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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!
