Budget AC For Your Classic Truck! Mig Welding The Cowl Vent Into My 1948 GMC
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Hello again! We are back on the rusty 1948 GMC pickup. Today I need to graft the 1947-1950 style side cowl vent into my 1953 Chevy cab. Although this is somewhat vehicle specific, the process I am using is the same for any patch panel installation on thin sheetmetal body panels. I will show how I cut and graft in a panel for welding with a Mig. Once it's welded in I will show how to easily correct the distortion and warpage that occurs from welding. With a little patience and practice, you can make your weld joints disappear and require only a thin layer of bodyfiller to be perfect.
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I personally think you're a heck of a skilled craftsman. I'm pretty amazed at the trash you turn back into treasure.
Thanks!
Thank you for the "Cuba of the North" explanation of exchange rates and shipping costs. ☺
Haha definitely an accurate name for where I live!
Thank you for showing all the details. I am new, hearing a proper hammer strike for me is good. I appreciate seeing the entire process. My first panel I welded warped pretty bad. I became super frustrated because the other videos I watched made it seem so easy with no warping. Those videos didn't show the entire process with all of the steps. I would miss those steps and my panel warped because of it. I thank you for showing all the "boring" details.
Kyle: You can be my neighbor anytime! The sound of you grinding away is music to my ears and I'd be more than happy to house sit and watch the "kids" while you're away as long as you leave a few bags of chips! 😆
Thanks Glenn. Although you wouldn't have to worry about house sitting as I never leave the yard anymore haha
Much better than my neighbour. He’s into woodworking and bought himself a screeching planer. Now I’m living next to a saw mill. Wood … it’s for beavers. Metal … it’s for gods!
Excellent stuff, Kyle, thanks for taking the time to explain the nuances of how the metal moves and when to stop grinding. Mart.
Thanks Mart!
Hearing the hammering on the panel was helpful
If scott at CWM says he,s impressed with your work i think its time to Accept you're more than good at it.
Thanks Roger!
Lovely job Kyle. I think the truck cab will be straighter than when it left the factory.
Haha I don't know about that, but it should be straighter than when it entered my garage
"Sounds like a hammer," lol.
Lots of good information that helps me with my amateur metal working skills, appreciate it.
Glad to hear some of this is helpful!
GREAT WORK ONCE AGAIN Nick London England
Thank you Nick!
The Master makes panel repair look like childs play, and keeps the cost low..Great job...
Thanks, us children don't have much money! Haha
47-53 Chevy body styles are the best. Wish we had how to videos like this 55 years ago. I'm 76 now and enjoy watching your videos. Keep em coming.
Thanks Dennis! They are neat trucks for sure!
Yet ANOTHER fine job of explaining as the repair is done!!!
I appreciate the 'step by step' process of your 'theory of operation' and how the metal reacts to the welding and cooling....
...and ESPECIALLY what steps you took to correct the problem areas WITHOUT slathering and whittling 'fender in a can' (or in this episode... 'cowl in a can").
Thanks again for sharing.
Thanks Russ. Cowl in a can is a real life saver!
I’m glad you mentioned the popularity of this old GMC truck. I’m addicted to watching it’s resurrection. And it is a resurrection, not a restoration.
Ever since I first saw the truck on Cold War Motors - a must watch channel
For all car guys - I’ve wanted to see it resurrected. But I’m just a small town hick from Saskatchewan, how could I dare to dream so big? You can only imagine my excitement when you, a fellow Saskatchewan hick, took on the gargantuan task of resurrecting a truck that those rich, snooty Albertans casually discarded in the Caraganas. You’re making us all proud, Kyle. I understand there is a parade planned in your honour.
Thanks! I'm sure Scott is regretting having let this treasure out of his hands haha
Simon "Cowell" says you are the latest Canadian Idol in the scrap to great save category 👏.
He's a biased because I was working on his namesake.
@@CarterAutoRestyling Kyle, years ago I bumped into the singer Freddy Fender. The officer on the scene said I only caused minor damage and instead of going through insurance I could Johnny Cash out. That was a close one, for a minute there I really felt like I was Boxcar Willied in! Almost Christmas cheers, Kelly Oops I locked my keys again in my Donald Trunk that's what I get for buying a Harrison Ford!
cave and pave! the cheap bogyman motto!
We take pride in what we hide. Haha
Brother the more the wife and I watch you the more we injoy your content. The wife and I have a number of projects that we can use your knowledge so thanks for sharing your experience and journey.
