Body guy that can actually work metal not just throw on filler.
 

Body guy that can actually work metal not just throw on filler.

https://www.youtube.com/user/tussik01/videos?disable_polymer=1
Arthur tussik


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaEMEaEJLiw
BMW 2. The quarter panel repair.

That is art right there
Thank you for posting this

I have been following him for a long time now, I tried a bit of work on a junked car I had, its very hard getting to his level of accuracy but his repairs are amazing.

I have seen similar work being done in other countries where cars are very expensive and dont depreciate as much as USA.

Yep, he makes very intelligent decisions on what metal to replace Vs straighten. I'm surprised that he uses no / very little heat for shrinking metal. ( At least not much is shown on the vid ) Modern cars have very little adjustment in panels and about zero door hinge adjustment and he is still able to hold factory gaps.

Some make a fuss that the crush structure is compromised. For the most part, he uses factory seams as his joining points so it isn't any different than a factory car.

Based on the crash pics, looks like the cars are mostly sourced from the US.

The guy can paint / air brush too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZSiM8miOUk

The good stuff starts at 1:30

having an $80,000 frame machine probably helps (don't know how to convert dollars to rubles or it'd be funnier:))

When metal is dented, it stretches thinner. When the dent is pounded out the extra metal needs to go somewhere. That is usually done by heating the center of a depression / peak red hot and letting the metal collapse on it's self.

He might be accomplishing shrinking by leaving the surface slightly dimpled like the surface of a golf ball. In any event, he uses the barest amount of filler.

He is fixing cars with a single pull frame machine that is sub $ 5,000 on the USA used market. Also look at some of the measuring tools he made.

The fuss of structural intergrity sometimes is comically blown out of proportion in US.

I hear the same when I mention engine rebuilding - "it wont ever be the same as factory power" - umm.. OK.. Thanks for your input.

Dimpled metal is done quite regularly to make up for expanded metal, and in oldschool times it was leaded afterwards to make a solid surface to build up on.

I like these tradesmen, they work with the bare minimum of tools and use their skill to make the low cost tools work for them.