old style bodywork

[John ED Renstrom]

been taking the 58 apart. a lot of rust and broke bolts later we have the nose exposed. discovered that some one has fixed the left fender before. they did it some time ago as they used lead. not a bad job and it held up will. I was not impressed with the get the molding back on trick he did. but then I'm sure he was hoping not to have to take it off again himself either. looks like he did not have any small molding clips and used a large pan head screw. the screw would slide in to the molding and you then could get the nut tight to hold it one. getting it off was a pit harder. but off it came. now to hope for no more like it.

 

[James Fischer]

Ed,
We have a shop here called "Classic Body"...they have a old skool body man..that still works with lead.......he charges $90.00 per hr ...he is independant of the shop (although he does work IN it)...and they say there currently is a 45-60 day wait for any work done by Elmer !!
All the old skool lowriders use him and they even come up from LA area...
He does beautiful work though.....
He says he would like to teach the art to someone,however the "young" kids today dont have any patience and want to do everything FAST and NOW......its really a shame he says since a guy could make a good living at it.......

 

[John ED Renstrom]

not all that hard to do either with the tools. finding decent lead is getting to be a challenge. the last one I leaded was a GTO back in the 80's. any one thinks it a answer i'll show you places on this 68 that will leave you wondering.
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