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 ...

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, ...

Winter is rough on cars in places where road crews lay down salt, brine, or sand at the first sign of freezing weather. Rust doesn’t show up overnight, but it can start forming long before you ever ...

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 ...