MGA -Body Repair -Part 3- Front Valence

In this video , I create a new front valence for the MGA. Not a traditional/ classic valence but one for the race track. Using Aluminium sheet metal and working it from scratch. Not that I am an expert metal worker. In fact , I am a novice and eager to learn from you all.

[@jerrywest9320]

Great job! I lived in Dinant Belgium when i was a young teenager and remember falling in love with the cars of Europe, and dreaming of having my own one day. Moving back to the United States they weren't very easy to find back in the 1980s, so ive always had the muscle cars, but i still have that love of the cars I saw on the streets of Belgium. And the side of the road Frites stand are a great memory as well.

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for sharing!, and I love muscle cars....too

[@sportshatch]

Car looking great. Love the MGA. Well done.

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for the comments

[@54mgtf22]

Steve working on a 1950s red MG. Wonderful. 👍

[@D3Sshooter]

Right on!

[@ronkluwe4875]

Steve - Looks good. If you want to stiffen up the bottom edge of your curved pieces, just bend 3mm or 4mm rod to the right shape and tack weld to the inside of the valance piece.

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for the comments

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

One solution to re-enforce the side smaller panels would be to wire them with steel wire. However, the panel is aluminum and the steel will corrode over time with galvanic reaction. It could work. The panels look good, nice work there. 🐞

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for the tips!

[@e9999qwe]

Love the steampunk look. I'd leave it unpainted to enjoy as is. (You have great metalworking tools, btw, I'm jealous :) ) No doubt you did a much better job than I could have done with this. Can't help but wonder about the aerodynamics of that big spoiler, though, but of course it would have been hard to curve it more than one direction, at least for me.

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for the comments, it is not that much larger at all then a normal valence ( for racing)..It is also in a curve so it should be ok.,.. will see later on the track

[@jimb1845]

You are far from lazy

[@D3Sshooter]

You think so..... lol

[@austinblanch1715]

Thanks for sharing...

[@D3Sshooter]

My pleasure

[@stephengent9974]

Should have used a piece of bar with a slot. Easy and works well when done incrementally. If you cut the edge then it weakens in. Alternatively use a stake anvil and body hammer to turn the edge

[@PeterLee-zn3jl]

Love your inventive use of words..lol
CLOSE BUT IS IT A SEEGAR..?

[@D3Sshooter]

Hey we try ... Thanks for the comments

[@scottmeeker9971]

Thanks for sharing. Cheers

[@D3Sshooter]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@alanmony1582]

Hi Steve, you know I watch your channel all the time, but I'm also a PITA when I see you struggling with sheet metal. I do find it amusing that a guy with a You Tube channel doesn't seem to use it for how too video's. Here's another YT'er I watch, He's done a really good vid on hammer forming sheet metal. In this vid he's using 18 gauge steel. Ally will be sooo much easier. Hope this helps in the future! ruclips.net/video/oPgeZX46QTE/видео.html

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for the tips!.

[@brendanoneill4069]

Watch out for the kerbs on the chicane or it’s back to the English wheel 🤦‍♂️

[@D3Sshooter]

Indeed...

[@garymallard4699]

🇨🇦🤓🤟

[@D3Sshooter]

txs

[@ericvandomselaar8420]

Honestly it looks really good 😊.

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for the comments

[@peterwachtersaghy2723]

I like this "mad max" design. Very good job!

[@D3Sshooter]

Thank you very much!

[@iamrichrocker]

as a big fan of racing, was hoping you continue to video in car action..and how about that photo finish in NASCAR last weekend..

[@D3Sshooter]

All that will come later...

[@TheDaf95xf]

Hi Steve. Nice metal work 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@D3Sshooter]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@royrowden5765]

well done Steve, it looks great. very much enjoy your videos

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for the comments

[@danielsweeney6742]

Steve- when are going to see Dusty?

[@D3Sshooter]

I guess you mean Rusty ? Planned for the coming month

[@danielsweeney6742]

@@D3Sshooter I renamed Rusty to Dusty seeing that that is now what is covering it.

[@erichlausch9886]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@geraldelwood9660]

I have to say - Good on you Steve for giving it a go - but with all that expensive kit, I was hoping for a bit more. But then it's a race car and chances are it will need replacing again in the future 😀
I suspect that to create the bottom lips, you could use your bead roller to tip the angle a few degrees, then a combination of Shrinker and Hammer & Dolly to knock it over the rest of the way. Do you think, perhaps the swagged holes would look better if pressed from the other side?
Thanks for your channel. I've picked some gems of info. along the way.

[@General813]

Steve, everyone who sees the MGA in the rearview mirror will be afraid. He looks so good, great work👍

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for the comments, and yes I also wanted to have that bit of a mean - mad max look...

[@drewpierce2273]

That is a popular valance/air dam design for MGA and MGB race cars. Yours is nicely done. It is possible to have a flat one piece style by adding a narrow left and right fender extension or if it's permitted by rule, actually flattening out the front fender lower edge, thus removing some of the fender to body curve. I admire your choice of metal panel tools also. A English Wheel can really make metal panel work so much easier. All nicely done.

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for the comments, and I need to check on the rules for fender extensions

[@Mick-sq4lr]

Salut Stephan & Folks,
Encore une belle démonstration de ton savoir-faire, merci pour le partage.

[@D3Sshooter]

Mercie pour votre reponse...