A truck's rocker panels are exterior body panels located below the entry doors spanning the area between the front fender and rear of the cab. Their location near the underside of the truck and long ...

We've been busy on the project 1955 Chevy wagon with some sheetmetal replacement and rust repair. Now, we don't have a high-end shop, or indeed any professional shop, doing this for us, but we do have ...

One of the unique things about unibody construction is that everything is connected to everything else. The entire body shell works as a single unit to distribute the operational forces throughout the ...

North Hampton, NH - Winter road treatments help keep New Hampshire drivers safe, but they also contribute to vehicle damage ...

In the halls of Chrysler, old-timers used to talk about a rust-proofing shop across the bridge in Canada. "Yeah, they use oil, which isn't allowed in the U.S.," they would say before highly ...

The first step in treating rust is keeping it from forming, which means keeping your truck's metal painted, plated, or otherwise protected so oxidation can't get a foothold. If it's already too late ...

Automakers protect the outer surfaces of fenders, doors and other metal parts with coatings of paint. Although in-facing surfaces, such as door panels and the side of a fender that faces the chassis, ...