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Robert Dodge
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Joined: November 03, 2019
Posts: 3
Location: CO
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 Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2025 10:53 am Post subject: Paint & Body |
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| Hey everyone! My name is Robert Dodge. I own a restoration body shop in Penrose, Colorado! I have worked on several VW's over the last 20 years! I have also restored several other makes and models of other types of vehicles. |
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Bobs67vwagen
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Joined: March 27, 2005
Posts: 877
Location: Eastern north carolina
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2025 10:53 am Post subject: Re: Paint & Body |
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| Hi Robert since none of the Colorado members have weighed in. Welcome to he samba. If you post a picture of your work from time to time it may help members become familiar with what you do and in turn create some customers for you. Good luck-Bob |
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Bikerndiver
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Joined: December 05, 2023
Posts: 279
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2025 11:32 am Post subject: Re: Paint & Body |
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Welcome to The Samba! Always nice to have another professional on the forum, there are always questions. Hopefully you can help out.
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1966 Manx clone (possibly a Joe Poty Enterprises) named SANDY. '70 to '73 1300 cc w/1600 DP heads, twin carbs and headers |
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mguilfoile
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Joined: March 25, 2018
Posts: 16
Location: Georgia
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2025 9:10 am Post subject: Re: Paint & Body |
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Glad to have a paint and body expert! I have a 1967 KG that was restored in late 2018. I bought it sight unseen from a very respected KG person in Oregon. It looks and runs great, but has developed a crack at the passenger side, rear fender (please see photos). I hope the photographs are enough to discern what might be happening...and to suggest a course of action. I'm in Atlanta, GA, by the way, and the KG is under a roof with a car cover. Thanks for any help!
M. Guilfoile
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Bobs67vwagen
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Joined: March 27, 2005
Posts: 877
Location: Eastern north carolina
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2025 4:46 pm Post subject: Re: Paint & Body |
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| That looks like body filler(bondo) failure. It can fail for lots of reasons including adhesion caused by incorrect metal prep, application of filler is too thick, metal fatigue caused by rust, and others. There is no way to really fix that without sanding it all off and starting over. Sorry for the bad news. |
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mguilfoile
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Joined: March 25, 2018
Posts: 16
Location: Georgia
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2025 5:04 am Post subject: Re: Paint & Body |
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Got it. Thanks for the quick reply. Is there any "stop gap" fix I should do before I get it to a body shop?
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Bobs67vwagen
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Joined: March 27, 2005
Posts: 877
Location: Eastern north carolina
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2025 4:49 pm Post subject: Re: Paint & Body |
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| You could try cleaning the cracks real well using a small brush and a paint prep product, drying it with a heat gun and filling the cracks with a liquid epoxy. Maybe use a syringe to apply for neatness. This would at least slow down water intrusion, but will not solve the problem. |
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clarkster75
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Joined: September 25, 2006
Posts: 168
Location: Lots of good clean livin' Utah
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:01 pm Post subject: Re: Paint & Body |
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Two ideas.
You could try a magnet in that area to see where the magnet will fall off, or not. That may give you an idea of how big the filler/bondo area is.
Also, pull at least that wheel and check on the back side to see how damaged/bent the body metal is.
While you're at it, check the whole car. Someone with a lift may be able to save some time on this.
(Hope that damaged area is not substantial) |
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