XA GT Tribute Eps 11 - Bonnet repairs with de-skinning and fixing rust Eps 11

[@georgedamouras3454]

Awesome mate love your work looking forward to seeing your toys finished

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Thanks George !

[@froggy121000]

Good to be able to watch a true craftsman at work.

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Thanks mate, you flatter me haha, but I appreciate it cheers!

[@russelblackwell6041]

You are a clever man Tom seriously could Ford afford the caulking between the skin mass process no primer at least we know with your work done once done right thanks for another great video

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Thanks so much Russell ! and Thanks for watching!

[@barefootrestos]

G'day mate, very satisfying watching the hammer and dolly work, 👌 only those who have done it can appreciate the results. I am still learning but am seeing some results. Cheers mate.

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Good-on you, thanks mate !

[@grahamcook1212]

Great job love your work old mate cheers👍

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Thank you Graham 😊 Cheers!

[@wayneodonnell8847]

Good work Tom, I’ve used the cups off eBay on my XB GT bonnet … they work gr8 👍

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Thanks Wayne ! Good to know!

[@DonsTrix]

Nice work on the bonnet, Tom. Looking forward to seeing it finished. :-)

[@phatridesgarage3760]

You and me both Andrew, just want to get the thing in primer !

[@tamaraburke5681]

Good video nice work using what you have 👍

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Thanks alot !

[@michaelnoyes4817]

Love it mate, part of me missus it as it was a passion, but than I don't

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Thanks Michael !

[@tonykluytmans5336]

Nice work! Cheers from Tony and Anna

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Hi Tony and Anna , Thank you very much !

[@Roo0ooD]

i love the xa four door i cut all the rust outa mine in 1990

[@phatridesgarage3760]

lovely shape arnt they

[@leonardgilbreath9004]

You did a great job on the front frame and making those patches good luck on the hood pins it's turning out great thumbs up 👍👍

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Thanks Mate 👍

[@grantstanborough]

Great job looking really good

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Thanks alot mate , getting there

[@vigilante351]

Unreal job man, I had to do that with my bonnet from a stock GL bonnet to a Ghia XE bonnet. The Ghia front was great but the rest of the bonnet wasn't, so it got grafted into my GL bonnet. Drago at Sefton Smash did that for me.

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Thanks mate ! Drago's a great panel beater for sure

[@eliasniforos5981]

as always nice work

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Thanks alot mate Cheers!

[@steveveness3829]

G'day from West Australia😉 Bonnet repairs are always a fun exercise. Just a small suggesting for you Tom. If you add a extra stip of steel that spans either side of your initial splicing. From each end back towards the middle lock plate are, it helps to stop the corners of the frame trying to crack on the welds. Which has happened to me over my 43yrs. You only need to spot weld the strip either side of the weld line you created between donour nose section and parent metal section being repaired. Saves a whole lot of heart ache after first spirited drive with fresh painted top coat.😉🙂👍👍

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Thanks Steve !

[@steveveness3829]

@@phatridesgarage3760 you are most welcome🙂👍👍

[@kerrynball2734]

Every time I visit rare spares I ask when they're doing XA bonnets. It worked for fuel tanks, not for bonnets so far ;-)

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Im sure it will happen one day, they just need a big enough demand i assume

[@gfenwick1]

always amazed by yr skills. you must have been a metal basher in a prev life :)

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Haha thanks mate!

[@russellgeorgelindsay6483]

Excellent work there love it

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Thank you very much Russell

[@WesW3187]

I reckon you did the right thing, especially when you look at the end result. What a nifty little tool that delaminater thing is 🙂.

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Thanks Wes !

[@samperras]

Thanks mate

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Thanks for watching Sam

[@GeeenJ]

nice repair on the bonnet i did a similar thing with the bonnet pin holes on a car yrs ago i used a couple of steel welch plugs the right size and welded around the edges of them to form the holes turned out good couldnt tell they were done afterwards

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Cheers mate )

[@adelaideinvigilation5230]

Tom, would a dimpling tool provide enough depth for you to start attaching the product that you have purchased? The other is the scoops are for a ram air system, are you going to connect all of that up or just have the scoops?

[@phatridesgarage3760]

I am going to look at my dimpling tool today and see of it can be used, no im leaving it stock looking as far as the vents go . Just want to get this car built, no real customising on this one , cheers thanks for watching

[@georgedamouras3454]

Hi mate have you considered the bonnet pin buckets now that you have the bonnet pulled apart

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Yeah mate, putting them In next hopefully

[@petelattimer6808]

POR 15 is overrated, in my opinion. i used it when i fettled some front wings on a Mercedes. 3 months later and the rust was still bubbling back through, depsite being treated with POR 15.

[@phatridesgarage3760]

wow really! thats not good, well This is all an experiment for me, hopefully it will be ok

[@steveskrobot9496]

I cant believe Ford never splashed a coat of primer on the under sides of the panels. I supposed it was cost efficient and out of mind out of sight!

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Yeah never ceases to amaze me how they didnt seem to care about the life span

[@stevendurieu6938]

Loving the progress on the xa 👍👌

[@DodgyBrothersEngineering]

Chev progress?

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Nothing yet, I just have too much on at the moment with driving cranes mate