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William Crowell Samba Member

Joined: February 15, 2011 Posts: 84 Location: Placerville, CA
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Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:22 pm Post subject: Thoughts on body filler |
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When I welded in the left lockpost and the part no. 503-061-00 left quarter panel repair panel to the left rear quarter panel, I got about 1/32" of sinking at the weld on the quarter panel. On the bright side, though, I got the door gaps perfect, if I do say so myself.
I am afraid that if I were to try to move the sunken quarter panel weld back out with heat, hammer and dolly, I might upset the gap between the lockpost and the door, so I am hesitant to do that.
Also, I am finding it impossible to get in between the nose panel of the car and the front of the battery box with a hammer and dolly, so I also have some divots about 1/32" deep in the nose panel that I haven't been able to pull up with a stud puller yet.
Otherwise the body is smooth and ready for another shot of epoxy primer before painting.
What do you think of smoothing out these two problem areas with a little Evercoat "Metal-2-Metal" body filler? |
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Dubenhams Samba Member
Joined: August 20, 2021 Posts: 11 Location: UK
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Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 4:09 am Post subject: Re: Thoughts on body filler |
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I won't judge you
absolutley, for body repairs, fill to finish is fine (for me) |
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GARRICK.CLARK Samba Member

Joined: June 30, 2012 Posts: 1268 Location: Lancashire UK
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Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2024 12:52 pm Post subject: Re: Thoughts on body filler |
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As long as its on top of good steel it's fine |
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Starbucket Samba Member

Joined: April 30, 2007 Posts: 4172 Location: WA
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Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2024 1:59 pm Post subject: Re: Thoughts on body filler |
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Get a torch, flux, and some solder or pure tin and do it right, it's a seamless repair and easy to work. |
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wdfifteen Samba Member
Joined: January 26, 2019 Posts: 653 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 8:43 am Post subject: Re: Thoughts on body filler |
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GARRICK.CLARK wrote: |
As long as its on top of good steel it's fine |
+1
I did some lead work once. What a pain. If you don't have the tools you need and the expertise that only comes with experience you will hate it.
Bondo will work fine for 1/32 fills and if you screw it up it's easy to remove and start over. |
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William Crowell Samba Member

Joined: February 15, 2011 Posts: 84 Location: Placerville, CA
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Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2024 7:10 am Post subject: Re: Thoughts on body filler |
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Starbucket wrote: "Get a torch, flux, and some solder or pure tin and do it right."
You mean the way that Rolls-Royce did it? Everybody knows that Rolls has the best bodywork, right? Take a look at this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxpAG0X1KTk
Up to 1/2" of lead! The body panels obviously were not very carefully formed to the correct shape before joining them by welding (as Porsche was pretty careful to do), which required the use of a lot of lead; the welding joining the panels isn't all that good; and the lead invariably cracks after awhile. (Of course I know you are not advocating the use of so much lead.) I'll bet that would be a rather expensive repair. |
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