Old Project Needs A New Skin
 

I have been a member for a while but have never had any success with posting a build on here.

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I am sure some of you know what this machine in the above pic is, for those who don't...... It is a mill build gage for measuring the depth of bodywork (it uses sonar to measure the depth of bodywork). As I have been told, a new fender with Emt coat will read .8mill or less, collision repair standards are 10-15mill, Rust restoration/classic restoration standards are 20-25mill these are maximum worst case specifications on small areas.
My car was acid dipped and all metal work was done, the car was supposed to have been metal finished........ The mill gage shows different, average reading on my car is 50mill with some areas so deep it can not read them.
Here is some pics to show you the filler and rust issues.
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I have been told that the whole car needs to be stripped to bare steel again to fix the above problems, I am not experienced in bodywork, so comments/help from those who know what they are looking at and know how to proceed would be appreciated.
Thanks

Why was my post edited to exclude the permission of the moderator?

I took the quote out as it wasn't necessary, you don't need permission to start a thread or post pics (as long as they are G Rated).

I was never asked to resize since it included a link to steves nova site with the same pics, the pictures were not posted here, I have the pm from the administrator saying it was removed because of content

Either way, I am sure his one will be edited or deleted as comments are made by other members of the site.

Thank you for allowing this thread even if it is short lived

The thread with a link to the Nova site was removed because once you clicked the link it was exactly the same post you had on here before that was closed. I asked you to re-size the pics, and told that's why they were removed from the closed thread. No problem posting the pics and asking for ideas or suggestions how to proceed, just get the pics into the normal 640 by 480 resolution size or similar. The post will not be edited or deleted unless it turns into a vendor bashing thread again.

Jody

Brian...Stay positive and enjoy the site. Lots of good stuff here and lots of good people. Looking forward to seeing more about what your plans are to move forward with the car.:thumbsup:

Life can be quite frustrating, and when any shop or vendor does differently than we expect them to, it can be much more than simply "frustrating." Still, life hands us a lot of choices, and most of them boil down to this one; you must decide whether to use any difficulty in life as either an excuse, or a reason." You turn it into an excuse when you elect to allow a mishap to taint the lens through which you view life. Suddenly every problem is due to incompetence or malice. Life becomes a game where the odds have been stacked against you. You utilize a difficulty as a reason when you turn it into the impetus to excel beyond the original plan and prove to those who doubted that you are actually in control.

You have been handed a plate of sour grapes. I cannot comment as to whether or not the intentions of those who seemingly deceived you were malicious. A quote I often hear from my father-in-law does come to mind however, "never attribute to malice that which can be explained by simple stupidity." Nonetheless, the choice is now yours. Do you utilize your difficulties as an excuse to be bitter, mistrust the intentions of every shop, vendor, and fellow car enthusiast, or do you make it into the key event which spurs you and your project on to a finish far better than originally imagined?

Now that I am finished occupying my soapbox, I have only one question; How can we help?

Shiny Side Up!
Bill

Don't let it happen to you LOL!....... seriously though, it is just a build thread, I will post updates when I am allowed to start stripping it, who knows what lies under 3/8 of filler?

helpfull tips along the way are a bonus.

Brian, I'm moving this into project updates; I think you'll get more responses there as that's where we usually put the build threads.

Jody

Keep us posted Brian. And Good luck.

One more reason I do 98% of everything myself. Sorry to see another shop story like this. I will say the statement in the other tread from said shop sure did not make me feel much better. Good luck to you.

-Richard

Believe me, I understand the little curve balls life can throw at us! Tomorrow I go back to the orthopedic to reexamine the 2 herniated discs in my neck to see if the time for surgery has come. This is prompted by a radical increase in headaches that seem to radiate from my neck, so I have my suspicions. The 2 herniated discs were caused by a semi driver who wasn't paying attention and rear ended the car I had just purchased for my wife only 2 days before he destroyed it.

I think your instinct to strip the car to bare metal is spot on. I have a hunch you will end up doing a little cutting and welding to get all the panels to line up right.

Shiny Side Up!
Bill

I thought I would post this here before someone gets the wrong idea (already happened on another site)

This is a build thread with pictures of issues that my car has. If you want to know in depth details of who did what and who said what, don't bother posting the question. If you have an opinion about me or the shop, keep it to yourself please.

I made this post to get tips and comments from some of the professionals on here as my project continues.

Looking at the pics all I think you can do is strip it back to metal and start over.

-Richard

Brian, thanks for keeping it on tack! :thumbsup:

I am waiting to see pics of the car all stripped. I have my fingers crossed for you that all surprises have already been made known, and that a strip will only confirm what you already thought and not discover more to repair.

Please post pics once it is stripped.

Shiny Side Up!
Bill

I know the front fenders are not even worth trying to fix, they have been hammered in beyond repair. The trunk lid is on an angle compared to the bumper and rear valance, yet it lines up with the quarter panets and deck lid??? I won't know exactly what is wrong untill I am allowed to strip it down, but I can only assume something warped during fab/metalwork. Quarter panels were also lap welded, that was something I specifically did not want. I will post pictures when it gets started on again, but might take a while for updates.