This Dent Repair Secret Will Save You Time and Money. 1953 Chevy radical kustom project
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Hey we are back on the 1953 Chevy radical custom Chicken Truck project. Today we are going to attempt to repair the smashed up front fender using simple techniques.
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As always - I feel that I have received a free class from a master metal craftsman. I really enjoyed this one.
Part of learning to drive on a 69 C10 was being able to untangle the 3 on the tree. 😂
That human flesh pro tip is a great tip, but a couple of decades too late 😂😂😂
Got dents? Call the antidentist,, 👍🤪👍
Thank you kindly for sharing your magic Kyle,, 💖🙏💖
How much coffee did you have before filming this one? 😂😂
Lol, his head was moving like Chrystia Freeland during a speech.
Only 5 spoons full...
Those are almost fightin` words..lol
He’s weird!
@@farmerbrown3768 Unique or Eccentric fits him better.
At 30 plus years I have to say you are truly a master of your craft. Enjoy the videos and the teaching. Thanks.
Always enjoy watching you decode metal damage and show how to repair it. Master of metal!
"This is supposed to...not be that way." New favorite quote!
Best show on TV Kyle
So much great tips you give to both old and young old car and truck lovers. So nice to see such a young person with such knowledge sharing with us. I have learnt many new techniques that I am sure to use. Can hardly wait for next video. Glad you showed about Pay Pal Hope other are not discouraged and try again. I know I will.
Who among us hasn't had to put the fix on the miracle of Chevy shift kludge, They are famous for that it used to be taught in jr. high here in the states. get the lever in neutral, the align the linkage on the column, then wait for it to happen again. That's how Fenton linkage came to be. nobody had money for the good stuff ( HURST)
Hahaha Brain day. You know when your OLD occasionally lose direction or Brain day. Another good instructional video.
Crawling into the fender opening like that also cleans out all the hidden spider webs and nests, hahaha
Very satisfying to be able to actually see the metal move back to where it's supposed to be along that big crease.
The algorithm has picked up that you don't like Justin Trudeau and said they've locked down your account lol where you at the truck rallies
I wasn't there as I only saw the cave drawings of the incident.
According to ancient lore (and the drawings) it seems as though the damage to the front fender occurred when an innocent Triceratops was grazing along a footpath when suddenly, a rogue dinosaur rancher from a neighboring and rival farm decided to attempt to wrangle the competition's herd onto his ranch.
The truck crested over a hill (more of a grassy knoll) and struck the Triceratops, breaking off one of it's horns (the Triceratops, not the truck) and scraped the remains 2 horns along the upper side portion of the fender.
Hence the offending damage to that area of the offender's fender.
On a serious note.... GREAT video on getting the fender roughed in so you're not fighting it when the modifications start.
Thanks for keeping us up to date on the progress.
Par excellence…Body work and humor. Where’s the cats? Great teaching too! Love it.
Cats are at the end of every video
I was early on the reply, I guess…
Kyle: If the Chicken Truck is covered in Prehistoric damage, does that mean the movie Jurassic Park was real? Or is the truck a victim of a time traveling Prehistoric Chicken intent on preventing completion of this ambitious project? 😲
67 3/4 ton chevy going from 1st to 2 nd locked up now and then get underneath and wack the linkages.
Delving into the fascinating world of headlight bucket retention hardware, there is a plethora of options one can choose from. I have three classic vehicles and they showcase three of the more regular options one finds.....well, here in New Zealand at least.
The 1979 Triumph 2500S has her original factory fitment - Philips head (aka crass-head) sheet metal screws. The 2500S has never been restored and still runs her standard sealed beam headlamps, so either someone was very careful and never dropped one into the abyss or they have never been removed.
The 1977 Mini has its buckets pop-rivetted in place. This would have been when the refurbishment of its body was last performed - approx 10 years ago - by the owner two back before I got it. The reason I am able to ascertain such an exact time frame is that the sun-visors, the rear view mirror and several other smallish accoutrements have also been fastened to the bodywork with rivets rather than screws. Its grille, however, is held on by such a range of wood screws, ranging from 3-inch countersunk pozi-drive to one-inch dome-headed standard slot, that I guess they used the screws from everywhere else to hold the grille on.
The 1974 Triumph Stag I own was refreshed by a neanderthalic speciman that survived in the hills of the South Island since the last ice age, but who was mistaken for a Beatnik in the late 70s and employed by a local body shop. When the Stag came in for a refresh in the mid-1980s, they gainfully lost every gasket, grommet and seal that they could and then for the piece de resistance, swept the floor of the shop and used whatever screws they found to fit the headlights, grille sections and such. They did take care to ensure that no two screws were the same size, type, thread, drive or head.....and for the 34 screws that make up the headlight and grille panel in the front of the car, that is quite an impressive effort on their part, I feel. There should be an award for that and should I find out who did it, I am certain I can find a suitable piece of lead with which to crown them to show my appreciation.
