Hi Fitzee. I just finished repairing both sills (rocker panels I think you call them) on my wife's Freelander. I used your techniques, like using the existing panels to make replacements before cuting them out, and using cutt and butt, and lots of spot welds and not trying to run a bead. It worked really well and I want to sincerely thank you for your videos.

Your patience for such tedious fabrication is astounding!!!!! If that were me i’d be jumping up and down on the lot and heaving it out the door… Excellent work sir!!👍👍

Woodworkers know all too well about "Compound Miter Cuts" !

Maybe it isn't special, but I love the way Fitzee starts his videos, "here it is and now I'll show you how it happened." It's a great way to make a video.

I like your shows because your the type of man that can fix or figure out anyting anf explain it so anyone can understand. THANK YOU LOVE CHANNEL😊

You quite the thinker and planer, lots of tips today 👍

I think that system you created is nothing short of amazing. That kind of math makes my head hurt just watching you do it. Great work for sure.

Good job you did get in to that front end Tony that was a right old mess under there ! Looks spot on now mate nice one 👍

I can’t believe how far this car has came. I remember seeing it in the background of videos a long time ago and then you kinda showed it a bit and I remember thinking….holy cow that’s such a mess where would you even start? And now here you are! 👍

Great job! Confusing angles, but I see it now! Nice 😊!

What a cobbled up mess the front of that chassis was that you cut off! 🤣 I hope whoever did that wasn’t proud of it.

I love watching your use of geometry to build this car. The use of angles, measurements, etc. You build this stuff from scratch using math.

Well fitzee, if you can't make it in the sheet metal side of things, you'd make a hell of an ironworker! I love your style of fabrication. It just works.

This was a complicated piece of work. It reminded me of when I was researching to find a radiator that would fit in my 1982 Mitsubishi L300 when I changed the engine from 1.6 liter to 2.0 liter with a five speed manual transmission. I ended up with a three row Nissan Stanza 2.0 Litre aluminium radiator. That was the only one I could make fit.

The tips were excellent. A lot of measuring and figuring out. Leads to a perfect masterpiece.

Great work sir, looking good!

Even with a grinder and paint the pieces you cut off the front of the frame are beyond saving! Whoever welded that up must have been a turkey farmer.

I always get confused with angles.Using templates sure helps. I did a project for friends . reworked a plant stand for their balcony. I had no extra material so I couldn't make a mistake, I made plywood templates to make sure my angles were right, but nothing as complex as what you just did You did amazing with all those compounded angles . you have tons of patience.

Tony, as always , a treatise on how to do complicated things properly and yet look so easy. Onya Cobber, you got this!

the next fabricator /mechanic that works on that car "many years from now" will be the most grateful of your amazing attention to detail , they will never experience the sick and miserable butchering you've seen top shelf my friend , thank you for sharing

Nicely done. It's always hard working off other peoples work. Great way of explaining how you did the work.

I see your already utilizing your new tool ,resurfacing. Great video. That drawing a scale model really works well and simplifies the thinking. Thanks for passing on your knowledge!

Holy Crap Tony, that frame is built like an armored tank on that old chevy. nice Progress Tony sometimes things go that way when your dealing with cars that has been through twenty hands.

It’s very satisfying watching a real master figure out and do what you did!

Alright! So glad you put up more ive been watching for it lol

There are times when being able to 3d model things in a cad package is useful. Not that the thought process is much easier, just that undoing your mistakes is easier on screen than real life 😂

I love and learn with every episode… GREAT JOB FITZ…

God bless you and your Family.

Your experience paid off on this! It would have been pure luck for me to build a system that went together so well.

You’re so good at this , a pleasure to watch !

Good math working on this little here a little there thumbs up

Blew my mind oh how you figured that out, and was able to modify what you did to get the finished results. I'm going to have to watch this again.

I too struggle with compound miter cuts like what you experienced. The reason the new pieces didn't line up square to the frame is because the frame was cut square. It happens! But good job 👏

Tony I was lost wen you said to long an to short 😂 an you're building on crude chassis to precise fitment which is always a pia, it's like building a square wall in a 100 yrs old house 😅so tht leads to you like I've said in the past Master Fitzee !

This car is going to be a very cool ride when it’s done I can only imagine how many hours you’ll have into it

you make Hard Work look like fun!

You lost me for a bit so I just watched the video. There was a lot of fabrication there which required alot of patience. The average person might have gone nuts doing what you did, but you are very good at figuring things out. Thanks for the education.

Looks like that bumper plan is gonna work out 😊

Hi Tony. The old Chev is looking good. Good tips on fabricating structural components for bumper to frame mounting. Like seeing that big LS under the hood. That should get her going when the time comes!

Tips were great like always...your surely pulled this one out the bag...like I say for Brent from Half Ass Kustoms...when it comes to fabrication "trust hia process " same can be said for you sir Fitzee

The shop inspector barely glanced at your work, knowing that it was done right.

it is a very good descriptive geometry study excellent job excellent teacher.

I feel your pain trying to work on a twisted car that someone else has modified and it seems like they’ve made adjustments as they went along so no matter how far you cut back nothing is actually symmetrical one side to the other. You have a lot of patience.

