07-30-2018, 04:16 PM | #26 |
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A lot of stuff did disappear when scrap prices were really high. Even more parts donors got crushed than AD and TF trucks around here.
Maybe it is a western US thing but PO hacked trucks are almost the norm around here. I bought one 30 something years ago where they had taken a saw to an otherwise perfect grill to cut a hole big enough to get the cam through when they had to do a cam change rather than remove the grill. One of my student had (and probably still has) a 53 Chevy pickup that one of his uncles had put a 390 Ford in and torched a big notch out of the frame rail to clear the oil filter rather than buy a remote filter kit. I went out to look at a pair of fenders in the late 80's that a customer said he wanted to sell when he saw my 48 at in front of the parts house I was working part time at. Someone had taken a hammer and chisel and cut the grill out rather than jack the truck up to unbolt it from the bottom. Fenders had been perfect before they were hacked too.
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08-01-2018, 07:04 PM | #27 |
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I remember at 13 years old. My parents decided that letting me buy a Model A and restore it would be best. Now I was a city boy and didn't know... My Parents had a huge Oak tree in the front yard. It held the engine and later the body. Now this was mid town Savannah. We had a welding shop weld in a new sill plate and replaced the panels in the lower 6" all the way around. Problem was they never ground off the welds. So I proceeded to lay "Bondo" on thick in order to smooth out the panels. I'd never seen nor heard about a grinder before
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08-01-2018, 07:19 PM | #28 | |
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08-02-2018, 06:47 AM | #29 | |
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I cannot imagine how many sheets of paper you used during that time. FWIW many of my early days with cars also involved people with the unrealistic opinion that Bondo ruined a car, that Bondo was indication of poor quality work, that no good panel repair needed Bondo, and that Bondo was Evil in a can. The first time I tried my hand at body repairs I told the guy at the parts store what I was doing and that I was going to do it without Bondo. The man graciously went to the back, returned with a can of polyester filler of another brand, told me how to use it, and likely fell off his stool laughing as I walked away thinking I had found the way around using Bondo on my car. Last edited by 1project2many; 08-02-2018 at 06:52 AM. |
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08-02-2018, 10:10 AM | #30 | |
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