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6Kabrio7
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just for starters on my old 53 deluxe
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williamblanda
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just for starters on my old 53 deluxe
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He prefers to go by the modest name of Mark, not Jesus. |
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sixty1ragtop
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The PO's weapon of choice was fiberglass under Bondo.
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tstracy39
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| If I am not mistaken, Bondo didn't come out until the 70's. Prior to that, they used t do everything the right way. Slide hammers, dollies, and welders. For body fillers they used to use lead melted down and smoothed out. Lots more work but lasts so much longer. |
Actually before there was Bondo there was something called Snow White which was the same basic material, a polyester filler. I'm pretty sure that particular product was around since at least the mid 50's.
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my65vert
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| BeaterBarndoor wrote: |
just for starters on my old 53 deluxe
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He prefers to go by the modest name of Mark, not Jesus. |
lol!!
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kevhum
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| Endicott jb wrote: |
| If I am not mistaken, Bondo didn't come out until the 70's. Prior to that, they used t do everything the right way. Slide hammers, dollies, and welders. For body fillers they used to use lead melted down and smoothed out. Lots more work but lasts so much longer. |
bondo came out in 1958 or 59 |
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bmtx
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williamblanda
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Action shot by brettsvw
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KMF
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sorry for the crappy pics.... these were taken beforethe digital camera age....the nose of mybus when I fist got it back in 96
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jmsmilin
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how many cans of bondo went into that? he could have just banged it out for cheaper and it would have been better
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KMF
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| how many cans of bondo went into that? he could have just banged it out for cheaper and it would have been better |
couldn't tell ya...although i do remember seeing a rainbow of colors on the bondo blocks from the different mixtures of hardener they used....
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kevhum
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sorry for the crappy pics.... these were taken beforethe digital camera age....the nose of mybus when I fist got it back in 96
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ok that thickness has to be A world record |
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Jake Martinez
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just for starters on my old 53 deluxe
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must have smoothed over the license plate area.  ,
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