Willys CJ3B Jeep body fabrication- Side panel fabrication completed

In this video I am continuing on the Willys CJ3B body tub build. Today I am completing both side panels. Shrinking and stretching to make it fit the wheelhouse perfectly. Finally a glimpse of the actual CJ3B that I am restoring.

[@theamaturepro]

6 years ago you posted this and I'm just now finding it. I'm grateful it's still here to find! I can't imagine how much you charge for this work, but I know two things for certain: 1, I can't afford it, and 2, you're not charging enough. The work you're showing us is possibly the most specialized and perfected work of any trade. This is all very impressive! Thanks for taking the time to record and share all of this!

[@metalshaperJeep]

Appreciate you watching

[@dominicjones2941]

Only just found this . I’m a blacksmith and restore old vehicles as a hobby but I have to say I am so very impressed with your skill forming those panels. So much talent and an amazing workshop.

[@Tashiro808]

My Older brother is an expert body man, I have good memories of those days watching him work on cars and trucks.

[@craighearn747]

It’s great to see an expert do this.

[@TheOldaz1]

Nice work, catching up on some of your older stuff. I like how you go about Jeep stuff.

[@danielvick7875]

Great content, you can't go wrong at all when you're preserving the real people who worked with their hands! And getting the whole home build experience makes it more intimate and understanding on how it was and how it could be if you wanted to do yourself! Brilliant doesn't get any better than that! Thank you!

[@bearsrodshop7067]

Boy, wish we were neighbor's! I love metal shaping, and your calm approach to every task. At 67, hand shapeing has gotten tougher on the ole wrist, but love to see great talented guys like you still at work, thx, Bear

[@Wooley689]

Oh man, this is some fine work. Thanks for taking time to keep moving camera, showing us and explaining it so well.

[@theoriginalwallace]

Absolutely stunning work, Sir!

[@wyattoneable]

Nice work. A man with some awesome tools and skills.

[@metalshaperJeep]

Thanks for taking the time to comment.

[@mayuradoolwela9717]

Amazing work. Really enjoyed your video. Thanks for sharing.

[@metalshaperJeep]

Glad you enjoyed the video, many more on the way so keep watching.

[@MrThetaphi]

This was really worth watching! Very nice work!

[@thecatfelix2988]

Nice work of art!!.

[@mattpolitzer2920]

Thank you. You deliver great instruction. Any thing is possible with patience and understanding the material.

[@clownact4192]

Amazing work! Thanks for taking time to make the video.

[@metalshaperJeep]

Thanks for commenting, glad you are enjoying the videos, many more to come.

[@bootsperformance]

Just found your videos. I wish I had some of the heavy tools you have. I own an auto fab and restoration shop and am self taught so watching some of the stuff your dong is cool. I've been restoring WW2 jeeps for myself for a few years now and you sir have talent. Most of my business is drag cars and muscle cars and the jeeps are an escape for me. Thanks for taking the time to video your projects.

[@metalshaperJeep]

Ed, glad you found my channel and are enjoying the videos. After many years of folks asking how I do things I have decided to put some information out on youtube for the next generation to learn. Not too many people interested in metal shaping these days though. Keep watching as there are more videos being made all the time and good luck with your shop. Would be cool to see some of your projects sometime.

[@wildcycles1]

Very nicely done videos.. THANKS!

[@jimlong527]

Can’t stop watching wish I had your talent. Love the old Willy’s Jeeps

[@metalshaperJeep]

glad you are enjoying my videos. Plenty of them out there and more coming soon so keep watching. Brian

[@ado5035]

Thank you for sharing your skills.

[@bisonuberti]

Unbelievable work. Impressive indeed. Can't wait to see the finish product.

[@metalshaperJeep]

Thanks for the comment. It am still working on it slowly and will bring updated from time to time. Keep watching, a lot more videos are coming.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Nicely done.

[@metalshaperJeep]

Thanks for the comment, Much more to follow so keep watching for more videos.

[@greglewellen4510]

So impressive thanks for the videos

[@davidroper9129]

sir that was poetry in motion, totally wicked !

[@metalshaperJeep]

Thanks for the comment and glad you enjoyed the video. More to come so keep watching. Brian

[@vladimirlopez7840]

You sir are truly an artist and master. Fantastic work

[@metalshaperJeep]

thanks for watching.

[@OutlawEdge]

Your work is awesome! Im learning lots from u brother. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@WC4DOOR]

I learned a few things on this one. I liked what you did cutting the flange off, shrinking then stretching. Also keeping a square line on the panel. I'm working on a similar part, but a Dodge. I'm working with about half the tools. Nice work.

[@metalshaperJeep]

thanks for the comment, I am posting videos in an effort to help other people learn to work with metal.

[@jafetbriones84]

Thank you sir for your great video its very clear

[@lougrimm9010]

Outstanding tutorials! Thank you so much

[@metalshaperJeep]

Thanks for the positive comment, it is always nice to hear from folks that enjoy the videos I am posting. Keep watching for more to come.