I have been enjoying this series and have learned a fair bit watching you work and listening to the reasons behind what to look for in a panel and why. I then go down to my project Mini (another 1977 beasty) and stare at it for a while before picking up my hammer and dolly and belting another panel back into shape with renewed vigour. It is always interesting to find what is hidden under filler.....and sometimes one wishes one had never picked up the grinder.....but we're here now and that's just the way it is. To say my Mini project is above my skillset is an understatement, but listening to you and others in the trade (or who have been in it for years and retired), learning by having a go is the only way to see whether I can put the tips and tricks to any good effective use....and so far it's fairly promising and better than it was a year or two ago. Besides which - and if nothing else - watching you is inspiring me to work on the thing! So thankyou, my friend. All the best.
Front fenders are 54 and early 55 . They are recessed for the park lights which only came like that those years . I had a 54 that had to have that fender replaced in about 1975 and you would think a lot of fenders like that would be around at that time . Well the body shop found an older one with out that recessed area , so he just cut a hole behind the park light for it to stick back in to . Well it could not be seen from the out side but when I found it later I always told others to not go to the lazy sneaky guy but to find somebody else . A couple of years or less he left town do to not enough work I found out shortly after that , made me smile .😊.
Never had a 3 speed jammed. Had a 4 speed jammed a couple of times in a 1970 Nova SS. 350 300 hp. It was really jammed. Good times. Looking forward to seeing more. ❤Cheers
My first car was.a 48 chev style master coupe, eventually I could shift from first to second so that 60% of the time it worked every time.
I have not but I’ve tried to get first gear on a 4 speed with bad linkage and end d up stuck in the middle of the road
Yeah my Dad's ponton merc has 4 on the tree and those linkages are right next to the exhaust manifold. Burned my self poping the linkage back in next to the road. Not fun.😂
I had a 60 Ford stepside van (milk truck) that used to jam on the 1-2 shift. Which of course always happened in the middle of an intersection after accellerating from a green light. The only fix was to pull over, shut it down and wrestle with the linkage to unjam it. The previous owner had conveniently cut an access hole in the floorboards with a torch. It never occurred to me to fix it - I just didn't have that kind of know-how at age 17 lol.
I bought my f100 with a disassembled column but fortunately the rods were still attached so I could lean over the fender and change gears. I do recall my brothers showroom 73 Nova he changed from 3 to 4 speed and having to do a roadside gear linkage issue.
Ahh, yes; The Blowfish Of Disappointment. Always lurking, ready to rear its ugly head right when you think you've done something properly.
Yes. 74 C10 250cu in 3 on the tree. Hauling up the on-ramp on the interstate freeway jammed 1st and 2nd with a sloppy rounded shift. Had to pull over and crawl under to unjam her on the shoulder. I was in a suit and tie.
Sorry about your PayPal situation Kyle. I am really into the channel and this project. You answered my question before I asked. I was curious if you knew there was that much work needed on the front clip before you brought it home. One of my very favorite channels for sure. 👍
If you ever use one of those big 3' long 15lbs slide hammers with the big 3" washer at the end it has a lot of surface for pinching. Just above the knee inside the thigh, even with bluejeans on blood will come out your pores and then you will piss your pants a little bit because of the pain and it was so close to home.
I find it amazing the amount of forensics that is involved in body repair. And and how something nowhere near obvious damage effects the way the obvious damage presents itself. Thanks for the education and nice work Kyle!!
Hardware? Weld zipties and wire you mean? Lol jk
Yup, years ago on a Vauxhall Cresta. If you shifted to fast from 1st to 2nd, the arm with pins coming from the column would get wedged between the two shift levers going to the transmission. Jam the jack and wheel wrench in betwee n to release the pressure to get it in neutral.
My first car was a 1950 Ford club coop with three on the tree. I was always pulling over to untangle the shift linkage.
And I think the Tallahassee Two Step is a young thin metal finisher technique
Can confirm. Source: panel beater trying to schedule a second back surgery to unfuck the first one, remove a couple discs, add some rods and bolts... 10 years ago, I would've been under there pushing it out with my chicken legs. I wouldn't even attempt it now.
Headlight buckets? Why those most Canadian Robertson screws of course!!!
