Am I the only one who finds it awesome that the president of this company just did 3000$ worth of repairs, while making a video to show it to the world? Kudos to you mr Kirkham for being a master of your craft

That’s fucking unbelievable! If you look at the very first part of the clip and you skip to the very end...It’s mind boggling. It’s like there’s just no way it’s the same fender, but I guess when you have a fleet of multi-million dollar cars in the background, there’s a reason multi-millionaires bring their broken toys to this gentleman. Much respect.

That is incredible!! The beauty of aluminum and the craftsmanship required. I think the Polish Craftsmen at the factory would give you a big thumbs up!!

I do bodywork & paint for a living & some people call me a craftsman but after seeing your work you're the God of all craftsmans

Probably the single most instructive KZfaq item I've ever watched. Need to fix some small dents in my Lancia but was nervous about applying the heat.

Wow. I've never seen skill at this level before. And the guy doing the work is the guy that cuts the checks. Absolutely amazing!!!!

Incredible craftsmanship. If i didnt watch the whole repair, i wouldnt have belived it could be done. Unreal work 👏👏👏

stunning. watched it loads of times now. I still get amazed by it.

Couldn't stop watching I was glued you are the KING of aluminum repair. Refreshing when someone so skilled shares his craft. Thanks Highest Regards, Anthony

That's really cool technology! "It's a craftsmanship that requires sensibility, high technology, and many years of experience that can't be done with machines." Please bring your car back to life with great technology.

Nice video! ... not mentioned is that a gloved hand is much better than a bare hand for feeling dents. I have never worked with automotive aluminum, but we always used a gloved hand for estimates and repairs on steel auto panels. Of course, aluminum is so "dirty", gloves are required! Also, it was a good example that you were wearing ear protection during hammering, which can cause hearing damage.

My family started in the auto body business in 1926, in Chester County, PA. They retired in 2006, opting to allow the business to "die silently", rather than allow someone to purchase the name, and not be able to carry on the tradition of craftsmanship they were known for - for nearly 81 years. My uncle once complained that "his staff is slacking, we used almost two gallons of body filler this year", that year was 1981, when Ford began using lighter alloys in the construction of some of their vehicles (Escort, and the new Ranger Pickups). That metal did not lend itself to being "worked", and crystallized at the very moment a torch got near it (for shrinking). Geez, did this video bring back great memories! Mr. Kirkham, you are a true craftsman!

True artistry. Nice work and great patience. Your explanations are very easy to follow.

That is beautiful. Thank you for sharing. My favorite part is when your in the office high back chair hammering away!

That's some cold blooded aluminum work ⚒ right there. We are getting into more aluminum body work at my body shop right now and this video was very informational appreciate your time.

That is awesome work and your patience and passion/skills for this are optimum, keep the good work up

Beautiful repair David, your a very patient man. Your cars are the best and I can see why! I appreciate your efforts :)

One of the more satisfyingly entertaining and informative videos on KZfaq I’ve ever seen. Mr. Kirkham, I hope to own one of your Cobras someday before I leave this planet.

I'm rebuilding a '75 land rover and wanted the polished aluminium look. It has a few off road battle scars that I was told these dents could not repaired and needed to be filled. Compared to the dent you have repaired, these are tiny by comparison. Of course you, as a master craftsmen, have made it look easy. After annealing, the secret seems to be "slowly and gently" I'm going to try it on a "scrap" fender for practice first. If my numbers come up in the Lotto, I'll be placing an order for a 427 street; your cars are awesome!. Thank you for posting this video.

glad I clicked on this. Big respect for the skill and patience!

I was looking for something else but I just had to see this. I've never done body work before and I'm sure it takes a ton of time to perfect the art and you've done a fantastic job.

Amazing workmanship & talent. Excellent!

A pleasure to watch a craftsman at work.

Bloody fantastic There is a man with a lot of skill

Very impressive skills you have there. Thanks for showing how you do it, it was interesting to watch.

thank you for sharing your knowledge with the little guy. we need more cool people like you in this world. hopefully you'll make more videos in the future. God bless you!

Amazing repair! Nicely explained while the work was carried out also.....Thanks!

Wow. Beautiful! That turned out way better than the bondo I would have used. Well done!

Very nice work!!!!!! I work with aluminum a lot and I can appreciate good craftsman ! Your cars are not to shabby either!

Great vid man. Top shelf repair. Thanks for taking the time to show us how you do it.

Glad you liked it :) You can do about anything if you try hard enough.

I was skeptical it was possible, but wow, that's really beautiful. Great work.

Excellent job! Looking real good.

Unreal...fantastic work!

That is amazing work. Hats off to Kahn Academy for inspiring you to share!

Very talented work. Awesome job. If I ever hit the lottery, I would love to own one of these cars.

This is quite simply a work of art and beautiful to watch.

Wow! Nice work…amazing results!

Amazing workmanship. Thanks for sharing.

This is the most incredible video I have seen. My goodness, you are incredibly talented. Remember me, one day I plan to buy one of these Shelby's. I've been following your business for some time now. All the best, you deserve it!!!

Wow always kind of figured kirkam as more of a patron than a craftsman, wow big talent there! Respect

Awesome work. I do aluminum dent repair for an airplane company here in the pacific northwest. Let me just say that, that was an amazing job...unbelievable!

my mind is blown... amazing job man!!