[@christopherneelyakagoattmo6078]

You are certainly an artist; and from the last two videos that I have seen, maybe a magician with a hammer. Good stuff indeed.

[@metalshaperJeep]

Thanks for the positive comment. keep watching as there are many more videos to come. Happy holidays to you and yours.

[@Brian123182]

It sure is fun watching a true craftsman working sheet metal. Just happened to catch one of your videos while surfing KZbin. Looks like I've got some great catching up to do.........I've been watching a guy build a steel Chinese Junker in his back yard for a couple of years but I can relate better to what you're working on. I sure could have used these videos back in the late 80's while I was working on my rusted out Landcruiser........Thanks for the videos!!!

[@metalshaperJeep]

Dave, glad you are enjoying the videos. Keep watching as I try to get one out every week. Brian

[@TH-oi4es]

brain awsome work! I love watching your builds. Tai

[@metalshaperJeep]

Tai-Chong, thanks again for the comment and I am glad you are enjoying the video series. Keep watching, there are many more videos planned for the future.

[@TH-oi4es]

Can not wait to see it all together.by watching i am learning on how to go about working with metal love it. Tai

[@bearsrodshop7067]

Brain, your vintage collection of old jeeps made my wife happy to know I wasn't the only man on the planet that has a barn full of projects and if I live as long as Noha, maybe get to 1/3,,,ha !! and just now gotten into old jeeps that put everything else on hold, even our 28 Nash Cabriolet has to wait, he he!

[@metalshaperJeep]

Glad to hear you have the Willys fever now. Lots of videos for you to watch and more coming.

[@bearsrodshop7067]

@@metalshaperJeep You sure made the tare dw of the old CJ Ross steering box much easier. Looks like she had hope and going to try my best to save it 🙄 , if not putting back original, would go with PS, but she deserves going back the way it was in 66!

[@user-vm9sh6ie5t]

Nice job!

[@metalshaperJeep]

many thanks

[@TERRYB0688]

Workshop could do with a tidy up LOL, nice work guys

[@johnward5890]

Good job! I was a 700 ton press operator that formed those panel for Magna Inc. Back in the early 1980's Most of those parts haven't changed much over the years. Your teachings where taught at Magna for the Metal refinishers like the training i received thare.

[@metalshaperJeep]

Good to hear from another person who actually works with their hands. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Appreciate you. Brian

[@markabaxter]

Really great content to your videos and such a nice relaxed pace - superb craftsmanship 👍

[@metalshaperJeep]

many thanks for your comment. more to come.

[@markfuller9886]

metalshaper where might I buy a flanger at. Or where to start looking for one to buy ?

[@metalshaperJeep]

The erco flanger that you see in the video is a very rare tool to find these days. I don't know of any for sale and the last one that I saw that came up for sale had a $30,000 price tag on it. It sold quickly.

[@johnnyholland8765]

The master of metal movery............

[@metalshaperJeep]

Thanks for watching

[@TheSquidtone]

Thanks for taking the time to make these videos. I know how hard it is to do the work and make the videos too! I'm looking forward to seeing how you 'un-cave-in" the hood on the '3B you just showed.

[@metalshaperJeep]

Dave, thanks for the positive comment. Subscribers are low and very few folks are commenting so I was thinking of not filming the rest of the project. But now, since there are a few good comments i will continue on. Thanks again.

[@TheSquidtone]

Yep, I know what you mean. I keep up a webpage about a car restoration and I've got some CJ3A resto stuff I want to put up too, but it's a little pricey to pay for keeping up a website. But once in a while I get a nice email or even a phone call and I feel pretty good helping someone out. At the very least I feel like I'm contributing to the online world to make up for all the info I "consume". Good luck with your youtube channel, and the old flatfender stuff too.

[@metalshaperJeep]

Dave, let me know more about your webpage if you can, always good to see other folks who are dedicated to the old car world.

[@TheSquidtone]

Brian, it is: www.squidsfabshop.com I am NOT a shop, or a pro fabricator. just a hobbyist. I came across your youtube videos from a posting on the CJ2A boards. It's funny because I just made a bunch of panels for my '3A with wood forms....I took care of the pucker problems with slits and welding, and I did not fold over the tops of the tub....I will weld on my original tops. Keep on Jeepin'!

[@guillermonieri4203]

Great lesson. Thank you.

[@metalshaperJeep]

thanks for watching and taking time to comment. Brian

[@TheFred1952]

doing a great job

[@metalshaperJeep]

Thanks for the comment, watch for future videos.

[@coburnlowman]

I couldn't imagine anyone hitting dislike. This intrigues me. Coming from a machinist background and watching this freehand stuff is nice.

[@metalshaperJeep]

Thanks for the comment Phil. I get a lot of emails from the youtube trolls but I don't let it bother me. I have an open invitation to anyone who would like to come to my shop and show me how to do it better. Nobody has showed up yet!!! Keep watching, many more videos coming.

[@gauravpandit4434]

metalshaper I m visiting us new jersey soon can I visit your shop?