Ya I did I had a 73 Chevy pickup always jambed in gear got tired of doing that mostly at intersections took apart and installed an automatic life was good then
Hi, Kyle: I can hardly believe how far this unique build has come along from a forsaken, rusty dented shell of a truck.Always appreciate how you ' reverse engineer' major or minor old body damage!
I had an old F 100 that the 3 speed shifter was so messed up. You couldn't shift it unless you were making hard left hand turns
I have never had trouble with 3 sp linkage. They were over designed to give years of service. but not to survive chop jobs.
Mary times with the three speed locking up it seems it was a common thing.
I don’t know anyone who would have the patience not to mention the importance of preparation in doing what is necessary to move forward on this project.
I am leaving a comment about untangling 3 speed transmission linkage at the side of the road.
65 Ford Ranch Wagon, 390 3 in the tree, and a 61 Fargo, slant 6, 3 speed.
Yes on having to play with the column shift linkage to get it unstuck on the side of the road.
Oh Yah... My daughter got caught in an intersection... I had to talk her through unjaming the linkage over the phone. She loved driving that old square-body 😍
Another fine job Kyle! I too have had to fix a stuck shifter a few times in my younger days. lol. You are an extremely talented person. Keep up the great work! Thanks for sharing!
I really miss BONDO. 😢😢
I had to learn the linkage fix in the middle of an intersection with a 1965 Bel Air 230 3 on the tree . Lesson learned
Now I have to watch this channel for English suggestions. "'Uponst' further reflection". uponst? Outstanding, over and above the panel beating.
I feel pretty smart now, I though triceratops when I saw those long dents also.
I think you know more than you want to know you know what you're doing you just choose not to do some of it
#garagechoreography Kyle, you are a sculptor. Really enjoy your work.
I love that torque twist technique!!! Just be careful you don't pull a neck muscle!!! The human body is an amazing tool!! Thanks for sharing Kyle.
I am very experienced with the dreaded "three on the tree" lock-up. When I was a kid all our cars were equipped with a large screwdriver under the driver's seat for just such an emergency. I know all too well the sickening feeling as you went from third to first and felt that "clunk" (usually at 5:00pm in rush hour) Cheers from the shed
Fortunately, cars have come a long way since then. No more pesky shift linkage to jam up, no need to carry tools under the seat...just call a tow truck and have it hauled to the nearest dealership, where they will simply remove and replace your 32-speed transmission that is conveniently no longer under warranty.
You're right... things are much better now..
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Yes, I've untangled a 3 speed linkage a few times.
In a 65 Merc truck, a 66 Rambler wagon and a 77 Chevy van.
I hope paypal gets their stuff together.
I know you're not to much into Fords, neither am I really, but I've often thought it would
be cool to make one of the early Rangers look like a 66 F-100.
I'm running out of time for things like that though, lol.
Cheers, Kyle.
I guess I’m just lucky. I’ve had to do a 3-speed, a 4-speed, and a 4L60E automatic (twice) on the side of the road. The 4L60E the trans end of the cable bushing disintegrated and came off the ball of the shift lever. A pair of vice grips held it in place til I could get parts. The other time the cable folded and kinked so put shifter where I needed it, D, then roll under truck and move lever till the truck lurched forward😮. But this was in a parking lot.
I learned to drive in a 1953 Chevy sedan when I was 13. You probably shouldn't do that anymore. The column standard shift linkage periodically jammed. It was easy enough to fix. You just had to pop the hood and pull up on one linkage levers. I have no urge to remove dents from cars myself, but I like to watch you do it.
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Ok, not a three speed story but my brother and I jammed a v8 into an old 65 Chevy pickup when we were teenagers.
It was a three on the tree but we converted it to automatic with a chunk of threaded rod through the floor to use as a shifter.
I was driving one day and my dog jumped on my arm thereby jamming the truck into park at about 40 miles per hour.
The engine torqued so much that it broke the distributor cap.
Five mile walk home.
Replaced the cap and amazingly the transmission worked perfectly fine.
It was an old two speed slush bucket.
Many times in my old c10……everyday couple times a day when I worked for a concrete company……it was a union job…..I was assigned a 60 autocar with a 10 speed and a 4 speed ox box…..the ox would think nothing about getting hung up and having me get out with a crowbar…..happened anytime I was loaded and out on a huge power line job….
Had to wrestle with three-speed on the column linkage a few times, but it's been quite a few years. The worst I remember was on a 61 Ford Econoline van, in the rain. My buddy almost got run over when he crawled under his 60 Chevy and knocked it free; luckily I was there to hold the car enough that he could crawl out.
Many times I have untangled a borg warner 3 spd from my Aussie built 245Hemi Charger when I had it.
