I'm not a metal worker, I'm a woodturner but I love watching your videos. Your common sense approach to issues is inspirational. Thank you for the work you do!
You're one of the best channels for providing great technical content in easy to understand language, with great video. I've learned something from each of your videos.
Hi Tony. That is a real good tip. Panel seam gaps are sometimes not consistent, from one side to the other and this is a great way to correct it. It seems way better to cut the panel like you did rather than trying to add material directly to the bend. I'm putting that one into the tool box! The blow gun is made from a pushrod, but that was an easy one. Thanks for the video!
Fitzee, you never cease to produce excellent videos! And I never cease to learn something with each one. In my opinion, I'm getting the how to's from an expert, namely you! Looking forward to your next one.
Love the way he keeps it simple but really want to see the work on the front never seen a car fully welded together to me thats just crazy thanks again fitzee
Love your videos. I've been a machinist for 17 years, I grew up restoring cars with my dad and doing alot of sheetmetal patching/replacing. I just wanted to let you know that I've learned more from your videos over the past few years then I can even tell you. I love your down to earth, practical, no BS approach to getting the job done. Keep up the good work, I've recommended your channel to countless other guys I know that build cars. You're appreciated more then I think you could know out here in the youtube car community 🤟
Great video and thanks for sharing this technique. The results are excellent. Sorry but I find that way that you call things gaps and seams a bit distracting. Usually think of seams as the place where two panels are joined and it's visible - the places you might apply seam sealer to or hide by seam removal and gaps are between things that are not joined i.e. there is no seam there. The blower looks like clever re-use of a pushrod.
Fitzee I'll stop what I'm doing when you post a video and watch all the way through you're expertise is awesome on making panels fit and how to do it thumbs up 👍
Keep sharing all your metal magic always a big help with my rusty junk ...that blowgun looks like a air fitting and a old V8 pushrod welded together..?
This is how I almost always do it. Like you said, most times ppl have been there before and it's the rockers and quarters that aren't quite right. Great video Fitzee 👍
Thanks Tony. This car is in good hands. I am enjoying all your videos. Too much of my time is spent looking for things I just dropped. Seems you can watch the direction in which it scoots off and it's not there. My time would be a lot shorter if I were organized and uncluttered, something hard to do in a home garage when you do everything yourself.
Hey Tony I think your gonna have to order a couple of spare mig nozzles just so you got a new 1 to replace the missing 1 and a spare to go safely in the tool box.
You've sure got a lot of work ahead of you with this one. Looks like a few years yet, with fitting it in between other projects. Hope you can get back to Crusty soon, that's a very interesting project that I'd like to see all done.
You're absolutely right, it seems like things are dropped always happen to hit a surface a certain way so it can be next to impossible to find or reach 😅 It must be gremlins or something. Hide here, no hide over here 😂
Great video Fitzee! I have a car that needs some gap work, and this gives me the method and the confidence to do it right. Thank you for posting this! By the way, I guess if the gap is too wide, you split the metal with the cutoff wheel then 'wedge' the metal to close up the gap, then weld up the cut.........that's the part I worry about, since I'm not real good at welding up two pieces of metal that have too much of a gap. 😞
wow, what a mess, quite a lot of previous butcher work your having to deal with there Fitz..bye, that's one helluva lot of work to correct all that misalignment. That's the only way to repair those tight seams Fitz I agree with ya wholeheartedly.
Hey that's a nice blow gun extension you have there can I borrow it? A chunk of brake line and a fitting for the end of your blowgun works great. So good that they have a tendency to disappear for some reason.
i do the same as you to fix gaps but i also found if you fit the rubber seals the gaps open up and if you don't check the gaps with the rubber seals fitted and alter them the gaps will be larger so now i always do gapping with rubber seals fitted
Hi Tony , Considering we have seen so much work done on this , it would be nice to see the finished product. I understand that you probably wont be doing any of the paint etc, but just asking for a follow up some time in the future.
