How to Shape New Pieces for Car Restoration

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Part of the video series: Classic Car Restoration: Body Work

Summary: Learn how to shape new metal piece when doing body work and restoring a car in this free DIY car-restoration video from our expert mechanic and body shop owner.

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By Doug Jenkins
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Doug Jenkins runs Doug Jenkins Custom Hot Rods in St. Louis, where he restores classic cars and creates mild to wild custom street rods. He races a 1972 Corvette in the SCCA...read more

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"Hi, I'm Doug I work with 20 great guys in Saint Louis at Doug Jenkins Custom Hot Rods and we are going to do some work for you today on Expert Village. Again this part that is being cut out with the plasma cutter for the same reason the other piece was cause there is a curve to it. It is harder to accomplish with a grinder. A little bit of trial fitting to see if the template that he made will fit nicely. He is marking the back side of it as well as the front to get where the contour is and he can get the right length of the piece. The original contour of the structural had a little bend to it as well he would reproduce part of the bend."

eHow Article: How to Shape New Pieces for Car Restoration