Fitzee that is enough to make your head hurt good show.

I did a lot of head scratching with you there, bit man those supports came out right on the money. They look great. You could cap the ends and make the caps extend out to meet the bumper bracket. I'm looking forward to seeing the next one.

Fitzee you’re a genius. I have the same ratchet at 7:05.

Wow was anything done with a tape measure initially. Well done on finding the challenges and making it right and better.

Hey Tony, my 64 F100 was a disaster when I bought it. There has been three previous attempts to rebuild this truck. Every one was a mess. Nothing was done with any idea of what they were doing. Following others is never easy😢 Thanks to your help she's been on the road for almost 1 1/2 years!😊

You put some thought into that one man. Worked out good

great video- keep them coming!!!

Great teaching as usual

Great job Fitz!

Being a pipefitter we call it The old rolling offset are very difficult

Awesome looking job. Tony. Your making that thing come together quick

Fully agree with all the other comments. Always completely amazed with how much you do with so little. Truly believe everyone of these projects stretches ourselves to become smarter and smarter. JT: Orlando FLA

Great love of workin% on rods job well done 😊😊😊😊😊

9:12 don't get sick from touching those boogers. Love the video Tony! Thanks

looking fine !

Hello Tony: I am always surprised at how long it takes to do custom work. When you look at the finished part. The actual fabrication time to weld the pieces togeather is minimal compared to the time spent getting the fitment correct. This is the difference that shows quality in the finished product.Farm repairs are great for the farm, to get a job finished. They almost always look like a dogs breakfast so to speak. Keep the videos coming.

Great job

Cheers Tony 👍💪✌

You Rock!

I watched this while having my morning coffee. 🤔🤯 Too many maths! I bet some young fella has an app on their phone that could cad/cam that in about 12 seconds... LoL

Just a thought,crhome visor on the headlights.Strong work!

Fritz this is amazing work. But this is the most complicated work I have seen you do. Its all angles. Had me lost for a few minutes. The problem I can see is the original chassis was cut at 90 degrees, when it should have been cut at half of the intended angle in the horizontal and vertical planes. This would make it even more complex. But you have made a very good job of it. Try learning Freecad. It would make things a lot easier on such a complicated fabrication.

Real Nice work Tony You cut off Some BEAUTIFUL WELDING LOL Looks like Stevie wonder did it

Thanks!

Awesome 👍

🤣🤣🤣40 MPH on Horseback! 🤣🤣🤣

Pretty hard to weld when you forget to put the ground clamp on. I've done this a few times myself.

As long as you know that floor straight and level, you should be good but if it’s not, you could be building a twisted car So the best thing to do is to find out what is going on with the chassis and what is going on with your body and what is going on with the floor Customer might have to pay for all that that’s just my two. Cents. you are doing a nice job 👍

Making sense out of mayhem....not an easy thing to do...again, time in the chair well spent!

This must be the most templates you've made for a job in your life. I remember a fair while back in another video that you said you don't make templates. Well this Chevy sure changed that! But you couldn't do this complicated geometry without templates.

the tips were good

Nice Video. #STAYSAFE #PHILLYPHILLY 🇺🇸

Please Fitzee could you put all the “49” front end grill work etc in the playlist if you get a chance or time. I like to go back and binge watch.

Nice!!!!!

Man, somebody really gorilla glob welded those frame rails.

Hey Tony, Great Video as Always! have a Question on your welding technique on the 2x3's, was trying to follow the motion of the welding tip, it appeared to be an overlapping circular motion pulled thru the beveled joint? I can never get nice looking joints like yours... any tips you can share would be priceless...Regards 👍

Math the dark science 😂😂

Cat scan complete, it passed.

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Good time to hinge the hood tip it forward

I'm at about 8 minutes in, i'm worried your new frame rails you have dummied up may interfere with the turning circle of the front wheels, but it could just be an optical illusion.

Hi Fitzee, what was that tool you used to clean up the channel iron for the frame. I know Eastwood sell a similar tool. Curious what brand tool you used.....thanks

Great job as usual. Love your 1:1 parts layout from cardboard to metal pipe. I was just wondering if this car is going to have signals lights?

Nice job. What is the gauge or thickness of the metal that one uses to build car chassis? Is there a standard? Are trucks thicker?

I don't think the last person who worked on this Chevy was a very good welder. They left a mess for you to fix.

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Is it possible that the chassis rails were slightly twisted? If the addition frame is precisely square, the two would not meet exactly.

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I saw you used the Arc captain mig 200. What settings are you running for the sheet metal ?

Hey Tony you still using .6 wire for this chassis welding or you using thicker wire?

Couldn’t you get a bar clamp from Conner to Conner and twist that box tubing to square it up.

What a headache

Eyebrow,, mustache lol. Isn't it a bezel

A bit lost?! I don't think the camera gives a good perspective. GREAT JOB!

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Man o' Man, you shouldn't be building cars, should be building atomic clocks. Me......,, if it's within half inch what's the big deal? Probably explains two things. 1. I'll never be as good as you. 2. Why my cars just end up driving round in circles.