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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 103 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 103 | I am gonna start the body work on my 41 3/4 ton, I want to do it myself does anyone know of a good dvd on body work or should I take a class?
I am really want to learn this so I can do it myself, any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks James
If it was easy, everybody would be doing it.
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,644 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,644 | Excellent collection of links there James... thank you! | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | Yeah, especially the ones of Eric beating on that fender, I don't know what’s so captivating about watching someone else working, but it is. Unfortunately I've got dialup connection so I can't watch any of them. Takes me about an hour to down load 4 or 5 minutes of video so I only got to see a couple of min worth before I finally gave up bailed out.
When you gonna finish that DVD Eric???
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Last edited by Denny Graham; 04/05/2008 1:55 PM.
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 1,159 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 1,159 | Denny,
You ought to go over to the library some time and check them out. They'll have some high speed stuff.
Me thinks we'll be seeing more and more of that as time marches on. We just did a video with our camera to see how long a 2 gig disc would last. After six minutes, she was still humming along. It was fun. But on your end, that would be a total angst having to wait (at least for me).
:~)
Peg
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 66 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 66 | James, Check out autobodystore.com He has a great video, plus, you can call or email him with any questions. He is just a great guy. His name is Len Stuart. He has 45 years of experience and is always willing to share it. Good luck, Scott | | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 103 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 103 | thanks for the info guys,
James
If it was easy, everybody would be doing it.
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 166 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 166 | | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 975 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 975 | James B,
I have not watched the links to youtube above, but I sure learned to like pounding tin when doing my 46. I had a a rear fender that I was sure was junk. It took me several weeks, but I was able to knock all the dents out, straighten out some kinks and repair some rips and tears. I had a better welder than I finish off the rip and tear repair. It was good fun. Biggest thing I can think of is go slow and be very patient with the dinging hammer and dolly. I did my dent work for about an hour at a time. The tear repair took even longer to line up and fix. Good luck and have fun.
Also, I would not junk any steel body parts from your truck. Since steel is so hard to find for our trucks, much of it can be repaired regardless of condition.
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