I'm really glad to hear that! We need to save as many of the oldies as we can!
@@CarterAutoRestyling agree 💯 percent 👌. Keep it up brother the wife and I are doing our part also saving 4 so far.
Nice job. Like the hammer tips. Can't wait to see it on the cab.
Thanks, I'm definitely looking forward to the day when everything goes on for the last time
Kyle thanks for your detailed metalworking instructions. Retired 34 yrs service Boeing Engineer, car buff.
Thanks James!
As always, another awesome video Kyle. Totally appreciate the way you explain what an why you do what you do. Thank you for sharing your knowledge sir. I pick up so many tips and tricks watching your channel. You've surely helped me in my own fab work. Always enjoy your videos and look forward to seeing your next video. Keep On Keeping On Brother!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Love what your doing on this truck. Your showing me everything I will have to do on mine. It's like an online college class!
Thanks, I'm glad to help out for as long as folks are willing to watch this stuff!
Congratulations on the 7th year in a row of Neighbor of the Year!!
Thanks Ben!
I like your vid’s a lot! I’m a retired body man and painter and I love to weld. If I’m not watching YT videos I’m watching tv shows of rebuilding cars and trucks. It brings back old memories of the body shop days. I even have the same wardrobe when I tinkered at home. Keep it up!
Thanks David! Glad go hear this brings back some memories for you!
Kyle, I will never do this kind of work but I sure enjoy watching and appreciate your craftmanship. By the way my workbench looks just like yours!
Thanks, great minds think alike when it comes to workshop organization haha
Best guy on RUclips in my opinion. This guy can fit anything from what I can see . Keep up the great work man.
Thank you!
I like that you want the pickup to look like a 1948 way to go.
Really like the the hammer and dolly in real time. It gives more of a feel for what’s going on with the metal. Thanks for showing the right way to do this. Your the man Kyle
Thanks Joe!
I remember in kindergarten we had a wood bench with hand saws nails and hammers.
Wish they still had that sort of thing in schools today! There would be a lot less useless adults haha
Absolutely Fabulous Work.
Please Graft The Original Louvers Back into The Opposite Side. Love Your Workmanship and Videos. Your Work Stations are Beautiful Also.
Louver graft coming soon!
The shortest way is the longest way. Another good one Kyle, thank you. Cheers.
Very true! Thanks for watching!
I'm glad you "just wanted to" because I just needed to see it. Thanks for the excellent content.
You sir are a god amongst insects ☝ 🙏 🙌 👍👍
Hahaha thanks!
We can be neighbors! The sound of grinding or spattering of welding is a social calling for all like minded neighbors. There is beer in the fridge for all that stop by.
Haha right on!
A very insightful look into the behavior of metal when welding and correcting for changes caused. Thanks
Thanks for watching!
I like to watch quality work , don't matter how you do it .😊
never get tired of your work🙏
Great video and thank you for explaining the process and the thought behind it. I found it very educational.
Thanks for watching!
Loved the cute little seal gag! LOL
Hahaha, you're the only one who noticed!
Good one. Cost and availability is always a struggle in Canada. Fortunately, you were able to adapt the old cowl vent with the aid of a map of Saskatchewan template. A map of Newfoundland and Labrador wasn't useful 30 years ago when I was trying to patch up my old square bodies.
I'm thinking of reversing the business model of smuggling Canadian whiskey into the US of A & smuggle patch panels into Canada.
Thanks! A Saskatchewan map would have worked better on those old squarebodys, hence the name squarebody haha
Neighbour of the year, again! Congrats! As for the Saskatchewan vent, I always wondered why it was called that! Thanks for the history lesson. I think I am gonna find a old cab & cut out the vents so I can graft them to my old Chrysler Intrepid on the front doors. It will be cheaper than fixing the factory A/C and better for the environment! I might even install one on the hood to intimidate other hot rodders as we wait for the light to turn green!
The Intrepid hood vent has my vote!
💛👍Very nice.👏💛
Thanks!
Unbelievable work my friend, you always keep my A.D.D. mind motivated and wanting more!
Thanks Todd!
I can’t believe I bought a 1951 GMC 5 window cab truck back in 1978 for $200 dollars and drove it home I wish I still had it Great work on the metal repairs
Wow what a deal! Wish they were $200 these days!
Thank you for the instruction, and the humor.
