Who had that photo of the bodywork that was done with the paint can? :thinking: That would make a great story! :bigthumb:
That was in my resto thread :) Just to be clear, I wasn't the guy behind the masterpiece.. I think I have more pictures of it on my computer.
You should submit those photos. That had to be one of the craziest things I've even seen. Talk about maximizing ever penny. The thought has never occurred to me to use a paint can as structural metal. :haha:
I think that "restorer" may have sniffed the contents of the can before making that terrific decision.
I also would have to vote for the paint can body filler. I don't think I will ever forget that blunder! :rubeyes:
This photo is awesome for all the wrong reasons, but I love it. :crazytalk:
I have now submitted the photos and 'a' story to RockAuto. :D I hope they were able to receive the e-mail, the attached photos were 19MB.
Did anyone notice the (patches) :barf: said ditzler on the can's. witch is PPG now. that tells me that was done meany moon ago. But I have seen newspaper and cardboard used to hold the filler in place.
My 71 Challenger R/T had window screen in the front fenders. I guess it was to back up the bondo used for rust repair. I really wanted to restore that car but I knew better.
This is a real 69 Hemi GTX, 1 of 99 automatics. Buddy decided to widen the quarters as I suppose B-bodies don't hold enough tire? I was torching the bondo out but finally just hit it with the grinder. What a mess to clean up. He had brazed a bit of metal in there but basically the bondo was more than an inch thick.
My '71 Challenger had roofing flashing material for a trunk floor. Nothing a plasma cutter couldn't handle. :wrenching:
Now that's inventive. Roof flashing on the truck pan.
Who woulda thought. :thinking:
:haha:
How about a front frame rail repair which should have not been repaired and bondo-ed over.
What, bondo it not structural strength? :bricks: :haha:
Quote from: HP_Cuda on April 01, 2017, 11:15:52 AM
How about a front frame rail repair which should have not been repaired and bondo-ed over.
Sadly no, you should have seen the pick go right through.
"Oh not good"
:banana:
while I'm not proud of what I'm doing to my own to get it road worthy again on a very limited budget, sometimes we do what we gotta do to make things happen. most of the body on mine is pretty solid, but the trunk floor has several rust through holes (1/2"-2", no large gaps) and I'll never have the $$ to do it the right way, so I'm using a product called Miracle Paint in conjunction with fiberglass to fix the holes and seal the entire trunk. I'm of the frame of mind now that I just want to drive it, I'm not going to have a 15+ year project just sitting around waiting to hit the lottery so I can do it 'right', so I'm just getting it done on what I have so I can drive the piss out of it before something happens where I can't drive it or a manual any longer. its not a V or R code and will never be sold from me, so I don't really care anymore that it won't be perfect. just do it and drive it
Not an E-body - but a shot of the quarter of my Barracuda when the resto was started - approx 1" thick of bondo that wrapped around the quarter, over the whole rear valance and up the other quarter.
This is my front fender before going to get sandblasted.
(https://forum.e-bodies.org/gallerypics/0/200-170417151706.jpeg)
This is what they found under the paint.
(https://forum.e-bodies.org/gallerypics/0/200-170417151526.jpeg)
(https://forum.e-bodies.org/gallerypics/0/200-170417151805.jpeg)
That bondo was at least and inch think and the real sad thing was their was no damage on the fender, it appears tha they built up the bondo so it would line up with the door. :bricks:
holy crap!!! :soshelp: that is the funniest and saddest thing I've seen in a long time :rofl:
Looks like the work of H&M Autobody... AKA Hack & Maim...... Where their motto is "Plastic is Fantastic"
This was covered with Bondo and a thick undercoating. The other side was just as bad.
Guess someone wanted to take some buckshot to their project.
:barf:
:unbelievable: WOW!!!!! :Thud:
Quote from: Cudalbs on April 17, 2017, 03:31:23 PM
This is my front fender before going to get sandblasted.
(https://forum.e-bodies.org/gallerypics/0/200-170417151706.jpeg)
This is what they found under the paint.
(https://forum.e-bodies.org/gallerypics/0/200-170417151526.jpeg)
(https://forum.e-bodies.org/gallerypics/0/200-170417151805.jpeg)
That bondo was at least and inch think and the real sad thing was their was no damage on the fender, it appears tha they built up the bondo so it would line up with the door. :bricks:
Quote from: HP_Cuda on April 18, 2017, 01:45:03 PM
Guess someone wanted to take some buckshot to their project.
:barf:
or kids. I was one of those dumb ass kids that thought it was cool to plug .22s and shotgun slugs into the old farm trucks on gramps' farm. didn't help that he encouraged me. looking back on it, there were some very cool '30s-'50s vehicles out there that should have been saved.
Simply amazing. Just when you think you have seen the most bizarre repairs that there are no words for and then ones like the above pictures makes the others looks like ordinary body work. :looney:
Quote from: Cudalbs on April 17, 2017, 03:31:23 PM
This is my front fender before going to get sandblasted.
(https://forum.e-bodies.org/gallerypics/0/200-170417151706.jpeg)
This is what they found under the paint.
(https://forum.e-bodies.org/gallerypics/0/200-170417151526.jpeg)
(https://forum.e-bodies.org/gallerypics/0/200-170417151805.jpeg)
That bondo was at least and inch think and the real sad thing was their was no damage on the fender, it appears tha they built up the bondo so it would line up with the door. :bricks:
Boys, we're in the presence of an artist! Was this done at Mike's Autobody? Mike as in Michelangelo, because that is the greatest expression of sculpting that I've seen to date and I've been in the racket since 1971! It looks like he took at least 4 applications of "salve", as we used to call it, to achieve the height he was looking for and I've GOT to think that the weight should have been the "tell", let alone the wooden-like "thunk". Truly impressive and the boy missed his calling apparently. LOL :unbelievable: