RESTORATION - 1954 VW oval window windshield sheet metal repair for full build

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metalwork on the windshield. Replacing rusted out metal on the 1954 oval window.

[@Mikefngarage]

thanks for watching guys. I hope if someone has this repair to do on their car they can get some good ideas from this video. thanks again

[@greened57]

So glad you paint all of your restorations. Beautiful work bud !

[@randybourdon2791]

Turned out really great around the window Mike.

[@michelecrown2426]

Outstanding work and instruction. Not sure I would have the patience.

[@Mikefngarage]

I didnt either that is why I warped it. if I did smaller spots and cooled it then it would not have warped as much. But all good with a small amount of filler.

[@AlanG58]

Great work once again! I'm in New England and have had my share of rusty ovals. I've never seen a windshield opening so wasted, that's wild!

[@Mikefngarage]

yea really weird huh. California car too. never been in rust belt but windshield had never been out of there either. since new in 1954

[@type2ryder417]

Good job MIke, tough area to fix. Well done.

[@wolfparty4234]

I didn’t know this was a diy/learning channel!!! Now I need to go get my fucken notebook dam!!! Thanks man!! I was here for the free food…!🤣

[@rustyr-garage5667]

Hi Mike, excellent video !!! Great job. Corrosion fighter. 👍🍀👏

[@montericci1910]

Awesome progress Mike. Love your videos.

[@vwcoco]

Brilliant as always Mike , I follow your work and try and copy.So thanks for sharing sir !!

[@CTmoog]

I've watched this 3 times! Crazy good stuff here man!

[@Mikefngarage]

Awesome! Thank you! I watched the pan video again too. The editing kept me on it all the way through. you really got the edit on fire on that one with all the camera angle changes and the fast then slow stuff. the first 15 minutes is super awesome and intense....

[@SlickTrickRC]

Nice work. Experience builds confidence. With out confidence nothing is possible. Also. Phill is your friend 😉 Good thing you can find good used parts like that. Up here in border land in the mountains, there are no parts to be found really. Anyone with a bug up here won't let it go. Until they pass away. Keep up the great tips and commentary

[@elfenmagix8173]

Excellent work! Always learning something new!

[@stephenhenion8304]

Good by Rust!! Mike's back in the garage. V Dubs Rule!!!

[@mechanics4all405]

amazing work once again,youre content is superb

[@benshore7357]

Looking good

[@FunFun-tv7gq]

Thanks a lot for sharing mate. Awesome job as usual. Cheers from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺.

[@Mikefngarage]

Thanks 👍

[@stevedaniels1558]

You are a magician!

[@bdennis3157]

Great job as always. I have a 57 oval ragtop that is a real rust bucket that I hope to tackle someday. Learning a lot form your work. Thank you so much for taking the time that you do to show the metalwork. I wish you were in GA and not CA.

[@klausengelhardt3974]

Amazing work Mike Love watching from Australia

[@FixItScotty]

That looks amazing. Great repair.

[@tomdunigan234]

Mike I've watched the complete bucket truck restore and had no idea you were working on this car as well. I'm exhausted just watching.

[@1of1RTR]

Came along quite nice 🤙 🇺🇸

[@samperras]

Big effort Mike

[@haroldgetchelljr3264]

Good job Mike

[@vayabroder729]

Killer work as always, Mike. This will turn out perfect.

[@SkaterStimm]

Awesome work Mike! I have to do something similar on my double cab, I might do a new nose, we will see!

[@Mikefngarage]

was talking to another guy about a SC roof problem like yours. Might be more out there that need help with that repair.

[@SkaterStimm]

@@Mikefngarage I acquired a replacement roof, it arrives tomorrow!

[@thejeepdoctor]

Job well done Mike😁👍

[@leocappellone9388]

Hey Mike, you are definitely a "metal master". Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

[@VWPrince53]

Nice Job! Came out perfect! 👍

[@Rottingboards]

I would of made a front window template to get the opening correct but you did great without. Thanks for the video!