My headlights ejected from my vehicle last friday morning when I had a head on with a motorcycle. cheers.
Around 7:40, I saw what looked like smoke and got really excited, but it turned out it was just dust dislodged from the inner fender, falling into the camera. That's okay, this was a fantastic tutorial, even if there was no fire! I have very similar damage to my project--it's funny how a somewhat minor whack to the front will throw the geometry and fit out in enough places, just enough to drive you nuts. Thanks for sharing your craftsmanship and knowledge, I'm really enjoying watching this project take shape!
My Mother had an old beat up '57Chevy. It was my job to jump out pop the hood and pull the levers up.later I had a 70 C 10 that would get hung up at the worst times. Some guy t boned me so I scavenged parts put another cab on a k10 frame with the truck 4sp and never looked back. Hey your doing great on the chicken truck.😅
It would be cool if there was some wizardry that could turn your hammer sounds when speed up into a tune... great work, good humor!
RIP fender clip, you will be missed.
PayPal lets mega companies like Amazon to take our money but not the little guy. Go figure.
Explains the missing button.
New to the channel, you use a lot of the same tool's i use, and that's whatever's available lol. I have worked on old Chevy's in the past, my bucket list Chevy would be a 36 chevy business coupe. My grandpa was looking for one to restore with me, but died in 1999. The first car he ever drove, and it was brand new, and the guy he worked for as a teenager let him drive it to deliver stuff for him. G-d bless.
Fun fact, the Trysaratops (that's how its supposed to be spelled) was first discovered in the wild by a Girl named Sara who ran a woman's clothing store specializing in Shirts and blouses. The store was called Try Sara's Top's, but there were too many S's so they dropped one when naming the creature. At one point she even had a sweater line made from real Trysaratops fur, It's very luxurious and resembles Cashmere in many ways.
Yes I have had the rare and enviable thrill of lying on my back in snow to overcome one of Ford's better ideas. I lucked out and managed to buy a used Econoline van from Honest Abraham's Dicey Emporium. One day it decided it only needed one front motor mount, it also got lazy and leaned onto the engine bay. Managed to get it into second, and after frequent exposure to the delicious aroma of burning clutch I got home. Yet another occasion, I found myself also flat on my back in mud and water, attempting to hand shift a fire truck's transfer case, thus it is hard to teach me any knew cuse words, but I am continuing my education to learn new and more definitive combinations. Sadly the latest generation lack such skills as they rely heavily on the "f" word. Oh yeah, just about forgot (geezer moment), great work on that tortured fender and explaining for us amateurs the measuring nine ways for Sunday to get stuff to line up.
Thank you Kyle. I found this episode educational. I'm really enjoying the details which are going into building the chicken truck. This is fascinating! Cheers.
The problem with the stuck 3 speed happened to with my 63 Belair once every 10 years or so. Crazy enough additionally it happened to two times to my friends who used the car ONCE. They called me up and asked if there was a trick.
Looking good and any progress is progress and unlike my own 52 front fender that was full of filler from a previous repair...the stuff becomes quite sharp and jagged when hammered and chiselled out...
I've owned several cars with 3 on the tree and never had to fix them. They were all sucky And lose but they all worked.
I remember when I was a kid that Dad had that happen on a new to us 57 Plymouth.. The car turned out to be a lemon and the dealer eventually took it back and my Dad got a 56 Chevy wagon.
When I bought my 64 F100 the cab was on the chassis and everything else was in a pile behind his garage. As I dug through the pile while loading it onto the second trailer, I was amazed that all the parts seemed to be there. None of the metal was bare but the disassembling had not gone smoothly. Lots of damage due to rusted fasteners that had refused to come apart. Let's just say, a torch was involved😢 Thanks for the videos!:)
PayPal is probably waiting for you to start mowing down the fenders to verify your identity. I’m excited to see you fabricate the upside-down riding mower for the trim job. Don’t forget to sharpen the blade so you get nice clean cuts. 😊
Yes , by all means. I have had to unstuck shift linkage many times . I've done it on Chevys and Fords . After a couple of years you learn how to shift w/o hanging the linkage up.
O yes I have a 1956 Nash Metropolitan with the original 3speed on the column, the shift forks on the column are warn badly and if you get rammy with it you will be walking, if you are careful and when you come out of first gear to the neutral position push the shift lever down then up to second it’s fine! I am installing a Toyota 5 speed soon, it’s on my list!
