There's no escaping the fact that if your project is based on an original steel body, at some point you're going to come up against tackling the bodywork, which will more than likely involve some rust ...

Q.Can you give me some advice on straightening the lid for my car's console? It may be tricky because it's made of pot metal. It was apparently bent in shipment from the shop that chrome plated it.

So, you just got the call that your brand-new “was-­supposed-to-last-for-a-decade” Class 8 tractor slid off into the ditch. The decisions that you make during the repair cycle for that truck may be ...