I do sheet metal minor/major repair/mods on aircraft myself. This took a lot of patience and thinking ahead! Awesome job! 👍👍👍

Thanks David, Your aluminum dent repair video is one of the coolest body works videos I've ever seen. I'm currently polishing an aluminum horse trailer that has a few big dents in it; looking forward to implementing much of what I learned in your video. Thanks again for sharing this valuable information! Scott Fleming Fleming's Auto Detail

This is truly craftsmanship. Great job! The only other car that I can think of that requires this sort of skill is the DeLorean.

That’s incredible! Lot of work.

That is some unbelievably top notch work.

If I hadn't watched and seen it with my own eyes, I would have said it's impossible to get it back to that original shape with just simple hand tools. Wow!

Amazing work. True craftsmanship

fantastic video! still very relevant almost 8 yrs. later

True craftsman - That is how you do body work - lot art form !!!! - EXCELLENT - Major Kudos

Awesome workmanship, many thanks for sharing.

David, I love your commentary. One major thing I can not remember seeing anyone else make a point of. You do what I do on high-end solid surface countertops (high density 2x Corian) Earthstone by Wilson Art. I go all the way up to 400 grit or more on the whole surface and make it all into a mirror with the 11. 5 inch Gem random-orbit sander. Then I take it back down to 220 scotch pad satin. When done up close it looks like a nice satin finish that owner/user can use a 3M pad to scuff out any nicks as needed for maintenance. But if someone walks into the final installation and sees it from say 20 ft away (low angle of viewpoint) it looks like a polished mirror finish that you can use to shave or put on your eye makeup as you choose. Always go at least two preferably 4 finer steps in sanding polishing and then go back to the goal finish level. I have had antique boats I have restored get points taken off for putting epoxy on instead of varnish. I then put together a binder showing the steps to get to that finish. Same thing as a luthier on my cellos I make it is not boat varnish or epoxy it is regular traditional violin varnish. But every two coats I take it down with a semi-stiff felt pad and rottenstone till the whole instrument satin then I polish it to a mirror and then cut it back with 220 or 320 and put another two or three coats of varnish on. I repeat and repeat until I get the proper thickness of varnish. On the boats and counters and instruments, the mirror is multiple layers of mirror finish reflections that are quite dramatic to look into. So my big high five to you.

They ire simply. This is a work of art and truly beautiful to watch.

David this was amassing presentation.........best regards, Artur, Dallas TX

Wow. That was a fantastic job, glad I watched that. No more fear of owning an A8

really enjoyed the video- magic!

Excellent work. Very talented.

Great workmanship shown....and patience. Might have to sell my Fibreglass cobra and get a Kirkham.....They look great!

David, your skills are inspirational and show what can be achieved with patience and application. The acetylene soot annealing was a new one on me. World-class repair by a world-class artisan. Thank you very much for sharing this.

Amazing work, Aluminum is not an easy metal to work with, well done!

That's some serious craftsmanship.

Astonishing work , congratulations

That is amazing work on that panel, I wish I was even close to being that good!

Remarkable work, lots of patience and passion.

That is some serious labor of love. That dent made me want to cry.

Thanks for the kind note. I was fortunate to learn the art from a gentleman in his twilight years who worked for Rolls Royce before WWII. The repair was about 30 hours total. However...There was an enormous amount of time planishing all the little dings out before filing. Also, many hours were spent sanding all the little file marks and coarser sanding marks out of the body with successive grits to eliminate any hint of the coarser grits.

Fantastic craftsmanship 👏🏼👏🏼

Fabulous video, thank you very much ! I've learned exactly what I was hoping to.

Wow, this is not your first rodeo. That looks great. I would have thought panel replacement. Thanks for a great video.

Great job! Thanks for posting!

Impressive repair work!

I would have believed it if I didn't see it excellent repair Professor.

What a craftsmanship, wow!

I really love the video man keep up the good work

I love watching a magician explain his craft.

that prossess is truely a work of art .

Excellent instructional video

Practice really does make perfect, next level skill my man.

you are a beast Mr kirkam incredible work bro

Enjoyed the video very much thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Wow man. Great work!!

just what i was looking for. i need to get a dent out of my car and it's not nearly as bad as that one was lol but that was perfect. thanks for posting !! i'm def gonna try that out. i never thought to hold something on the other side as you hit the dent from the inside lol

Fine work David!

Just brilliant, well presented. Thank you.

Thank you! We try to make them as often as we can, but sadly I haven't been able to make any lately. We are too backed up with orders right now.

Excellent. You are an artist.

Wow that was IMMMMMMMMMMMMMpresive. Thanks for sharing

@marzolian, I'm glad you liked the video. Thank you so very much for the suggestion! I will keep that in mind for future videos.

Super job well done, greetings from Germany

Wow, impressive work.

I was a body man for 27 years and used to do lead work with the torch this was very similar to that enjoyed your video.

Awesome work!

that is beautiful work. most body shops don't have the skill and patiences to achieve this

fine workmanship

Thank you for your kind words :) Happy to share.

That was frickin amazing.

If you want to test how good any kind of demo video is, watch it with the sound turned off and if the video actually happens to be good you'll get (understand) what's being shown purely through vision, particularly as "a picture paints a thousand words". It's what I've done with this demo videdo, and I've got it (learned), so 10/10 for this production... and, many thanks.

That was genius work!!!!