Nice explanation on why Canadians are the way they are
I needed to reclaim some of my Canadian identity, I've been cheating with all these aftermarket panels. You would have had the whole cab built from scratch by now haha.
That's the sound of victory Kyle...lol
If this is victory, then I'd hate to hear what failure sounds like haha
Hammering the welds out is something I think people overlook today. They just body work over it. Years ago I would steal rod or braze with a torch. If you didn’t hammer that shrink out as you went you had a mess. Today with mig and tig it’s easy to hammer the stress out of the weld after it’s cooled off and have a patch that can be corrected with high build primer. Great work.
Thanks, filler hides a lot, but relying on it too much is not always the fastest route.
And another successful job completed by you Kyle!
I enjoy the fact that you explain things simply and clearly, then make it look so easy.
Thanks! 😄
Thanks, I'm always glad to hear that my rambling makes sense to someone else!
Real nice upgrade. Those vents work very well for air flow and the look is good. Really enjoyed the hammer and dolly work.
Thanks Greg, glad you enjoyed!
IMPRESSIVE SKILL LEVEL!
i do things like that because i want too thats as good as any pro could do very glad i found this channel
500 new subs in 4 days awesome
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy watching!
Like those cowl vents, same as the door glass vent windows in 1960's vehicles.... free air as long as you are moving.
Yup, better than Ac unless you're stuck in traffic!
Always a beautiful result.
I love hatches. thank you for dragging me along this tedious task. Awesome work as per usual!
Thanks for being dragged along!
Hammer Time!
Excellent craftsmanship joy to watch. Thanks for posting 👍
Thanks for watching!
My wife's Canadian I've done stuff up there anytimes I totally get it brother. The damn government screws you guys over big time
Yeah it's too bad because it's a beautiful country, but the place is run by clowns
@@CarterAutoRestyling so true. California is about the same. they just dont get it. best place to live in the world run by greed and Dumb people that only care about their agenda.
Thanks for another helpful demonstration. Looking forward to the next one.
Well it’s exactly one of my nexts jobs on my 48 Chevy. Video came at the perfect time. I’ll be doing the exact thing
Awesome! I hope it goes well on your 48!
Kick out Vents were the best, used to love them on the old 40 series Landcruisers.
Yup! I actually prefer them over AC
That was a neat project. Not boring at all.
I saw a real boring video from Strongs Garage last week.
Groan... ;)
That was an impressive result, wasn't it?
@@Joe.Doucette yes, looking forward to the reassembly.
Oh yeah those guys at Strong's are experts on boring!
3 am here
Is there some way to tell how many people fast forwarded through the hammer and dolly segment? I’m guessing not very many. You’re a skilled craftsman; we learn something when we watch in real time. Thanks for providing the opportunity. I look forward to every episode.
Thanks, seems like most people watch the whole video and just skip the cats at the end haha
Kyle you are more than welcome to be my neighbor. I wouldn't want to be your neighbor ( have some what warmer weather) lol have a couple of 1940 Chevy fenders that need attention Kyle my "new friendly neighbor" another great video enjoyed the hammer on dolly sounds can still hear the ringing in my head.
Thanks Joe! I'm all fendered out at the moment so I probably won't be taking you up on your offer for a week or two haha
I always liked having cowl vents for the air flow, may not have been the best look but function before form unless it came to horsepower robbing things like AC, PS or PB that didn't work with a big cam LOL. Fine job on the grafting! Cat has been enjoying just letting your playlists play and watching adds :)
Oh yeah I actually prefer them over AC in the summer, as long as I'm not stuck in traffic! Tell your cat I said thanks!
Nice job 👍 you are very talented. Love the explanation of what you're doing. Keep these awesome GMC videos coming
Thanks, I'll try to keep them coming!
Excellent tips and love your humor and work!
Thanks Dennis!
Proper preparation prevents piss poor performance. 👍
You have some of the BEST instructional metal working videos on RUclips...and I always enjoy your sense of humor...Thanks!
Wow thanks James!
Great job Kyle
Hint for the hot rodders with trucks. Take the spring brackets off the front of the frame change them from side to side and drill one hole where the rear ones where, this will give you an easy 2 inch drop on the rear of the truck.
Thanks for the great tip!
please keep up the great content love these old trucks
I'll try! Thanks for watching!
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Saskatchewan Vent...
I ❤ it.
