Thank you!!!! Try to learn something new every day and it took until 7:49PM!!!!!!
Wow, I don't think I ever saw filler that thick.Well, Avery has the "boot" almost done, working hard using the hammer-dolly. I think today he's gonna put a first coat of self-etch and some primer build.
Couldnt finish the front fenders yesterday, jeanne worked the night before and was sleeping. My main body tools are all air and main compressor when it kicks on, wakes up the house so started on the "bonnet". That we have electric grinders and ran an extension way away from the house.....
The bonnet (front of the car were yankees) had more HACKER work. A full inch of mud instead of taking the time to hammer out the past bumps.
And when you say they dont make things like they used too, its true... I have a antique fan fetish and pulled out my trusty 1920 westinghouse fan to blow dust while i started sanding off. These old fans are the best, and this one were restoring...
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Are you sure that not an MGA that someone made look like a Healey.
It was a hand built car, and that is the only way that they could get the panels to fit properly. They probably used lead originally, and someone before you took all the lead out, and realized why the lead was there after they removed it. Then they filled everything with plastic (mud), and I have a bad feeling that you are about to do the same thing. They had to have a reason for doing it that way, but unfortunately, you won't learn what that reason is, until you are ready to put it all back together. I had a 1963 Chrysler that was the same way.. Lots of mud on the top of the front fender. Figured out that they mudded the top of the fender, because the fender wasn't stamped correctly, and was 1/4" too low at the hood and cowl. Left it alone, and it is still that way today. There is always a reason, but learning what that reason was can take a long long time to figure out. If it were me, I would have slapped it back together, and then figured out what the reasoning was for all that mud, before I took it out.
Hey hey Junky!!!!
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Haven't heard back from the auto body shop about the frame straightening yet. Its about a week, how long would you guys give a shop before you call?
The squeaky wheel gets the grease....