Peugeot 203-1951, Peugeot Custom fenders -Peugeot custom pickup-backbone

 the" Backbone"- final touches for this monstrosity

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Peugeot 203-1951, Peugeot Custom fenders -Peugeot custom pickup- planishing

 Somehow I managed to bond together the second fender, clean up the welds and level'd. I used a hand held unit planishing hammer build in the house, low radius(100) for the back side and higher craw die(45) for the front... ready for the final weld.#tigwelding #tigwelded #peugeot203custom #tigweldingtips #hotrods #welding #customfenders #custompickup #sheetmetalshaping #hotrod #metalshaping #sheetmetalfab #sheetmetalwork

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Peugeot 203-1951, Peugeot Custom fenders -Peugeot custom pickup- TIG welding

I have not worked with such large panels so far, for safety and for my peace of mind I left a space of at least 1 mm between the panels to avoid excessive expansions, deformation that could occur during the welding process and it worked.

T.I.G welding process, argon flow 2 l/ min, 2.6 mm thoriated Electrode , air cooled torched,.25-28 Amp

I'm glad I chose to weld them T.I.G and not oxy -gas. I will probably make a clip, focusing on the penetration of the back weld.

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Peugeot 203-1951, Peugeot Custom fenders -Peugeot custom pickup .5

 stage 5- completing the  fender spine" and patching here and there. as you can see, not only does widen but it also rises (at the bottom). another 200 hours and we were finishing the second fender.

Peugeot 203-1951, Peugeot Custom fenders -Peugeot custom pickup. 4

the grippers in action, I would not have managed to connect the panels together without these miracle clamps, they are absolutely brilliant.

 

Peugeot 203-1951, Peugeot Custom fenders -Peugeot custom pickup. 3

 

Forming( Stump shrinking) the front side  for this fenders as difficult as it seemed at first, so easily it unfolded along the way..."be careful and do not hurry, check twice ,periodically"this phrase I stored well in my mind, and kept along the way

Peugeot 203-1951, Peugeot Custom fenders -Peugeot custom pickup. 2

 After cutting the buck and placing the fender, a paper pattern will be made which will then be drawn on the sheet metal. This stage is quite important, if you make mistake here everything will go in the opposite direction and the process will have to be repeated,slowly but surely... also at this stage we get an idea of where we heading for, how much it need to shrink, curved,stretched the sheet metal.

Peugeot 203-1951, Peugeot Custom fenders -Peugeot custom pickup.

 Peugeot 203-1951, Peugeot Custom fenders -Peugeot custom pickup.

There comes a time when you have to try something new (to be honest I was afraid of this moment) but you back off for fear of failing, otherwise

from mistakes we learn the most...They say!

So I had to take my heart in my teeth , to accept the challenge that was offered to me, first of all,I want to show my gratitude for this and take this opportunity my friend,to thank you! for your trust and for this opportunity to do something unique to you and me,obviously!

We will post the execution process step by step in several posts, hoping that we will not bore you from the start with just one post and We hope that you will be with us with positive or negative feedback, as it will be, we will take them for granted.

the first step is cutting the buck, and checking the fender on it.