I Accidentally Destroyed This Rare Classic Truck Fender! Don't Make This Mistake!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มิ.ย. 2022
- In this video I'll attempt to rough out the damage on the 1953 Chevy Truck rear fender. This fender is garbage, so I'm just trying to make it into something that would be presentable on a beater.
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At 70 years old, I know my opinion don't mean much but if you were my son, I'd sure be bragging about your talents all around town. And I do mean that. There are not many out there who possess the talent and the ambition you display. That is an excellent repair.
Your opinion is worth as much as everyone else's, and yes he's a talented hardworking young Man, very rare indeed.
Hi Ed! Thanks for the kind words! I appreciate you watching.
He's on TH-cam so no one will ever know he wasn't your son. Brag away 🤣🤣
Same here!
Yeah, he's really hard-working and talented.
Still amazed how you can rescue something that damaged and make it look so good. 👍🏴
Thanks! It's really not as hard as I make it look
Love my heritage FOREVER SCOTLAND. Much love from michigan.
Hell yeah... I'd run it. She's got 100% character now. Great job. Keep On Keeping On Brother!!!
Be patient it will come out been doing it for 55yrs
A mangled metal menagerie posing as a fender and you brought it back from way beyond the brink to a decent serviceable unit. Very impressive, sir.
That's a good way of putting it haha. Thanks!
"Bodywork is painful, tedious repetition" Most of us guys are married so that doesn't bother us. I wouldn't be ashamed to drive that fender into town at all.. nice job!
"Most of us guys are married so that doesn't bother us"
Oooooo dangerous but true!
@@Joe.Doucette Ha!
It would look pretty sharp strapped onto the back of your T...be the talk of the town for sure. Sorry to hear about the marriage thing.
@@CarterAutoRestyling Ha!
Where did you get your ability to work this magic? Seriously, you are extremely talented. Do you have a video that tells your story? I think all of us would love to hear it! Much respect sir. Thank you for the great videos.
My story is I can't afford a decent vehicle so I had to learn to fix junk haha. Kind of a trial by fire. Thanks for watching!
His jacket tells the story...
I really enjoyed seeing you bring that mangled fender back into shape. You get a lot done with skilled patience and labor. You're doing your part to preserve these classic cars and trucks. Thank you. 👍😎
I'm trying at least! Thanks for watching!
Your patience and humility are inspiring. Anyone who has tried to do body work knows how hard it is to learn and to master the "feel" of the metal. You give those of us who are trying to learn the art, a glimmer of hope. My 41 Ford half ton salutes you and thanks you for your genius.
Unreal, Kyle! That fender was quite a challenge. You keep demonstrating that in the world of of old cars, anything is possible. Awesome.
Thanks and yup, with enough time, stubbornness and money anything is possible
I enjoy watching the repair and seeing the panels go from trashed to saved. I don't mind it being videod in fast time,keeps things moving. Great work and content
Thanks Michael! I'm glad you enjoy the videos!
Lots of patients and kindness to stay with it. That’s the makings of a Craftsmanship.
Holy crapola, that fender was hideous. It was an educating stuff again, thanks for posting this video!
I think you are underrating your work. At this point the most showpeople finish it with bondo, some paint and call it as a showpiece.
Thanks! Bondo has saved a lot of panels like this one over the years
It is not boring at all to those who respect the talent you have. You are a metal whisperer. That was an amazing job bringing that old metal back into shape.
I wouldn't call any of that a waste of time, I'd shoot some bedliner inside and run that fender just like it is, I think you did a great job with it, not all of us are looking for that Foose finish on everything we have and a truck like that can get just as much attention, keep up the great work Kyle and thanks for the tips 😉
Thanks Jeff! People like me can't have nice things, beaters are way more fun!
@@CarterAutoRestyling I've tried having nice things but you come out of the store and someone has messed up your stuff, now I drive crap people want to park away from
Goose isn’t that great when not on camera
Foose
Watching you work teaches me that first you have to learn where the metal will go when you use a hammer and/or dolly on it. It also teaches me that unless you get the metal where it belongs simply forcing it to where you can weld it together and filling in the low spots is a waste of time. I never thought about the techniques and experience it takes to get to where you can fix damage to metal panels.
I'm happy to hear you're learning from these videos. Thanks for watching!
At around the 22:20 mark, I realised that I recognised the shape of the crack in the fender. It perfectly matches the stretch of river where Dan Hurd pans his best gold. Amazing!
Honestly Kyle, I'd rather own a piece of your 'art' than have a new fender.
Haha great stuff! Thanks for watching!
Well I love to see your work. I'm way older than you and I pick up all kinds of tips. thank you for sharing.
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy it and are able to take away some tips!
