Bondo Bucket...

[Rolling_Thunder]

Customer car...     The reason we suggest media blasting...       so the owner will cry...       





Here's the car after another $20,000

[Khyron]

Wow..... just WOW!

[terrible one]

Oh my god! It probably took more time to apply all of that bondo than it would to replace the damn quarter! And they don't even look that bad underneath that particular area. . .

[Blown70]

  Good lord  wtf, that had to have been 20 gallons of bondo?

[bull]

Hans would be proud.

[694spdRT]

Was the panel caved in and just covered over with bondo?

[suntech]

Hans would be proud.

[LeeBoy]

The person that did that needs .

[evil1]

Any pics of the car from a distance ?

[hutch]

Did it look like a freak car or something?  I have never seen that much mud used before on a car.

[squeakfinder]

Well, SH*T happens.....

[Tilar]

The weight of that automibile probably dropped 200 pounds 

[Rolling_Thunder]

Did it look like a freak car or something?  I have never seen that much mud used before on a car.

Well - no pictures of the car from a distance...      lets just say NOTHING was strait...    bondo averaged 1/2" thick on the 1/4 panels...

The car has a salvage title....     

I was simply amazed at the amount of shit on this thing...     The rear frame rails were non-existant...   someone hacked them for a mini-tub and only left one side of the box...     then used sheet metal screws and alot of metal strips screwed together to form the tubs...       the car was completely half assed...             

[sick dawg]

HLPAG car at one time???

[whitehatspecial]

I'd take the bondo and keep the $20000.00. Nothing's perfect.

[BigBlackDodge]

Ohhhhhh.....................thats why they call them a 'quarter' panel!



BBD

[Joshua]

Ohhhh...that's alota filler.....sure looks nice now.....

A few years ago, there was a Charger at an old car auction that was hit in the rear. There was that much filler in it as well, as it was popping off from the rear end collision, and the metal underneath was very wrinkled. The poor '69 had seen it's share of accidents....

[six-tee-nine]

I've heard people telling me : boy your Charger still needs alot of work it still har first paint, i'll rather buy a car that's already in new paint......

Yeah right, untill something like this happens to you


But on the bright side he gets a top restored body for his 20 grand that will be alot safer to drive than some hacked up piece of crap   

[BigBlockSam]

here is a picture of my charger before i restored her . it had thicker bondo then that one . someone took an old corrugated pool and cut pieces out of it . then riveted to the car.  then shoveled the bondo in . it didn't look to bad either . i media blasted the car and replaced the quarters . Rene

[moparstuart]

here is a picture of my charger before i restored her . it had thicker bondo then that one . someone took an old corrugated pool and cut pieces out of it . then riveted to the car.  then shoveled the bondo in . it didn't look to bad either . i media blasted the car and replaced the quarters . Rene

Those wheels , I have seen them before !!!!!

[BigBlockSam]

Those wheels , I have seen them before !!!!!   

  good eye there Stuart . there on my daytona now . 

[Magnumcharger]

I think I can top that one.

My Charger had at least an inch of Bondo on each quarter panel when I got it.
At the time, there were no really good replacement quarter panels, only those shitty "half-panels" that were handmade and only went to the bodyline above the wheel well.
Some great "Artisan" welded them ON TOP of the rusty panels, I'm assuming with an ARC WELDER.
A few gallons of filler simulated the quarter panel after that.
The owner got the rear leaf springs re-arched immediately afterwards....I'm assuming the weight of those quarters dragged the back of the car down a few inches.

The rear valance and corners were another piece of art.
I could tell EXACTLY when the bodywork was done, by un-wadding and flattening out the newspapers that were stuffed into the corners to back up the mountain of filler that was pushed into those spots.
March 16th 1986.
By the time I got the car five years later, the filler was falling off in large sheets.
Makes me wonder now: what the hell I was thinking buying that Charger???

[suntech]

Makes me wonder now: what the hell I was thinking buying that Charger???

Because ypy just love´em

[Magnumcharger]

Makes me wonder now: what the hell I was thinking buying that Charger???

Because you just love´em

Yup....and it was an R/T.

[BigBlockSam]

you win 

[Magnumcharger]

you win 

Or lose...depending on perception.

[terrible one]

Mmmm I see that Dana 60! What were the specs on it?

[Magnumcharger]

Mmmm I see that Dana 60! What were the specs on it?

1969.5 (Out of a Superbee Sixpack), 4:10 gears - double tire frying capacity!

[LeeBoy]

1969.5 (Out of a Superbee Sixpack), 4:10 gears - double tire frying capacity!

What became of the Superbee?

[Magnumcharger]

1969.5 (Out of a Superbee Sixpack), 4:10 gears - double tire frying capacity!

What became of the Superbee?

