Auto Craft Collective

OPPORTUNITY: Seeking Skilled Panel be**er!

Are you a talented Panel Be**er looking for a new opportunity?
Auto Craft Collective is currently seeking an experienced panel be**er to join our team.

Requirements:
- Strong experience and qualification in automotive repair and/or Restoration
- Attention to detail and pride in quality of work
- Ability to work effectively and efficiently in a team environment

Benefits:
- Supportive work environment
- Competetive pay and flexible working arrangements
- Opportunity for growth and development

If you have what it takes to become part of a leading panel beating team then we want to hear from YOU!

Send your resume and cover letter through to us at [email protected] to apply for this exciting opportunity today!

Auto Craft Collective An Autobody repair shop located at 54 Burnett Street Berserker (Rockhampton QLD)specialising in the

Exciting News for Rockhampton and the Capricorn Coast………

Auto Craft Collective is now accepting Insurance claims!

Had an accident?
Do you have choice of repairer?

Contact the team at Auto Craft Collective for high quality repairs and service today!

Exciting News for Rockhampton and the Capricorn Coast………

Auto Craft Collective is now accepting Insurance claims!

Had an accident?
Do you have choice of repairer?

Contact the team at Auto Craft Collective for high quality repairs and service today!

We haven’t shown much of the Valiant Pacer lately, but we’ve been working flat out to get it painted.
Not bad for an off the gun finish.
We’re excited to show you guys more once it’s unmasked and buffed!

Have you recently had an accident in your classic car and are struggling to find a repairer that you can trust?

Here at autocraft we pride ourselves on our high attention to detail and passion for classic and vintage vehicles. We are now expanding our restoration services into crash repairs. Whether it’s insurance or private repairs, we’ve got you covered!
Get in contact and find out how we can help get your classic car back on the road!

While we’ve been waiting on the chassis for the Panel van, the owner has made the wise decision to fit air conditioning to the car, a must here in Central Queensland! So we made up this heater box delete panel and welded it into the car.
It was a tricky process as we didn’t want to burn or damage any of the new paint.
Our aim was to make the firewall look as if it could have come this way from the factory.

Thank you for the overwhelmingly positive comments. We’ve had a bunch of questions about this panel. Rather than answer them individually we thought it would be easier to make another post.

This panel was formed from flat sheet metal. It took 8 individually shaped pieces welded together, as it could have been done in one piece it would have taken a lot longer and would have been a lot more difficult to complete.

Majority of the panel was shaped using hand tools, however a combination of the shrinker/stretcher, English wheel, mini power hammer and magnabend was also used.

The whole process has well over 100 hours to get to this stage, however that includes planning, making templates and patterns, along with removal of the old quarter and clean up of the inner structure to keep the car tidy while we work on it. The templates and hammer form for the marker light we now have forever so the time on the next quarter will be reduced.

Some people believe we have already welded the quarter back onto the car without repairing the inner structure. The quarter panel is only sitting on the car to check fitment. Before it is welded on, the car will be stripped down completely, both quarters, turret, sills and cowl will be removed before we send the car off to be sand blasted. Once all of the rust is repaired, it will then go back together for good.

This car has seen some fire damage, however the whole car hasn’t been on fire. It still has a lot of the original paint and primer. The floor pans on this car are quite solid. All of the fire damaged parts of this car will be unpicked and replaced.

There aren’t many of these cars left so we believe it is worth trying to save them. Once they’re gone, they’re gone.

We hope this post answers all of your questions, thank you again for your support.

We just finished making a quarter panel for this HQ Monaro. Can’t wait to bring this car back from the dead!

.bradford.5249 had his new delivered to the shop today. This will be right at home on the Model A RPU! What a cool piece of vintage speed equipment!

Here are some panels we’ve knocked up in the last little bit. If you want to learn the skills you’ll need to make similar panels, make sure you attend our metal shaping course this Saturday. Only a couple of spots left!