You truly are a metal wizard! You turned a useless piece of scrap metal into a very nice fender that I would love to have on my truck.
Wow, you brought back great memories of my Uncle ML! He was a body repair man long before Bondo and was a maestro with hammers, dollies, torches and lead.
Right on! Glad I could bring back some memories. Your uncle sounded like a true craftsman!
As a lifelong metal and paint guy it's cool seeing a younger person work the metal .
Nice work.
Thanks, I'm always happy to hear from any old school body guys that enjoy watching this stuff!
From a old guy in Texas I can't tell you how impressed I am great job!
Thanks, I appreciate the kind words!
I could watch you do this all day long! You are an artist!
I think one reason subs are not taking off is because yours are real not just a bunch of shinny paint over filler we try to put what we see into practice for our own stuff. I do thank you because it really does help us.
Thanks Mark! Well if I have to start copying everyone else to get the channel to take off then I'd rather just stick with the subscribers I have.
Don't under estimate your talents my friend. Watching a craftsman at work is a truly 🙌 a treat.
Thanks for watching!
You're a metal magician. You rescue pieces that anyone else would scrap. You put more time in on rescuing the part than it is probably worth , but the results are awesome 👍. It would be cost prohibited to have someone do that amount of work unless it was a rare vehicle. I enjoy your talent and patience.
Thanks Tim! A new fender would be cheaper, but at some point we won't be able to buy parts for these anymore so I save what I can.
I love watching old vehicles being fixed up
Well then you're in the right place haha!
Your the master of repairing really damaged body parts!!!
Kudos from the Yakima Valley in Washington State
Thanks David! It's tough to make this stuff any worse than it was!
Kyle, as usual I’m impressed with your metal shaping talent. Even for meatball surgery it has been saved from the recycle bin. When you get your humble explanation going, I always smile.
Thanks Steve!
Your work is fantastic, an artist almost always sells themselves short and undervalues their work. You are the first one that I have joined as a patron as I find your work with metal to be great. I would like one day to see you finish a project to paint. Do you paint at all or farm that part out.
Thanks Pat I appreciate your support!. I have a couple of my own projects I want to paint eventually...I'm definitely not a pro painter and don't do painting for others, but I'm happy to ruin my own stuff if I had the time.
The metal genius strikes again 👍great job making that fender usable again
No genius here haha! Thanks for watching!
I didn’t realize being left handed was an improvement in speed with hammer! Great job, envious of your talent.
That and the magic of the fast forward button in editing haha
Truly amazing. I never thought you could rescue this even close to the way you have. Great work.
Thanks Richard!
there are not many guys like you around in our plug and play world today keep up the good work
Thanks!
I’m always blown away at what you can repair. Thanks for showing what is possible
Thanks for watching!
I am 68 and have been welding for quite a while. But I have never tackled sheet metal until recently. I have 3 old trucks . 1964, 1965 c10 and a 1979 c30. Trying to repair rockers and fenders on all these. You are really talented and I wish you well . Thanks for sharing your experience. Great job . David.
Thanks David, it sounds like you've got a great collection of old trucks. I'm a big fan of the 60-66 and 73-87 era! Good luck with your projects!
This one skipped the formalities and went straight to hell. 😊My grandpa's old truck had a crack like that. He welded it every year. Eventually most of the fender was weld. Thank you for the entertainment or whatever you like to call it. Cheers!
I had a set of Model A fenders like that...weld on top of weld on top of weld.... wish I would have kept them, they were interesting to look at if nothing else haha. Thanks for watching!
Good stuff.saving the old and nearly unsaveable shows talent and is commendable.plus without doing that you wouldn't have anything to record!!
Thank you. If I couldn't save old junk I'd just record my cats haha
Well done, sir. I had to choose between playing a video game or watching you fix the fender and , happily, I chose you.
The jury is still out on whether you made the right choice haha, but thanks for watching!!
You are very talented and l hope you are successful with your TH-cam channel. I'm glad I found your channel 🙂. Oh yeah you look way better without the beard
Now about that jacket lol
Thanks David! Although I kind of liked the beard haha
Loved the time lapse shots. I love to see the hard work you put in even though it sped up.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
I just laughed when I first saw that fender, and said no way, but the magic hammer and dolly did its work and you have an excellent job of restoration. Nobody today would even make the effort to repair a fender like that, but you're doing old school work Kyle, not many guys like you out there, and as always, I'm impressed!
Thanks Ken! As these trucks get older and harder to find people will eventually have to repair fenders like this one, I'm just ahead of my time haha
I've seen him do a few like this--one gets the idea he can do it anytime he wants.
You're demonstrations have given me enough confidence to tackle a couple of my own cracked fenders. Thank you.