[@markfuller9886]

I have a 1929 ford I'm getting ready to roll in my shop and get started on it, that shaper would be great to have

[@metalshaperJeep]

Hope the 29 ford restoration goes smoothly. it has taken a lifetime to acquire all the tools I use for metal fabrication, and many of them are very hare to come by these days.

[@mhamd-hs6wc]

رحم الله والديك هذا خوش عمل مشكور

[@BC5391]

Much nicer that patching it together. I'm assuming those were your dad's forms. Nice workmanship.

[@marcocucinelli5011]

Parabéns ótimo

[@markfuller9886]

Ok thanks, 30g's my wife would kill me. My first project was 68rs camaro when I was 14 an it went on from their with many shop tools and equipment but I've never seen one of those flanger before

[@metalshaperJeep]

The flanger is a wonderful tool and does things no other machine can do. They were made right here in Connecticut for many years along with riveters and kick shrinkers. Prices have gone thru the roof lately, but I guess everything is like that now.

[@tomthompson7400]

what makes that shrink stretcher , its the nicest ive ever seen

[@TheCramunhao666]

muito bom

[@MegaReception1]

Excellent craftsmanship my compliments on your skill and thanks for making this excellent tutorial. Question on the cj3b you said it had a Perkings what model? regards from Panama.

[@metalshaperJeep]

The CJ3B is going to be getting a diesel engine in it. The one that has a factory Perkins in a CJ5 air compressor jeep. More on that in a future video. Thanks for watching, more videos coming. Brian

[@jonbon1904]

Hi mate, just found your channel and I think I'm going to enjoy watching your other ones. In this video, when you went back and forth from the shrinker to the bench to bend the "cut" side to match, how did you bend it? Did you just force it over a round piece of pipe or similar? I didn't see this step in the video. Thanks, and keep up the informative videos.

[@metalshaperJeep]

I just bent it by hand to match the amount I was shrinking.

[@jimlong527]

So sad this project was not completed. Hopefully the owner does what is right and finishes it. Let us know

[@iancameron1662]

I just came across your channel and love what you do if you're in the Detroit area I would love to work for free under you to learn that how to do metel work

[@metalshaperJeep]

I am in Connecticut a bit far from Detroit. Keep watching my videos and you should be able to pick up some tips on how to shape metal. Thanks for watching.

[@metalshaperJeep]

Here is part one of the cab corners being made. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJCpooZmmd-rg7M There are 3 parts so check them out. As far as weldable primer I use LPS Cold Galvanize Spray. You can find it locally, on amazon, ebay, or any good retailer. Use it only between joints, not on any surface that you are going to paint later. It works great. Brian

[@riviereyves5590]

👍👍👍💪💪💪

[@Mocking69]

工作機械って言うのかな!? その器械は年代モノでしょうか？

[@mikew4171]

I just want to know one thing "metalshaper" ......is there ANYTHING you CAN'T do in the engineering, fabricating, creative world ??? Do you do all this for a "living" ....... or did you win a huge lottery ticket when you were young and all this "stuff" you do became a life-long serious hobby ??? SAAAAAALUTE !!! I "thought" that I had some talent ----- until that is, I came across your vids here on U-tube !!

[@metalshaperJeep]

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Yes, I do this for a living among other things. I bought an old farm so I am raising animals, planting crops, and restoring an 1800's house and many barns. Didn't ever win a lottery, and live from day to day. Everything you see in my shop has been a struggle to acquire and often I would put common life things such as a place to sleep or food to eat, to the side, to build my tool collection. It has been a tough road, but I work for myself and have chosen a life of quality and peace over money. Keep watching many more videos on the way. Brian

[@impactajuvenile]

metalshaper Brian you are truly blessed. Hope one day you could pass along some of your knowledge to those that would luv to learn a little of it? Take care and keep making all that great stuff.

[@robredbaron654]

Brian where are you located? I have been looking for a decent cj3b to restore this winter with my son, nothing up my way here in North eastern Pa.

[@metalshaperJeep]

I am located in Connecticut. The CJ3Bs are still around but you have to look for them and buy them as soon as they show up. Lots of people are after them these days.

[@jerrywilson8080]

Hi can I buy fabricated diamond plate exterior parts for 53 3b willys

[@billkahl1147]

What kind of machine is that planisher that has the swinging hammer action, the one with the adjustable flange angle?

[@metalshaperJeep]

Erco Forming and Flanging Machine

[@billkahl1147]

@@metalshaperJeep Thank You!

[@RoyaljeepModification]

i am indian and complete work ford bordy asemble

[@spiggyification]

Boy I've seen some crude work, but your's take the biscuit.

[@markbennett8955]

You need to turn ur rooster down😂

[@metalshaperJeep]

my rooster is always trying to steal the spotlight. Somehow he knows exactly when the camera is turned on!!

[@willy8477]

goed werk , maar video helaas te saai.

[@metalshaperJeep]

good to have you here Willy Mans !!