An afternoon's rust work.

"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo) 06/17/2020 at 20:21 • Filed to: None

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ready for barrett-jackson!

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 06/17/2020 at 20:55

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Good work. The black body panel kinda looked better from these pictures. Was it straight bondo, rust, and hope holding it together?

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 06/17/2020 at 21:06

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I had already straightened and re-built most of it but decent factory sheet metal is still much better.

This quar ter was put on this car in about 1966 (My customer was a kid in the bac kseat when it got hit) and the used a nasty used panel at the time.  I spent quite a bit of time making the bottom 6 inches of this car by hand (I’m pretty handy at it but there are limits.  Re- doing it will get this guy a better chance of driving his dad’s car this decade. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 06/17/2020 at 21:23

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That makes more sense. That is some incredible craftsmanship right there.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 06/17/2020 at 21:35

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well, because this car is in ‘unrepairable’ condition and they don’t make parts, it sort of gives you licence to try stuff and see what sticks.  That would’ve worked but the parts car panels will be worth cutting out all that work.  This was customer’s dad’s last car, he was a little kid in it and the old man drove it from 1964 till 2007 year round, in Canada.  

shop-teacher > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 06/18/2020 at 08:16

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Daaaaaaang!