[@abimaheldelpilarcordova5500]

Great job as always 👍

[@billmcdonald2436]

Very nice work.

[@bparkinson1234]

Hey Mike. Try a tig rod to lay into the gaps and then tack in with mig . Easy to hold then use the tack heat to cut the rod at the end. Works great. Thanks for the video. Bill’s Cool Projects on youtube

[@tomdale1313]

YTM as always, good stuff...txs for sharing

[@HubertusSchaper]

Hi Mike, ever a good deal of welding artistry accomplished👍🏻. As always a joy to watch the way of your choice to approach the best way to fit in the part from the windshield👏. Great, Greetings.from HCS.🇳🇴☮🍀

[@djambrosia]

It's amazing seeing how much the metal moves around when welding in the high speed shots.

[@JamesDavis-to1hn]

That was a hard repair. Great work Mike!!!!

[@tomswindler64]

Great video as always just keep doing what your doing 😎😎😎👍👍👍

[@hddm3]

That was slick. Thanks

[@LakesideAutobody]

Looks nice Mike - have a good weekend :)

[@andrewforeman5716]

Excellent job Mike good to see different ways to replace or repair panels thanks we don't get much of this type of you tube videos in the UK.

[@chrisfreemesser5707]

Check out the Trev's Blog channel here on YT...a guy from the UK that does some astonishing metal restoration on cars

[@jedschleisner8960]

Good video Mike! I have to eradicate a pile of bondo on my oval and a crappy paint job. Doesn’t seam to be much rust but I will find out. Thanks again

[@Mikefngarage]

you just dont know until you get it all off. sometimes it is thin but they put it over paint. sometimes it is an inch thick or more.

[@augienajera642]

Bad A.. Fab work once again!!!!!

[@Mikefngarage]

Thanks again!

[@jacquespoirier9071]

I fear so long welds on a flat panel, this calls for warpage, you're very good to have done that with minimum warpage. When I have to do such a weld, I cool my panel with a wet sponge so the evaporation of the water helps to control things and I do all I can to limit the weld bead size so the heat input. very good video.

[@Mikefngarage]

yea I used shop air but I welded too far between or it would not have warped at all. just small amount anyway. I should have done one spot then move. The problem is that welder runs the gas for like 5 seconds after you let off the trigger so when I do that it wastes huge amounts of gas. The good part is that it welds a bit colder than most welders so it does not warp as much. I was welding like near 1 inch sections. But it came out fine hardly any warpage just enough for filler less then 1/4 inch like near 1/8 at the deepest point. 2 thin coats sanded off.

[@aussiebeatle4049]

Nice job...as always

[@bvalt1]

Always awesome to watch you work, after seeing your video on how you learned all this stuff it's easy to understand now how you are still able to do it so well. As a GC I started out as a carpenter's apprentice, learned to frame first then finish work, then more and more complex responsibilities followed. Even though I don't frame every day now, I still know how to do it right and well since I have literally thousands of hours behind me. Thanks for the education!!

[@Mikefngarage]

Thanks 👍

[@bvalt1]

@@Mikefngarage my pleasure man, I love to learn, and you are a great and patient teacher.

[@TheDaf95xf]

Evening Mike. Yet another fantastic display of pure craftsmanship 😀 Watching your videos had been a pleasure and an education 👍🏻 Cheers Stevie 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@MiniWarzone]

I really enjoy seeing projects like this, it's a real pleasure to watch 😎

[@garymallard4699]

39:28 " Always keep your Rubbers on !! " 😆🤣

[@mikelove9832]

Nice ! Thanks !

[@mikemuller4376]

Thx Mike for sharing your great work again

[@JourneymanRandy]

That must have been hard to do. You made it look easy Mike. Nice

[@Mikefngarage]

It was

[@dalewyatt1321]

You work things out methodically and with purpose and achieve your goal. I'm going Holy crap, how did that bit happen.

[@antoniocovarrubias7831]

From 50s to 90s this VW bugs were made, in ciudad Sahgun Hidalgo Mexico!

