What have you found is the best and safest way to remove the nails securing the body sheet metal skin from the wood frame ( skeleton) without distorting the skin?
I have tried to very gently pry up the sheet metal under the nail head with a putty knife just enough so that I can grab the nail head with a pair of side cutters but am afraid this method may distort the metal. Thanks, Bob ANSWER: SHEET METAL NAILS ON LATER FRANKLINS Bob, Shutter from Tony for checking profile and original brushed chrome finish went out to Dick. He should be getting it any day now. I’ve got Melissa’s shutter set packed to give you at the board meeting. Sorry, just noticed this question in with all the e-mails about the new hood front shutter project. A heavy scraper/putty knife will work for prying up the sheet metal and nails, but there are better tools, especially if working with sheet aluminum, or in the occasional tight spaces you may encounter. Actually I sometimes use a heavy putty knife/scraper to pry against so my pry bars won’t sink into soft rotted wood or adjacent sheet metal. For lifting the sheet metal to get nails out I use a small “L” shaped flat steel