That's awesome, good luck with your repair!
Most impressive work man!! I'm just learning body work at 60 yrs old. I'd be extremely happy with that fender on my 1949 Chevy truck. I've also learned a lot from your video. Keep em coming man!
After a hard week of hammering cutting grinding and welding ,like to watch you tube vids of people doing the same thing. Make me feel better about my job choice. Suppose it a bit like games watching gamer vid but with something to show for it at the end
The something to show for it at the end is what makes it all worthwhile. Glad you feel better about your choice of career, sometimes it can be hard to justify doing this type of thing haha
I like to watch you work. It's fascinating to watch the way your brain and hands know what to do. I also look forward to seeing the finished product. You have a special talent that takes a lot of patience and work ethic. Good job.
thanks for taking the time to demo your skill with simple hand tools
Thanks for watching!
FUBAR is definately not a word in your vocabulary. Another great video. Amazing!
Haha thanks!
What a miraculous repair! I didn’t see that as possible, but then it’s you doing it!
Thanks Stuart!
I like the way you take the stuff from the scrapyard and work with that and bring it back instead of getting parts. Bhetter viewing 👍😁
Bodywork is an art. It takes time talent and patience. Which you have. Great work.
Thank you!
I don't learn from watching someone play videogames. I learn from watching you or Scott at CWM.
Thanks Andy!
I've. Learned a ton. Of stuff from your channel !!! Thanks !!!
Amazing work. It's always interesting to see people do metal finishing on stuff that was basically junk.
Thanks, it's definitely far from metalfinished, but hopefully it's less of a piece of junk than before!
I only watch this channel for the CGI,it looks so realistic!
The special effects department thanks you! Haha
99% of junkyards would have sold you that fender for $5. next to it would be the same fender in "not bad" shape for $400. Very nice work. I'm glad I found your channel. Thank you for your time.
I'm glad you found the channel too. Thanks for watching!
Another fantasic job. Metal against man? You win. Very nice. Thanks.
There are a hundred guys filing points and getting old junkers running again. But I started watching your videos because of your appearance on CWM and enjoy the obvious skill sets shown on both channels now. It's a mystery to me why you guys don't have more subscribers.
Always fascinating to see what you can do to the old iron.
Thanks!
We got choppers bringing in more wounded fenders. I enjoyed the video and your sense of humor. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it haha
The rear fenders on my37 Chev PU were pretty banged up, but no missing metal from rust. Surprisingly the only real rust was two spots about 2 inches long where the floor pan meets the back of the cab. Currently the fenders are in Minnesota with a guy that has a reputation of a good metal repairman. I could have picked up Fiberglass Repos, but I would rather have all original metal. I'm building a Resto-mod. I've boxed the frame, installed a FATMAN MII front end and an LT1 from a 2014 Silverado. But overall, my intent is for it to appear as close to original but obviously lowered.
Kyle...You're a miracle worker...You went from offender to fender to splendor! And if anyone disagrees I'll be your defender!
Great rhymes Kelly! Better write that one down!
I'll tell ya why I enjoy watching this stuff use to be a welder got injured can't work no more so that why I enjoy watching a young man with great bodyman skills work on ole jalopies. I miss my trade like you would not believe.
Thanks for watching! I'm sorry to hear you can't work as a welder anymore!
The fast video is awesome because I can see the metal moving back into shape.
Glad you enjoy it!
Any one else would have scrapped that fender, but not you....I like that
Thank you! Got to save this old stuff from the scrapper
Good morning, when you said you destroyed that fender I immediately didn't believe you because you're more talented than that! As a matter of fact you're amazing I've never seen anyone that can work metal like you. Keep up the good work, you will really go somewhere one day! By the way I'm 72 years old and I've been around body shops!
Thanks for the kind words!
In every of your videos, I take alway lots of tiny tricks an Informationen to improve my own work. Thank you!
I like to watch your videos, even if they would be in slow motion....
Thanks, glad you find some of this stuff useful!
I've been binge watching your 47 to 55 truck videos this holiday weekend. My Dad was big on this series of Chevy/GMC trucks. He had his own shop in coastal NC for general auto repair but these old trucks were his hobby and passion (I leaned more towards Jeeps). His wrecker was a 47 Chevy 2 ton with a home made wrecker and his daily driver was a 1st series '55 that he restomoded before it was even a thing. The shop included a small junkyard where he kept a few dozen parts trucks. He passed in the early '80s but your knowledge of these trucks reminds me of his. Keep up the good work.
“Our best course of action here is to …give up” 🤣🤣🤣
Poor fender looked liked it stopped an entire army of angry Vikings.
Haha yeah those vikings can get pretty violent!
