 9781932494976 |
| Product Code | SA166 |
| ISBN | 9781932494976 |
| Product Code | SA166 |
