1971 Olds “S71” Quarter Panel Repair V8TV

1971 Olds “S71” Quarter Panel Repair V8TV

http://www.v8tvshow.com – The quarter panels were next on the list of repairs on the “S71” Olds project. We were contemplating this area for a while, as the …

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Michael Laverty says:

Hey “BodyMan ” it’s called Button weld and I been doing it since the 80s to weld floor sections you name it .. they look great require little to No grinding because once the hole is filled your done the REALLY important thing to remember is the metal prep prior to welding like removing the E coating and NOT FORGETTING to use weld thru or the SEM copperweld your body work will last forever because rust will not be an issue.

Mantas840 says:

So you lap welded the patch in? Why didn’t you butt weld it?

TheCinreds says:

if you dont have a welder then there is no point of drilling the holes,the Technic is called plug welding. a spot welder is a hand held machine that pinches the two panels together and fuses them via heat basically welding the two panels together! If you have a regular mig welder you could drill out the holes on the outer panel that touches the inner panel and just weld the holes up!

aeropostalbaby1 says:

how do you drill a hole and then weld if you dont have a welder? that makes no sense

TheCinreds says:

thats what body men do if they dont have a spot welder! still a good Technic

Lonewolf3165 says:

Interesting technique. 

Darthest Vador says:

Please repair my car it HAS NO RUST! And the car has no bondo and It just has a beat up door driverside and just another bump in front of the fender passengers side other than that the car is in awesome condition but unfortunatley Idont know how to weld nor how to paint a car! I seriously need help restoring this car its worht it 1970 cutlass supreme with a 350 engine in it.!

bigpencap says:

he made a lot of extra work for himself that’s one way of doing it

cobybaalman says:

For those of you like me who do not have a spot welder i found that if you drill a hole through one of the panels and weld through that hole it makes a fairly good spot weld it just takes a little more work but saves you the cost of a spot welder

vcval says:

on the episode that you demonstrated on how to make a factory looking weld one of the tools you used wehen reversed made a little rebate did you use this tool when you did guard ?

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