Bead Roller?

[RallyeMike]

This winter I'll be fabbing some trunk and floor pans for my 57 dodge. There are several manual crank several bead rollers out there for about $130-190. Does anyone here have one that they can recommend (or suggest staying away from)?

[Eldovert]

Get a Woodward fab version from Summit and then beef up the frame.

http://www.theoldcar.net/2010/12/woodward-fab-bead-roller-modification.html

Cheers,Pat

[Patronus]

Cant go wrong with Eastwood 

[RallyeMike]

Is it true that the Eastwood one is the same as Woodward? They do look nearly identical, but the Eastwood unit comes at a price premium.

The home-made upgrade to the Woodward unit looks nice, but I won't be going through the time and expense of making it into a thousand dollar unit. After the 57, I will likely never use it for anything significant again. I just need to make sure I don't end up with a piece of junk that won't last through one project.

Thanks for the feedback.