Another 6 Emerging from the Black Hole Slowly coming back to Earth, Now made it to Spain the journey continues Options

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This factory 6 managed to escape the forces pulling it into a black hole never to be seen again. It was not without every ounce of thrust it could muster and it was not without suffering a considerable amount of damage. The crew patched it back together the best they could with primitive tools and scrap they found floating in space. fortunately they crash landed in easy reach of the secret facility known as Area51Werks. The owner is someone you may or may not know. Juergen Lives in Washington. The car will eventually end up on the other side of the pond. But for now it is on it's way to the final stages of completion. It was not like this in the beginning....

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This is the last panel undergoing the long journey back from many years hidden in a black hole somewhere in Southern Minnesota in a long state of stasis. This panel was well preserved with the exception of a very large palm dent or impact from space junk. Jule and I are not really sure. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/assimilate.gif) But with a bit of bumping and shrinking it is ready to get a new lease on life as part of a 914-6.

Here is the process:

Stripped off the finish



Exposed the area of damage



Prep for surgery



Note I used a assortment of tools including a piece of 16ga. Sheet Metal with a similar contour as the lid. I used this on the under side and struck the sheet metal not the lid itself. Once I started the reshaping from the underside a pressure ridge formed on the back side on the depression. I started to shrink it as I brought the depression back out.




This is the result




The goal is to remove the oil can effect from the depression. Once the depression is raised and the pressure ridge is shrunk the tension will be back in the panel.