[Healeys] Bodywork Advise on "Oil Canning"

[BJ8 Healeys]

Another technique is to quickly cool down the metal with wet cloths after heating it and removing as much of the oil can as possible with hammer and dolly, working from the edges in.  This kind of bodywork can be done at home as a learning exercise, but I wouldn't advise tring to learn on your Healey fender.  As with most things manual, with practice you get better at it, so practice on something less important than your fender first.  I would recommend you get an experienced body man (panel beater, not a Bondo spreader) to do the job. 

Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC  USA


---- Michael Salter <msalter at precisionsportscar.com> wrote: 
> "heat the metal and beat the judicious crap out of it until the metal has
> shrunk sufficiently"
> Now there is a highly scientific term if I ever heard one   ;-)
> 
> Michael Salter
> http://www.netbug.net/blogmichael/?p=445