👍👍👍
See now this panel stretching is where the 25 lb dumbbell comes in handy. Hexagon shaped nice flat surface lol. You need a nice 1/2 inch plate table top lol
Piece by piece you are recreating the 49 Chevy. It's fun to watch. Wonderful job. Thank You.
Thanks for watching!
I figured you wanted the vent in the side to help cool things off with global warming and all. You're doing a great job on this ol' GMC and I've got hooked on the build.
Great video. Very helpful to us beginners. Gives me confidence. Thanks.
Thanks!
Bravo!
Man why are you not on the educational channel. I have learnt so much. Hammer on in real time was brilliant. The Pennsylvania porcupine and Saskatchewan scibe is fantastic complete with a handle. Nice work as always Kyle. A tutorial on hammer off in real time with diagram would complete the lesson. 😘
🤠👍THANKS for the tips!🤠👍
Thanks for watching!
Hi from snowy Salmon Arm BC.
Hello from snowy Saskatchewan!
Thanks for the informative video. A pleasure watching you work.
Thanks Dan!
Fantastic work.
Nice work Kyle.
I think that looks great! That’s a great example of fine craftsmanship!! Thanks for sharing!!
Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Joe!
you are splendid
That is a fine job you did with that vent and if you had to repair the vent on your truck, your way is the way.
Great video mate. Very informative for those of us trying to learn something. I look forward to the next one.
Thanks for watching!
Fantastic job Kyle as always! Really appreciate your videos on this truck, best to you brother!
Thanks for watching!
Love your work
kyle is showing us why most of us would just spend the extra money for the panel with the vent stamped in it. what he did in a half hour, most of us would have taken the whole day and still ended up having to buy the correct panel. $300 for a half hour....real bodymen are truly underpaid
We had to remove the vent door assembly and now have to weld that hinge back on. However, it was a while back and i had forgotten how the hinge to door mechanism looked like so your video has come to be a great source. As far as i can tell you are the only one on RUclips that has a detail R&R of this vent. I replaced all the related screws with hex head bolts to make it easier to R&R the vent door. Thank you
Glad it helped you out! Good idea to change out to bolts too!
Kyle, two questions as to the welded hinge support:
One: I observed large area washers between the welded hinge support and the door hinge portion that is screwed to the welded hinge, Why?
Two: the hinge part that is welded to side panel, is the face of the hinge horizontally and vertically flat in relation to side panel hole / opening?
See I’m trapped because I’m installing the hinge and door on the original truck’s side panel. You did the repair on the table and can’t.
Sure appreciate your expertise.
That's because your so good at this u
That was very cool. I'm 3 days older than dirt so I grew up around gas welding with coat hangers. I'm probably the only one that cares but maybe you could demonstrate and discuss the pros and cons of torch welding. It won't break my heart if you don't. Joseph and Mary send howls to Allen and Poe. Thank you for your time.
Their kitten should be Hay-Zeus.
"Jesus, Mary, & Joseph, God bless all here!" -Liam Devlin in Jack Higgins' "The Eagle has Landed"
@@That70sChannel Joseph and Mary are my Basset hounds. They have 35 kids and are retired now.
@@lazyhoundracing9621 ahh.
So Catholic, then! :)
Their last name is Israel, Their Jewish. Bassets average 8-12 puppies in a liter and up to 18.
Well I'm not really a proper authority on that, I've only ever torch welded twice. Once on some bomber seats I was building and another time on the roof of a chopped '40 Dodge truck that I didn't really care how it turned out, but it actually worked well. Someday I'd like to get into it more and when I do I'll make a video (probably going to be a long time before that happens though haha)
Hey bra. Nice satchketchewan door. I’m learning a lot. Like Canada states. 👍
You do nice work Kyle! Always look forward to you videos!!
Thanks!
Thanks for the video! As always... I admit it.. I learned something!
Careful with that learning stuff, it can get out of hand and next thing you'll be buying a bunch of rusted out old trucks haha
Learned alot from these video's
Glad to hear that!
My 1953 R-R Silver Dawn is fitted with an almost identical vents. The channels were completely rotten so I had to make them from scratch using homemade metal hammer forms. The original sponge rubber seals stored rain water and dirt and rust and rot built up over many years. By the time I arrived the original channels were unrepairable and no aftermarket panels were available.
That's a lot of work to make all that, but a fantastic car! Good on you for saving it!
Glad I'm not the only one still saying "Uh Oh, Spaghettios".
Some of us never grew up haha