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Haynes classic car bodywork repair manual : the complete, illustrated step-by-step guide / Lindsay Porter.

by Porter, Lindsay, 1949-

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629.260288 P846h

Automobiles -- Bodies -- Maintenance and repair.

Automobiles -- Conservation and restoration.

9781844258291 (hbk.)

Alternate title:

Classic car bodywork repair manual

Haynes classic car bodywork restoration manual

283 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

First published as Car bodywork repair manual, by G.T. Foulis & Co. in 1985.

Getting rid of rust -- How corrosion occurs -- Fighting back -- Part I. Rustproofing - wax injection and treatment -- Part II. Neutralising rust -- Part III. Paint and rust stripping -- Part IV. Rustproofing surfaces -- 4. Painting -- Gun lore - types of spray gun -- Choose your weapon -- Cleanliness comes last! -- Principal parts of the spray gun -- Putting on the paint -- Paint - the constituents -- Vehicle manufacturers' paint types -- Refinish paint types -- Clear-over-base -- Undercoats -- Pre-spray garage preparation -- Preparing to spray - including test for paint type -- Flatting (or sanding) -- How to flat -- Masking off -- Preparing to paint - summary -- Spraying the primer -- Spraying the colour coat -- Start spraying! -- Bits in the gloss coat? - don't panic! -- Painting pointers - handy hints -- Spray gun trouble-shooting -- Paint faults -- Colour section --^ Total respray -- Typical paint faults --

1. Welding and cutting -- Brazing -- Types of welding -- Arc -- Carbon-arc -- Oxy-acetylene -- MIG -- TIG -- Selecting your welding gear -- Welding concepts and principles -- Compatibility -- Distortion -- Impurities -- Welded joint types -- Welding techniques -- Arc- including overhead welding -- Carbon-arc brazing -- Oxy-acetylene - including rod and wire thickness chart, and shutting-down procedure -- Oxy-acetylene cutting -- Hints on welding stainless steel -- Hints on brazing aluminium alloys -- Oxy-acetylene brazing -- Heat-shrinking a panel -- TIG welding -- MIG welding -- MIG welding in awkward places -- MIG spot-welding -- Spot welding -- Braze welding aluminium -- Plasma cutting -- 2. Panel beating -- Introduction -- Metalworking techniques -- Mallets -- Application of beater and dolly -- Spoons and their applications -- Panel finishing -- Annealing -- 3.

Flame conditions for oxy-acetylene welding -- Paint stripping -- Compressors - choices and use -- Respraying a rear wing: 2-pack paint, low-bake oven usage -- Spraying with aerosols -- Mobile' paint repairs -- 5. Bodywork repairs -- Part I -- Body fittings -- Removing stubborn fixings -- Bonnet/front damage repair -- Front wing damage repair -- Adjustments - tips in fitting panels and doors -- Repairing alloy wheel damage -- Small dent repair -- Mobile' dent repairers -- Agreed value insurance -- Part II -- Using body filler -- Using body solder -- Replacing a sil/body rocker -- Removing and fitting a classic car's welded-on wing -- Renewing a door skin -- 1930s body repairs -- Second-hand parts -- Blast cleaning -- Chassis and sub-frame repair -- Bolt-on front wing replacement -- Repairing panels with adhesive -- Part III. Repairing plastics -- Repairing a cracked bumper --^ Mobile' plastic bumper scuff repairs -- Painting plastic -- Welding plastics -- 6. Repairs on a shoestring -- Bodywork repair and improvements from a can -- Paint breakdown - sound metal -- Rusty rear wing -- Pulling out a dent I -- Pulling out a dent II -- Cutting out corrosion -- Painting the patches -- Finishing touches -- Home spraying with aerosol -- Using special paints -- Home spraying with a compressor -- Safety -- Preparation -- Priming -- Top coat -- 7. Glass-fibre bodywork -- Repairing GRP body damage -- Copyin a GRP panel -- Fitting GRP panels in place of steel -- Fitting glass-fibre rear wings/flared wheel arches -- Glossary -- 8. Doors, interiors and soft-tops -- Stripping out door gear - removing trim, door latch gear, window winder gear, window glass, model-by-model -- Mobile' windscreen replacement -- Windscreen held by rubbers -- Sports car windscreen --^ Glass bullseye' damage -- Plastic instrument panel repair --

Plastic dashtop repair -- Plastic door capping repair -- Mobile' velour seat burn repair -- Fitting a soft-top -- 9. Accessories and improvements -- Fitting simple accessories -- Mirrors -- Aerial (antenna) -- Front auxiliary lamps -- New number/licence plates -- Mud flaps -- Soundproofing -- Sports car roll-over bar -- Fitting a tow bar -- Fitting and maintaining a sunroof -- Polishing faded paint -- Pinstriping and decals -- Steel wheel appeal -- Interior trim - renovation and repair.

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