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Raven · 02-03-2006, 06:56 AM

sometimes you just have to know when to walk away from a project car....you know...the fix or repair daily's vehicles you've owned...
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(expanding on FF's request to look for rust)
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one day at the junk yard where i had my 20 year old
"escape california van"
parked for maybe the last time... i walked around it several times thinking time to let her go....there's NO friggan way,,,,
as i stared at LONG gaping rust holes and rot.... EVERYWHERE
24" to 48" and 2 inches wide had rotted away....
and it was on all doors and side panels....ok ---
so much work it was mind boggling and way beyond repair
.....or SO it seemed......

then.....i started to formulate a plan involving a secret organization called HOME DEPOT.... 25 years of fabrication , a lust for tools,
FIXING anything and a sense of nostalgia began to emerge....
i can do this.... just .....imagine it... no dont....i need to do it...

suddenly the theme song to mission impossible started dancing
in my head
and i was off like a shot .....goin'
Dant DANT -dant dant dant dant, dant dant dant....dant.
badda DAHHH Badda Dahhh BADAH....

ZOOOOOOOOOM

at the domed heapo....
i bought several sheets of pre -bent galvanized duct work( sheet metal ) and several tubes of liguid nails, sand paper, fiberglass resin, fiberglass cloth, bondo and several boxes of self tapping hex head screws.
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i sand back the rust with coarse paper ,prime and slap on a bead of glue and then attach the pre fitted dry sheet metal with the self tapping screws til the next day.... then i back out the screws that show on the body...the ones underneath i leave in... and i grind
down the edge where the sheet metal overlaps the body....and apply a thin coat of hot pink (dry fast) bondo ...which is resin based...
and let that almost dry....where i criss cross score it with a blade.
after thats dry ...i mix up some fiber glass resin and paint it on top
of that seam and add a layer of cloth to cover it all....sometimes
two.... and soon - i had no more gaping rust holes anymore...!!!

i drove that sucka for a few more years....i love no car payments.

02-03-2006, 06:56 AM	#32
Raven ........ iTrader: (0) Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 22,805 Blog Entries: 1	one day ..... sometimes you just have to know when to walk away from a project car....you know...the fix or repair daily's vehicles you've owned... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (expanding on FF's request to look for rust) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- one day at the junk yard where i had my 20 year old "escape california van" parked for maybe the last time... i walked around it several times thinking time to let her go....there's NO friggan way,,,, as i stared at LONG gaping rust holes and rot.... EVERYWHERE 24" to 48" and 2 inches wide had rotted away.... and it was on all doors and side panels....ok --- so much work it was mind boggling and way beyond repair .....or SO it seemed...... then.....i started to formulate a plan involving a secret organization called HOME DEPOT.... 25 years of fabrication , a lust for tools, FIXING anything and a sense of nostalgia began to emerge.... i can do this.... just .....imagine it... no dont....i need to do it... suddenly the theme song to mission impossible started dancing in my head and i was off like a shot .....goin' Dant DANT -dant dant dant dant, dant dant dant....dant. badda DAHHH Badda Dahhh BADAH.... ZOOOOOOOOOM at the domed heapo.... i bought several sheets of pre -bent galvanized duct work( sheet metal ) and several tubes of liguid nails, sand paper, fiberglass resin, fiberglass cloth, bondo and several boxes of self tapping hex head screws. -------------------- i sand back the rust with coarse paper ,prime and slap on a bead of glue and then attach the pre fitted dry sheet metal with the self tapping screws til the next day.... then i back out the screws that show on the body...the ones underneath i leave in... and i grind down the edge where the sheet metal overlaps the body....and apply a thin coat of hot pink (dry fast) bondo ...which is resin based... and let that almost dry....where i criss cross score it with a blade. after thats dry ...i mix up some fiber glass resin and paint it on top of that seam and add a layer of cloth to cover it all....sometimes two.... and soon - i had no more gaping rust holes anymore...!!! i drove that sucka for a few more years....i love no car payments.