Gunna give body work a shot

[THMPN73]

Hey, Ive decided I want to attemp some body work, never really done much before and I would like to buy a good book to do some research on so I can at least pretend to know what i am doing.... any suggestions on a good book or sites?

[MichaelRW]

Pro Paint & Body by Jim Richardson with Tom Horvath. It's an HP book. Retail price of $18.95. It has good, straight forward descriptions of techniques to use and it is well organized.

[jaak]

   Good book, I have it, i also have Project Charger by Larry Lyles, And also with the help of the pros here, DropTop, Doc74, CudaKen and others they give you good tips and advise. I just took the plunge into bodywork myself, I haven't got far yet, because of other things that came up, but I got a thread on either page 2 or 3 titled "OK bodymen....." if you want to check that out.

Good luck and Keep us updated,
Jason

['CUDA360]

You might want to practice on some scrap first.  I did Pontiacs first so I had lots of practice on rust, bondo and fiberglass.

When I got done practicing I went to Mopar 

[Silver R/T]

local colleges should have textbook that teaches how to do bodywork

[Charger_Fan]

local colleges should have textbook that teaches how to do bodywork

So he should enroll in college first?

[sharpspike]

some good free info

http://www.paintshop101.com/ps101_008.htm

[THMPN73]

its ok im goin to the university of alberta so dont have to worry about enrolling in nothing.

[THMPN73]

Thanks alot for all the help I will be going to see what i can find in the library... should be able to find almost anything we have at least 4 huge libraries that I know of on campus

[Silver R/T]

local colleges should have textbook that teaches how to do bodywork

So he should enroll in college first?

no he doesnt, but he can check out their bookstore for good book on bodywork. Also check out www.hotrodders.com for lots of info on bodywork and any other info including brakes, engine, suspension etc.

[Drop Top]

Or just ask us here and send pics of what your going to do first. Theres bound to be someone here that has already done whatever your are about to tackle. We can help but you will have to lesson. Allot of good body guys around here. Of course these the few notso good ones here also. But you'll figure out the differance really fast.

[THMPN73]

Well the only part of the car that really scares me is of coarse the rear quarters... the rest of the rust is all on the rock guard which will give me a bit of room for error on my first time. what is the best way to tackle the rear fender(I dont want to buy news ones because its just not in my budget at this time)? Im goin to cut them out and need to weld something in.. would you recommend just tryin to form a piece of sheet metal?
Thanks THMPN73

[Drop Top]

If the rust isn't too bad and you can fabracate. Then just cut out the rust and make your own panel. Make sure you cut enough metal out so you don't miss any rust. Take an ice pick and punch around the area for weak metal areas.