[DC_1]

I am working on a customer car right now that had quarters brazed on over the old rotting panels and than a 1/2 of mud through out.......Who ever did it seem to be more sculpter than bodyman.

[DC_1]

And speaking of bondo buckets......have you seen this article?

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/25/unique-performance-used-prison-inmates-and-bondo-to-build-must/

[Magnumcharger]

I am working on a customer car right now that had quarters brazed on over the old rotting panels and than a 1/2 of mud through out.......Who ever did it seem to be more sculpter than bodyman.

That looks very familiar...and very scary as well!

[terrible one]

I am working on a customer car right now that had quarters brazed on over the old rotting panels and than a 1/2 of mud through out.......Who ever did it seem to be more sculpter than bodyman.

man, the EXACT same was done to my Charger! All of these brazed-on patches and bondo!

[DC_1]

man, the EXACT same was done to my Charger! All of these brazed-on patches and bondo!

Pretty typical repair from the 70's and 80's.......that was pre-MIG welder since torches were much easier to afford for the average back yard bodyman.

[Brock Samson]

sydmoe is that a lincoln?..

[DC_1]

1960 T-Bird Convertable

[BigBlockSam]

thats why i tell people . if you build it yourself , at least you know how it was built . 13 gallons of bondo . man i'd be pissed . 

[DC_1]

thats why i tell people . if you build it yourself , at least you know how it was built . 13 gallons of bondo . man i'd be pissed . 

If you are referring to the link to the article on Unique Performance, I hear ya. What kills me though is the fact that a company like that actually thought they would get away with such crap. I mean we are not talking about a HLPAG here. This is suppose to be a top shelf company with ties to big names like Shelby and Foose. The money and resources they had really makes me wonder why they wouldn't do it right. I know, i know, GREED is the first thing that comes to mind.

[BigBlockSam]

  i saw a show on tv about those mustangs. i think it was rides. they looked like a top notch operation. Rene

[rare69]

Don't fell bad about the bondo, most of are car's were full of it. just replace it with all new sheet metal and forget about it.

[Rolling_Thunder]

thats why i tell people . if you build it yourself , at least you know how it was built . 13 gallons of bondo . man i'd be pissed . 

Here's the truely sad part...    The owner traded a NoM 440 4-speed 69 R/T Charger for that bondo bucket...   

[dkn1997]

How many gallons of bondo go into even a proper repair? i seem to remember a debate a while back on here where a couple of guys who really knew their stuff threw out some numbers that most of us would say "holy $hit" maybe 7-8 gallons on an average car where it was only being used to fill imperfections, not huge dents.  not real sure of the numbers, but definately more than what you would think.  didn't make 13 gallons seem that out of whack.

[DC_1]

Sorry about continuing to hijack this thread.

If we are still talking about the linked article above regarding Unique. I think when you are paying that kind of money for cars of that magnitude more than a gallon or 2 for small imperfections should not be acceptable. Again we are talking about low production here not one off.  Granted they have what appears to be a fair bit of custom work on the body I am sure the investment in tooling up some dies and molds would have been a more professional approach than grafting them on with bondo. I also can see the need for a fair bit of panel replacement since I am sure they are  starting with a rough car to begin with. However, I still can't see the need for more than a few gallons at most.

Just my opinion.

[hemihead]

Most Body Shops today are Bondo Shops . Some can replace panels . I don't think anyone knows how to hammer and dolly . I am amazed at some of the cars I see at shows that are Puttymobiles. I think the art of true Body work is dead . In the mechanical field everything is remove and replace . Nothing is rebuilt anymore and I think that has trickled over to the Body field .

[hemi-hampton]

dkn1997, You may be thinking of me. If you got a very straight car with only a couple of door dings to fix you wont need much bondo. But if you got a very wavy car with a couple of door dings then your going to have to skim coat the car with bondo to get the waves out & get straight. If not then lots of extra Priming & blocking or your the type to just ship wavy cars & not care. Even brand new factory cars have waves. Why do you think we had to skim coat brand new cars at Masco -tech (MSX)with zero miles with 5+ gallons of bondo & prime a Block to get straight before going to a turn table at Detroit Autoshow. Did you ever see all that Bondo Boyd or Chip used on those cars on tv, Sure looked like 10 gallons to me. If you ever had to skim coat a car then you know what I mean, If not you wont understand. LEON.

[hemi-hampton]

Anybody ever see what happens after 20 years of Mechanics pulling Motors & leaning over your Fenders on your Mopars, You get what they call elbow dents on top of your fenders, Sometimes 20-30 of them little dents, I gotta bondo coat almost the top of every Mopar fender because of this. Your not going to lead these or block them out in primer. LEON.

[TK73]

I LOVE the smell of Bondo in the morning