theasset13

I bow to your superior diagram skills!

Sweet, thanks mate. Looks like fun!

Crappy diagram, but do you mean like this?:

I'm intrigued as to how the spreader will push the dent out? I thought the spreader was like two hands together that spread out?

Yep, all Capri's have welded on guards. Thanks for the advice!

Already got my slapper (slap stick!). Thanks though. That guy makes some pretty cool vids. I'm pretty keen to have a go myself at repairing the guard. If it ends up totally wasted I'm not too fussed.

Hi everyone, Working on my project Mk2 Capri. It has some fairly large dents in the front drivers side guard & drivers door. I'm pretty new to panel beating. My experience is limited to a night school restoration course where I learned how to gas weld, basic file & dolly techniques & use of equipment such as an english wheel. I still feel pretty green about the topic though. I was wondering if someone could offer some advice on hammering out my guard. How it looks: I tried to follow the "Fairmount" method & concentrated on the directly damaged area near the top where it's rusted. So far though when I work on the ridge it seems to be smoothing it out but it's also pushing the ridge away from where I work in a downwards direction, like a wave. I'm concerned that if I carry on like this I will distort the panel & ruin the body line you can see 3/4 up the guard. I am wondering if the dent is too big for a hammer & dolly & if I should use a stud welder/hammer to pull out the dent first before using the hammer & dolly? Studs could be placed like so (red dots): Is this sensible or am I talking out of my rear? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!