My first vehical was a 1947 Jeep with a 3 on the tree . It was used to haul the mail the shifter was wornout . I got a top for the trans and made it a floor shifter. I allso owned a 1967 and 1969 c10 chevys with 3 speeds . One of them i put a car 4 speed in and had a 4 on the tree. I didnt under stand but they would mess up just out of the blue. I now have a 1982 chevy 4x4 K10 that was a 3 on the tree but now has a floor shifter. Why any one would have bought this K10 after a test drive is beyond me?
As a European very few of us have experienced anything related to three speed unless it’s extremely old - most cars were manual until recently (recently like 20 years ago) and were 4-speed. Now we have a lot of automatic transmissions with a minimum of 6 gears…
You hilarious spaz, you must've been pretty entertaining in school. I'm sure I am not the only one who enjoys seeing your lighter side as you school us on bodywork. Great episode and I hope paypal sorts you out
I once had a shift tube break while going into 2nd gear. I didn't untangle it though. I just drove in 2nd till I got a replacement tube. Cheers! 😎🛻🐔🏁🏁
Many times going on a date with my wife lol, great job great video. you are a master at repairs and explaining how to get it done.
Have I ever had to untangle a 3 speed linkage alongside the road? Actually hundreds of times. I owned a 64 Rambler Classic. That three on the tree had more wobble in it than my Grandmother’s knees!
Hope you got the cats on speed dial in case you get stuck when using the human portapower. Yep that pot metal/ aluminum soupbox shifter was an engineering marvel. Trained on a 56 chev truck. Nice video!
I had a similar issue with PayPal. I had to "re-verify" my verified 15 year old account. By chance I noticed a message on my account that said "I had a few days left" to re-verify my account or would no longer be able to accept funds. No reason was given as to why this was necessary.
I actually got scowled at by author Cormac McCarthy for stopping in the middle of the one intersection in Tesuque New Mexico to pluck my shift linkages back into place
Great video Kyle! Thank you for sharing your expertise with us beginners!
Yep, pull off the road and grab the wrench I keep under the seat for "untangling". I finally cleaned everything up well, applied lots of grease, then baling wire. It's been years now.
and content....it's also great content, thanks Kyle you make me laugh well learning.....alien chicken legs, I almost peed.
You have an eye for detail, great job😊😊😊
Very informative video !! Thank you ! A couple of things you didn't mention when you were working on that long upper crease that are not commonly mentioned by those doing and showing these repairs.
1- How hard you need to be pushing on the dolly from behind the crease when you are doing your "off dolly" work trying to get the crease to move back out.
2- When you have the dolly behind the damage, how to determine exactly where to place the dolly and exactly where to hit/slap the metal either "on" or "off" the dolly. I have found that "tipping" the dolly and "tapping" the metal with the hammer helps you to locate the dolly exactly based upon the "on dolly ring" that tells you (from the front side) that you are right "on" the edge of the dolly.
From my limited (compared to you) experience, I think you would agree that getting good at doing this is "mostly" about more practice/experience until you get "comfortable and relaxed" about what/how you are doing the work. The other thing that is SOOOOOO important is trying to communicate to the beginner/amateur (that would be ME) "understands" the techniques and how to recognize them and their results. 👍👍👍👍🤷♀🤷♂🤷🤓🤠😜✌✌
Question: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Answer: It didn’t make it, it got hit by this truck! 😂🇨🇦😬✌🏻👍🏻
Yes Sir!!!
Young guys driving old, worn cars at some point became members of the greasy finger club. That's when the shift linkage hung up between low and second gear.
Bought a new Chevy short bed pickup in 1979 . They go for stupid money today. Anyway it was the wives vehicle. She always drove sticks till her mid 70's when her knees began to bother her. Kept it for 13 years. The last 3 years we had it, it was always getting stuck between gears. She would jump out , pop the hood, reach over the fender, line the linkage up, off she would go, and never once complained about it.
I had a 67 chevy with a 3 on the tree. About 3 or 4 different times I had to fix the linkage on the side of the road and another time the pin broke off the shifter handle. Never a dull moment with that truck.
Kyle, yes I have untangled shift rods on a dozen a Chevy GMC and most three on the tree vehicles, my chevy was about the same year truck as the chev you have..
Usually the truck gets stuck in low when you shift to second, if you are on a level surface you are golden, on a grade the gears want to twist, making it hard to pull up the linkage, the clutch should pushed in to take the pressure off the gear.
You can rock the truck back and forth while pulling up on the stuck rod on a non running vehicle if its on a level surface like a garage floor out in th wild you found a simi level spot, shut off the truck then pull the rods to the mid spot/ middle.
Lol yeah, I had to "get out and get under" my 69 Suburban, at the front gate of a Navy base during rush hour! It was converted from 3 on the tree to a floor shifter, and would get stuck between gears. No fun!