I've seen some pretty shoddy work...

[markm]

I saw on the other site where they now sell the Nomad wheel well arch for Gassers, are you sure this guy had the whole quarter to start with, if he did I agree, why. I really hope this was not a 1000 dollar pannel they hacked up.

[chevynut]

are you sure this guy had the whole quarter to start with,

Yes, someone asked him if he bought whole Nomad quarters and he said he did. He could have replaced the whole thing using virtually no bondo if he did it right. Why replace only half of it and cut it where it's hard to keep it straight?

And not one person asks him that...all they do is tell him what a great job he's doing.

[markm]

No matter what kind of hack job you do, the cheerleaders over there will cheer them on. They will also tell you how good and long their junk runs with a 39.95 Skip White distributor or how fast a 150K junkyard moter is with a craigslist Eldebrock carb and 39.95 Summit cam. This guy spent good money and destroyed a good panel.

[Rick_L]

I thought the part discussed on the other site was a round arch specifically for a gasser.

This one:


Go to Woody's site and you'll see it for sale, it's a Golden Star deal.

It looks to be too small for a real gasser tire.

A hack could have that installed with a gallon or so of bondo per side.

[MP&C]

In all fairness, most guys new to bodywork and asking for "guidance" on forums will be told to use the smallest amount of a panel as you can. I've read that on MANY forums. I know most of us here have taken the other stance of looking at the panel and replacing to the higher crown areas to help hold the shape, place seams where accessible for planishing, or just plain use the most of it that you can if it means going to factory seams. You tell someone how it should be done, and two posts later some hack explains how easy it was using pop rivets and roofing tar to seal it up. Suddenly the right way looks insurmountable and another hack is born.

[chevynut]

In all fairness, most guys new to bodywork and asking for "guidance" on forums will be told to use the smallest amount of a panel as you can. I've read that on MANY forums. I know most of us here have taken the other stance of looking at the panel and replacing to the higher crown areas to help hold the shape, place seams where accessible for planishing, or just plain use the most of it that you can if it means going to factory seams. You tell someone how it should be done, and two posts later some hack explains how easy it was using pop rivets and roofing tar to seal it up. Suddenly the right way looks insurmountable and another hack is born.

Robert, that's understandable, I guess. But I think he could have done a lot better job by using only 1-3" or so outside the Nomad fenderwell lip. That would have been easier to manage the warpage, and with some planishing as he went he probably could have kept it pretty straight. Too bad he didn't ask for advice before he started in on it.

I guess it doesn't bother some guys to use 1/2" of bondo, as long as it's reasonably straight when it's finished. And I like how some guys refer to 1/8" to 1/4" of bondo as a "skim coat".

[Rick_L]

And I like how some guys refer to 1/8" to 1/4" of bondo as a "skim coat".

Well that keeps that pesky metal from showing through the bondo and becoming a high spot.

[567chevys]

Just glad that's not my car , But there is shops around that do that type of scab work very sad!! In a few years bondo cracks someone will be crying or pissed off.

[chevynut]

Nothing posted about this project in 3 weeks after a flurry of activity. In fact, he hasn't posted at all in 13 days. I wonder if he's trying to fix that door or what the holdup is.

Hope it's not a major health or family issue.

[markm]

IT has neen quite over ther on ths project update front, my favotite has been complaining about the cold weather, I guess he cannot afford heat.