It is amazing how you gave that terribly damaged fender a new lease of life. Transformed from junk to a perfectly viable part. Thanks for all the tips. Mart.
Thanks Mart!
Master class in metal work.......excellent work!
Thanks!!!
You look good all shaven and trimmed up.
You did the best that you could with that fender and good work.
You’re giving the truck a second life! It looks good.
I hate it when the stegosaurus tear stuff up. Great Job 👍🏻🍺
Me too haha
Yet here I am dreading fixing a 2 sq inch rust spot on a 90's "bonded" panel repair. They basically bashed in the dent until the patch panel would fit, glued it in to place and mudded in the edges.
That's why I like your videos because you take nothing and turn it back into something you can use. Nice work.
Thanks, glad to hear you like this kind of thing!
Excellent work and detail. You are a wonder of technic. Great to see you work.
I have been doing body work for 48 years. Still learning, but mostly what jobs to say no to these days. New cars suck to repair
Learning to say no is the most important skill, wish I knew how to do that!
your very talented and you explain what and why you do things keep it up i think this channel will blow up give it time
Thanks for the kind words!
Never get tired of watching the skill you have not many people have what you have.keep them coming we will keep watching.
Thanks Willie! I appreciate you watching!
These videos remind me of the commercials with Dr. Rick on how not to become your parents. Who else watches videos on dent repair? That's right, your dad. I enjoy these so much that I bought the sound track. Keep saving the world one fender at a time.
Haha that's great and thanks for purchasing the official sound track!
The old effort equals results. Nice job.
When you are manipulating a fender with a big tear like that it really shows how much form adds to structural integrity.
One forgets that when looking at the nice aesthetics of a curve but that curve means more strength with less material and internal bracing.
I'm a big fan of form following function.
I agree on form following function! Thanks for watching!
I enjoy your humor. When you ran into the garage door, with my luck, I would have gone right through it. LOL
Thanks, crashing through the garage door would make a great video though haha
I was in and out of body shops for 40 years in my career, you sir are one talented metal man and I have seen a bunch of them! Impressive job!
Wow thank you for saying so!
You are truly a craftsman and it’s an honour to be able to watch you bring something back from scrap to like new.
Thanks for watching!
You are an artist sir. Much respect for your skills. These skills are being lost unless we get more people interested in manipulating metals. We cant rely on availability of replacement parts and even accurate ones.
I really find this interesting, and inspiring, that what most people would write off, can actually be repaired, which is more environmentally friendly than constantly replacing and using huge amounts of filler. As governments want to direct the population towards electric vehicles, I believe that actually what will happen is that repairing older vehicles will be a precious skill that we should encourage. Electric vehicles in rural areas may prove to be impractical and the older trucks and cars will be valued.
Thank you! There's definitely going to be a time when replacement parts are no longer available so it's going to take a lot of creativity to keep this stuff going.
Incredible transformation.
Excellent presentation. You give the viewer a real sense of the scope of work required to repair that ridiculously hopeless fender. You have really been cranking the videos out lately and your work is appreciated.
Thanks, glad your enjoying the extra videos!
for a young bloke you have learned you trade well very impressive
Thanks Fred!
Wow! What a transformation
Loved the short shot of the beautiful Tuxedo and Orange purr babies. Oh, and for what it will eventually be, that fender looks perfect.
Thanks Richard. The cats are the stars for sure haha
I don't like video games, but the talents you display, are not at all boring. To watch you ply your skills is like watching a magic trick in slow motion. Those of us, with an interest in the art of restoration, enjoy those moments non enthusiasts don't even see performed in front of them. Thank you for sharing, and carry on.
Thanks for watching! I'm glad you enjoy this stuff!
Great job! Great start for others that want to finish up further.... let the haters hate.
Thanks!
i wish i could figure out how to enter a time warp like you do. for me, 6 hours of pounding panels into submission is a little stressful, but you've figured out how to do it in a matter of minutes. i doff my cap to you good sir.
Haha the power of editing!
Amazing recovery showing how much is possible, Great work!
Thank You!!!
Thanks again for posting . I really enjoy watching how you repair these fenders and the way you explain what your doing and why you do things in a particular order .It will certainly help anyone considering fixing there own cars
Thank you! I do hope that some of this stuff is helpful!
Actually we like your truck and it's battle scared fender. The whole truck has it's own character!
Thanks, I kind of like it too
Watching metal take shape is one of my favorite things to watch.
Great work!
Glad you enjoy this stuff, thanks!
24:30 - the House Panther needs ear defenders and eye protection for this type of work! 😁
Amazing transformation!!!
I never would have thought that you could save that one..
Neither did I haha
At least when you are done you have something to show for your efforts! Playing video games just shows you can work through something someone else created.
Very true!