[@snowdogs59]

Amazing work Mike! I was just kidding about Jason’s oval. Just trying to encourage the young man🙂

[@Mikefngarage]

yea you can see it shrink from the heat.

[@garymallard4699]

I feel like I'm stuck in a F'N Elevator!! With this MUZAK!!! 😵😩😫

[@krekautofunilaria9730]

Esta entrando em forma muito bom trabalho é nois Brasil..

[@rogerlavictoire]

Great work. When is the next instalment?

[@petermulders1501]

Loving this series, Thanks for the detailed recordings. I'm starting with a 1958 now and I've just been told that I won't be able to fit a 1600 motor in the engine bay. What are you putting in this build, maybe I can just watch you do the mods and try it myself 😁

[@scgormani]

WOW...that's impressive -- this one would scare me but I learned a lot. BTW, are you tracking your hours on this thing? Just curious how long these repairs actually take you given your experience vs. those of us who have much less...

[@roybakker1973]

Have you ever looked in Germany for spare parts? It would safe you a heck of time.

[@CAHelmer]

Mike you talked about your prior experience and how you learned your craft. Did you ever teach? Did I miss that? Other than trying to teach people who don't want to learn a new technique or who are too suborn to change? No teaching them regardless of your intentions. But teaching in a formal setting?

[@Mikefngarage]

I was a TA in college class. Got recruited by the teacher after my test and talking and him looking at my work.

[@FeveredMind]

Hey there Mike! What sort of paint do you put down over that raw metal after you have welded in a new piece to prevent flash rust?

[@antonioanissmariottini6334]

Não entendi nada do que você falou kk mas entendi tudo que você fez 👏👏 também restauro carros antigos no Brasil.

[@jonpeters2700]

You never put a link in the description of the last video about the paint you are using. My son has a 2003 Monte Carlo that has a lot of rust on the top that we will need to clean off, treat and then repaint like you did on the top of the Beetle.

[@katmandu8208]

👍🍻

[@hded06]

I can help. I'm off Sunday's and Monday's

[@brianchisnell1548]

Aren't all '54's oval? In 1954 they just called them VW beetles. I guess I have a '64 large Window. Hehe

[@Mikefngarage]

yea for sure oval window vw is huge for youtube search results. ha ha. your right.

[@mikehammer4546]

Mike, I noticed that you blow compressed air on the weld shortly after you’ve finished the weld, is that to help with warpage or ?

[@Mikefngarage]

yea a bit. to get the metal not to warp you really need to do only small spots. Which would have taken me more than 1 day vs an hour. But I wanted to keep it from warping too much. so I cooled it down after like 1 inch of welding

[@bacres]

At the 10:30 mark where there was a small gap on the A pillar.. I've seen Bad Chad use a mig welder and at the same time, use a coat hanger and feed the puddle with the coat hanger to fill small gaps like that.. I need to try that..

[@Mikefngarage]

or better yet gas wire. less slag in the metal. I used to weld gas all the time in the early days Oxy acet....

[@juandelosangeles1070]

You use titanium 140 MIG ?

[@Mikefngarage]

yea works great.

[@juandelosangeles1070]

What your setting ?

[@juandelosangeles1070]

You use argon ?

[@davemoulding8799]

As for being a body repairman for 40 years now ,going across that panel was not the best as for now warp and it will be all mud you should have drilled out the spot welds in lip and down the post was ok across the panel is lazy

[@Mikefngarage]

not much filler on there. I knew it would warp a bit. Will last the same What would be the point in doing it a longer way if the end results are the same. It will last longer than I live. WHY????? Bragging rights? I think faster is smarter not lazy....I have better things to do with my life

[@davemoulding8799]

Fuxk that’s wire pul a new one in that’s being lazy to if you melt it , you will be pulling a new wire anyways , need me to come show you how to do panel replacement.

[@Mikefngarage]

Wire untouched. FYI.... held it away. Have you ever pulled a 54 harness....I think not.

[@marclopez6347]

That repair came out great! Good job dude!