Need Help on Model A Restoration

[TrainsAndSirens1]

My Model A motor housing I'm restoring has some damage at the holes (where the screws go in the housing).

Here's what it looks like:


Any suggestion to fix the holes or other?

Thanks

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[RyanJamesDean98]

Only way I know how to would be welding it

[Jim Z]

aye, wot 'e said. but the metal is thin enough where welding anything to it is going to be a precarious adventure. I would just straighten out the other dents, repaint it, and use either screws with larger heads or screws with washers to hide those gaps.

[TrainsAndSirens1]

use either screws with larger heads or screws with washers to hide those gaps..

That's what my father says.

[Jim Z]

use either screws with larger heads or screws with washers to hide those gaps..

That's what my father says.

you callin' me old?!?

[TrainsAndSirens1]

use either screws with larger heads or screws with washers to hide those gaps..

That's what my father says.

you callin' me old?!?

No...
I was meaning my dad...

[Jim Z]

That's a joke, ah say, that's a joke, son.

[tony991]

You should be able to tig weld that(if you know how to tig weld.) When I weld metal that thin I sometimes use a 1" thick aluminum block as a heat sink.

[holler]

Yeah, just cover them up with washers. You can always cut one side of the washer off so that it will fit into place.

A trick I have used to fill in pinholes is to put painters tape on the outside surface (the part that will be painted) over the hole. Then you apply Bondo or body filler to the backside of the holes. Once it drys you just peel away the tape and the holes will be filled in, then you sand down the excess bondo on the inside of the part.