OneStopRestoration's Special Orange 69 Chevelle 300 Deluxe Coupe

[Stihl]

Great progress on the car. You do quality work

[OneStopRestoration]

I do hope you guys are finding this somewhat interesting. I could see how for some, this could get boring fast. Body work is just something I was taught by my dad to not rush and do right. Every car i seem to work on i continue to learn more and get just a bit better.

The rocker in the first picture shows the continue process of blocking, finding low spots and filling. Dad taught me to use minimal filler. We both somewhat cringe when we see car shows and they mud the full panel and block it.

The door is back the basic, stripe, hammer dolly and in the case of this door acid off any light rust. Much easier to acid the smaller door than the roof. On this car I finally bought a dent puller. Really helps keep the filler down to as minimal as possible and with some panels you just cant get to the back side. The triangle in the bottom right of the door is just me cutting out some rust and repairing. I believe this is pretty common for 68/69 doors because of how tight the door frame is to the skin.

[scuncio]

Awesome work. My dad also taught me to do body work when I was a kid, but his was more the Earl Scheib mentality.

[OneStopRestoration]

Originally Posted by scuncio

Awesome work. My dad also taught me to do body work when I was a kid, but his was more the Earl Scheib mentality.

I had to look up Earl Scheib. Dont sell yourself short, for the name and time period the work he did was probably pretty good

[Crush]

Originally Posted by OneStopRestoration

I do hope you guys are finding this somewhat interesting. I could see how for some, this could get boring fast. Body work is just something I was taught by my dad to not rush and do right. Every car i seem to work on i continue to learn more and get just a bit better.

The rocker in the first picture shows the continue process of blocking, finding low spots and filling. Dad taught me to use minimal filler. We both somewhat cringe when we see car shows and they mud the full panel and block it.

The door is back the basic, stripe, hammer dolly and in the case of this door acid off any light rust. Much easier to acid the smaller door than the roof. On this car I finally bought a dent puller. Really helps keep the filler down to as minimal as possible and with some panels you just cant get to the back side. The triangle in the bottom right of the door is just me cutting out some rust and repairing. I believe this is pretty common for 68/69 doors because of how tight the door frame is to the skin.

I really commend you and others that have the patience for this. I for one don’t have the patience or skill and lean into ,pay, folks like you so I don’t lose my mind! Curious, do you listen to music while working?

[OneStopRestoration]

Originally Posted by Crush

I really commend you and others that have the patience for this. I for one don’t have the patience or skill and lean into ,pay, folks like you so I don’t lose my mind! Curious, do you listen to music while working?

Thankyou! The whole process is actually very fullfilling. I find i pickup a sanding block and cant put it down.

When in the shop music is required! Im also spoiled with a TV, but thats more a winter time thing when its cold out.

[OneStopRestoration]

This was a pretty decent door out of Missouri. However it did have some pin holes in the corners from dirt sitting in corners. Door a a supper deep dent just in front of the mirror that strected the metal.

This door had to get the acid treatment was well. It was all pretty light, but needed regardless. After acid neutralize, wire wheel and DA the first pictures shows its ready for dent removal and make sure its flat/curved across. Second picture is another day where the inside edges, and inner structured were blasted and primed.

Brings smiles to take something that looks hideous and transfome it back to a clean door.