Bondo Does ! ! !

. . . or at least thats what the previous owner thought :rolleyes:

:D

What was he trying to fix?

So do riveted pieces of aluminum and wire mesh covered with bondo like on my cousin's Cuda :rolleyes:

Don't worry, the previous owner of my chevelle thought beer fixed everything. At least thats what I thought when I discovered a bondoed in beer can in the front fender. graemlins/beers.gif

Shawn,

So you were driving around with an open beer all the time ! :eek: No wonder you couldn't keep it in a straight line ;)

My car had the wadded up screen with bondo over it. Terrible job too. Soaked up water like a sponge.

Yeah the previous owner of my 69 el camino thought bondo fixed things too. The right rear quarter panel has bondo an inch thick. graemlins/clonk.gif

A friend of mine bought a '70 Chevelle (standard "base" model) and it had cement in the rear lower quarters as well as wire mesh. The car was last owned by an elderly gentleman. :rolleyes:

The quarter on my 66 was made up of 16 pieces of metal. :rolleyes:

Steve

the guy that did my 72 took adhesive backed sanding disks, cut them to fit around the rear wheel houses and bondo them in. :rolleyes:

I've got a gallon of bondo in my 72 restification. 7/8s of it sanded off onto the floor while I taught myself how to do it right. :D

I just looked at a 69 convertible at a body shop that a guy had brought in for restoration..the shop started stripping paint at the filler at the TOP of the quarter is over 1" thick the whole length of the panel! :eek: :eek: Believe it or not it was done nice enough that is wasnt evident until the grinder hit it. No cracks either. If I end up with the car I will post pics, I have never seen filler that thick before.

I recently purchased a 70 Malibu "SS" clone project which had 8 Ohio state license plates covering the rotted out floor boards. They have since been removed and two full pans are being welded in their place. I feel your pain!
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yeah my entire car is filler.

my fenders have about 1/2" of filler on them, all around, my 1/4's, god i dont wanna know how much is on them. my wheel wells even have bondo on them. i cant wait to really strip my car and see how much filler there really is. i know there is about 6000 rivets in that car as well.

aaron