I love your content. I am a fabricator, I will many times make something even if it is easier to buy it. As to your question, I know exactly what your blow nozzle is make from. My question is to you, is there a special reason you made that out of a pushrod, or was it just what you had on hand?
The harden tip that is round was always great for when I was painting. It was my go to blow gun when preping cars for paint. You could run it across the panels and not mark the work. I got that blow gun some 25 years.
@@fitzeesfabrications Thanks, that makes sense. As I read your reply, I was picturing the round end being drugged across a panel, then it occurred to me that the round end would also be good for pressurizing a passage such as when testing hydraulic circuits.
I actually took this trick for adjusting body seams and used it on a commercial metal door & frame. the door was rubbing along part of the frame along the bottom edge . zip cut the door , pushed it over, welded er up & voila! smelled some burning Styrofoam for a while but she didn't light up .
Thanks for sharing Tony, just out of curiosity did you happen to have to replace the roof on the Mustang? I have 1 that the roof skin is so bad that you could stick a finger through it
I'm not a metal worker, I'm a woodturner but I love watching your videos. Your common sense approach to issues is inspirational. Thank you for the work you do!
You're gonna have to show me on my 62 C10 project so I'll fully understand! ;)
But seriously, thanks for all the tips!
Watching you make this Chevy out of thin air is PHD level metalwork
One of the best fabricators I’ve seen on TH-cam. You are fantastic.
You're one of the best channels for providing great technical content in easy to understand language, with great video. I've learned something from each of your videos.
Dude's running a push tube for a blow gun! Fantastic videos, always watching, learning a lot!
You never cease to amaze me with your straight forward approach that I would have never thought of. Thanks for the education,
Hi Tony. That is a real good tip. Panel seam gaps are sometimes not consistent, from one side to the other and this is a great way to correct it. It seems way better to cut the panel like you did rather than trying to add material directly to the bend. I'm putting that one into the tool box! The blow gun is made from a pushrod, but that was an easy one. Thanks for the video!
Very good idea with the push rod as an air nozzle. I have a few of them lying around and I am going to make one for myself.
Hey Tony your all the-time teaching an old dog new tricks !.. I sure do appreciate you and thank you for sharing 👍😁
Fitzee, you never cease to produce excellent videos! And I never cease to learn something with each one. In my opinion, I'm getting the how to's from an expert, namely you! Looking forward to your next one.
Love the way he keeps it simple but really want to see the work on the front never seen a car fully welded together to me thats just crazy thanks again fitzee
Love your videos. I've been a machinist for 17 years, I grew up restoring cars with my dad and doing alot of sheetmetal patching/replacing. I just wanted to let you know that I've learned more from your videos over the past few years then I can even tell you. I love your down to earth, practical, no BS approach to getting the job done. Keep up the good work, I've recommended your channel to countless other guys I know that build cars. You're appreciated more then I think you could know out here in the youtube car community 🤟
Love the push rod blow gun tip Tony!! I've learned so much from you the last couple of years!
70-79 Ford trucks are bad for mismatched body lines.... great video Fitzee
That is a great way to fix the gaps the blow gun is made from a pushrod welded to an air fitting . Thanks for the tips
I wish I had access to such great videos when I started playing around old cars 30 years ago, learning by myself using tips from car magazines!
Top tip that I wish I'd known 4 years ago when I was bashing the hell out of my A pillars to fit the doors.
Another QUALITY video from the master of classic cars.
The blow gun looks like a air tool fitting and a piece of break like.
Nope not a brake line.
@@fitzeesfabrications
push rod
Glad to see someone is still "teaching" Fitzee and Tricks. Seems everyone else has run off to Australia..
You sir are definitely a metal working genius
You make it all look easy, good job Tony.
Pushrod blow gun. Great video as usual. Great way to fix the gaps.
great video using common sense for repairs and the home made blow gun looks like a lifter from an old chevy
That method makes so much sense. Great tips.
What a wonderful tip for seams. I could have used this years ago. Thanks for sharing you process..
