I am atempting to do some body work on my chevelle, with a buddy of mine. He has had some past experience but I would like a little info on how to go about it. I have a couple of small dings on the side panels nothing maijor and some bubbling down below the rear quater skins. I was curious the step by step prosess on taking on the task, like what grit of sand paper what type of bondo if any what primer that sort of thing. and tips or info is greatly appreciated as always.
nic

Do a search for Martinsr in the body forum and read everything he says. You should be an expert by the time you finish.

also search words in this forum like "sandpaper", "primer", "filler" , "bondo" etc. MartinSr has posted many replies to these topics. Amazing how much good info is stored in this forum.

I was in the same boat last spring, and so far things seem to be turning out pretty well. Best place to start is probably just to sand the areas with 80 grit sandpaper down to metal to see what you are really working with- if you can do one spot at a time to avoid surface rust during the repair. Also find a body shop that is willing to spend a little time with you (try to find a time when they are not busy) they will recomend a good product line to use from start to finish, usually PPG (Dupont) seems pretty popular- that is what I used for almost everything. Another tip is to ask specific questions- dig into your first ding- and when you get stumped ask a specific question about what that particular problem is- you will usually get better answers that way. I would say just dig into it, get an area down to metal and when you get stumped, ask here and you will have all kinds of great answers. After you get to metal- if it is just metal- no rust- you just need to go at it with filler (bondo). pretty easy stuff to use, just follow the directions to mix it and spread it on- if you screw up, just sand it back down and try it again. I'm starting to ramble now- but one more piece of advice is plan on spending more than you expect- good products are expensive, but poor products will fail you. I am not an expert by any means- but for what it's worth from one rookie to another.

Nick