Thread: '38 Ford deck lid vs 37 Ford deck lid

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Body work goes so much better when you have quality tools to do it with!!! I've got a lot of different dollies that I've made to fit peculiar applications over the years, too. Sometimes it takes a special backer on an edge or in an area such as a door or trunk sill to get things straight. Different sizes of heavy wall tubing held in a vice are great for shaping rounded pieces, etc.... Oh yeah, and the aluminum light pole in the alley is the perfect shape for the rounded edge of a rolled pan!!!!

This is what I have for hammerin' car bodies. As Mike said, and not pictured, a bunch of ball pein hammers, a 4 pound sledge and for rough in work, a nicely balanced 8 pounder, then there are several general carpentry and specialized other versions.

The Martin dolly is a 1060, the Martin hammer is a 158G with the dinging hammer a Fairmont (I recall paying a buck for it at a yard sale) and every bit as nice as the Martin and the one replaced the 'glass handled hammer. That clunk dolly is what's left of a $10 K-mart set - and while beat up, does 'feel' good.

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