Great video and thanks for sharing this technique. The results are excellent. Sorry but I find that way that you call things gaps and seams a bit distracting. Usually think of seams as the place where two panels are joined and it's visible - the places you might apply seam sealer to or hide by seam removal and gaps are between things that are not joined i.e. there is no seam there.
The blower looks like clever re-use of a pushrod.
Oh man Fitz! That really helped me!!! I have tryed lots of ways and what you have shown here is GREAT!! THANKS TO MUCH!!!!
Fitzee I'll stop what I'm doing when you post a video and watch all the way through you're expertise is awesome on making panels fit and how to do it thumbs up 👍
Keep sharing all your metal magic always a big help with my rusty junk ...that blowgun looks like a air fitting and a old V8 pushrod welded together..?
Blow gun looks like an old push rod. Another great video. Thanks for all the great info!
Love the push rod blow gun. She’s mint!
Fitzee you are a great Teacher. Always learn something when I watch your vids. Thanks
Another problem solved with knowledge, nice work Tony, and I believe you're blower is a pushrod, very cool
That blowgun have you made in one of your video’s. But the tips are very good. Thanks a lot.
This is how I almost always do it. Like you said, most times ppl have been there before and it's the rockers and quarters that aren't quite right.
Great video Fitzee 👍
That is so awesome 👌. For something that you make look so easy makes such a huge difference. Top-notch work, brother .
Thanks Tony. This car is in good hands. I am enjoying all your videos. Too much of my time is spent looking for things I just dropped. Seems you can watch the direction in which it scoots off and it's not there. My time would be a lot shorter if I were organized and uncluttered, something hard to do in a home garage when you do everything yourself.
That blowgun looks like it was made from a pushrod. Nice !!
Nice job again Fitzee, I’m learning a lot!!!!!
Hey Tony I think your gonna have to order a couple of spare mig nozzles just so you got a new 1 to replace the missing 1 and a spare to go safely in the tool box.
great vid fitzee ironically I just got all my body panels on my 50 merc and some of the seams a lil wonkie this vid def helped me out
You've sure got a lot of work ahead of you with this one. Looks like a few years yet, with fitting it in between other projects. Hope you can get back to Crusty soon, that's a very interesting project that I'd like to see all done.
Love all of your videos! You make it look so easy
Excellent instructions on how to adjust seams, very useful information.
Thanks for sharing that. Ill use that on an old Wagoneer. Love the pushrod blowgun too.
That was soooo cool learning to do the body gaps ill definitely try that on my next project. Thanks tony
It's made from a valve push rod. Great video Tony. God bless. 👍
great video .... old school sheet metal work , your knowledge and skills are much appreciated - thank you
Thanks Fitzee, the tips are always good.
You're absolutely right, it seems like things are dropped always happen to hit a surface a certain way so it can be next to impossible to find or reach 😅 It must be gremlins or something. Hide here, no hide over here 😂
Great video as usual. Many thanks Tony..
Holy crap this car is a hot mess Fitzee. You are a brave man on this one. That said, this episode was pretty funny. :)
Fitz makes it fit again 💪 poetry in motion 👌
Nice pushrod air gun. Not the first time I've seen that trick.
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As always Fitzee and definitely learned a lot.❤
Fitzee. You make it look so easy! Thank you for another lesson. Happy Memorial Day to y’all. Thank You.
What a great tip! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.
The Magic Man.....best on YT.
Nice work Fitzee, and thank you for all the tips and tricks. 👍👍👍 also I think your blowgun tip might be a pushrod. Take care
Excellent metal fab tip!
thanks the video is great and that is great tip cutting the panel like that
A push rod from an engine and I love your videos
Hey Tony, back at it again. 👍💪✌️
The tips are always good!
Great video Fitzee! I have a car that needs some gap work, and this gives me the method and the confidence to do it right. Thank you for posting this! By the way, I guess if the gap is too wide, you split the metal with the cutoff wheel then 'wedge' the metal to close up the gap, then weld up the cut.........that's the part I worry about, since I'm not real good at welding up two pieces of metal that have too much of a gap. 😞
Thats where a wire coat hanger come in
Very Nice job Tony
Tips are always good never had a bad one yet
Putting on a fitz.alwayslookin good from michigan buddy.your the best
Always enjoy your videos fitzee !
Your air blower nozzle is a pushrod! Genius!
It’s sad someone started that car before you. It made so much more work for a professional.
That's a good one Tony. Thanks for sharing.
Very good show .
I love your work
Looks like your blowgun is made from an old push rod. What's my prize? Nice work on those body lines. Beautiful work.
Your prize, he'll let you sort through his metal bin to find the missing welder nozzle! Lol!
@@brianhaw9398actually, I could believe that from him. Lol
Good stuff Tony. Thanks.
Great video as always I learned something new! Not sure if it’s a dumb question or not how do you keep the bare metal from not rusting?
wow, what a mess, quite a lot of previous butcher work your having to deal with there Fitz..bye, that's one helluva lot of work to correct all that misalignment. That's the only way to repair those tight seams Fitz I agree with ya wholeheartedly.
Love the pushrod blow gun 😊
Love your videos and the work you do. It does not matter much, but I don't like the new intro song, I would vote for having the old one back.
Sorry it had to be changed as youtube changed there song roster and that one won't let me monetize the video
@@fitzeesfabrications TH-cam always changing things, just as bad as eBay. Can't leave well enough alone.
Push Rod!!! Awesome video Tony!! Thanks!!
Hey that's a nice blow gun extension you have there can I borrow it? A chunk of brake line and a fitting for the end of your blowgun works great. So good that they have a tendency to disappear for some reason.
No not a brake line. It's a push rod from a sbc
Thank you. Great tip.
i do the same as you to fix gaps but i also found if you fit the rubber seals the gaps open up and if you don't check the gaps with the rubber seals fitted and alter them the gaps will be larger
so now i always do gapping with rubber seals fitted
As always very educational thumbs up.
Thank you that was an excellent video lots of good info.
Hi Tony , Considering we have seen so much work done on this , it would be nice to see the finished product. I understand that you probably wont be doing any of the paint etc, but just asking for a follow up some time in the future.
I'll be doing a video on it when it is finished
Great video, excellent tips! Thanks.
Great video love the technique!😇
Hello Tony
I have a question how much worth is such a car in very good restored conditions .
Thank you for the Video
Yours Frank Galetzka
I'm no good at putting value on what something is worth.
Awesome as usual ! Would you consider an apprentice ! 😉 keep em coming !
Once again you turn the impossible into the trivial 🙂
Excellent work!
Great content; down to finding the lost welding piece. What was the blower attachment made from?? Thanks again for sharing the knowledge.
Push rod from a sbc
I love your content. I am a fabricator, I will many times make something even if it is easier to buy it. As to your question, I know exactly what your blow nozzle is make from. My question is to you, is there a special reason you made that out of a pushrod, or was it just what you had on hand?
The harden tip that is round was always great for when I was painting. It was my go to blow gun when preping cars for paint. You could run it across the panels and not mark the work. I got that blow gun some 25 years.
@@fitzeesfabrications Thanks, that makes sense. As I read your reply, I was picturing the round end being drugged across a panel, then it occurred to me that the round end would also be good for pressurizing a passage such as when testing hydraulic circuits.
If you don't have a good "eyecrometer"...a paint paddle makes a pretty good gap gauge.
I love the ending
I actually took this trick for adjusting body seams and used it on a commercial metal door & frame. the door was rubbing along part of the frame along the bottom edge . zip cut the door , pushed it over, welded er up & voila! smelled some burning Styrofoam for a while but she didn't light up .
Thanks for sharing Tony, just out of curiosity did you happen to have to replace the roof on the Mustang? I have 1 that the roof skin is so bad that you could stick a finger through it
The roof on this one was in great shape