The owner of this car bought it last year and drove it maybe 100 miles and decided he wanted more HP. A shop across from mine built a 347 and changed the rear to a Currie 9" and changed the wheels to Torque Thrusts. This car looked great when he bought it.
While the engine was out he decided he wanted us to install a Rod & Custom front suspension. We were removing seam sealer from the cowl and found that the lower cowl had been patched and never welded and also found this rust.
He wanted us to install a steel bulkhead behind the rear seat and this is what we found
At first we were going to patch the cowl and he was going to drive it a couple of years before we repaired the cowl and repainted the car.
We also found the front floor pans had been patched and the tack welds were bad. The owner decided to have us fix it right. This is what we found under that beautiful paint and a lot of bondo.
They had cut out a section and had a couple of pieces of plastic stuck in there with fiberglass mat over it.
This is what they were covering
If you are buying a car that was just painted make sure you see a lot of photos showing how it was repaired before it was painted. This was done by a shop that thank goodness is no longer in business.
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Rusty Gillis
Gillis Performance Restorations
Port Richey Fl www.gillisrestorations.com
this is why I couldn't never hold a job working in a shop, I have seen shops put that spray foam in the qtrs. to cover up the same thing, got fired one time because I asked the boss why they were putting two different color rear windows on a 97 suburban they were painting it was a silver and a dark tint glass on the back, he told me it was none of my business and said I was FIRED !
I laughed got my box and left, I cannot believe they are still open to this day !
whenever I painted a car here at home I usually had several hundred pics of just the metal work, must have pictures showing work !! never trust a shop that say's they don't take pictures, the shop that fired me didn't take pics !
I've always been sketchy about fresh color on a car...do the rear pilars and quarters look like that stuff was ready to flake off while driving?
No the paint did not look that bad and the panels were pretty straight. I did see a few sand scratches and the paint was chipped where the door hit the quarter at the top.
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Rusty Gillis
Gillis Performance Restorations
Port Richey Fl www.gillisrestorations.com
Wow! As an ex-autobody man that's just horrible. Those kinds of idiots that pull that stuff gave guys like me who do proper jobs a bad name.
Always been a rule of thumb when a new paint job is on a car, to ALWAYS check with a fine tooth comb and even better, bring a magnet to check for actual metal. Doing so has helped me a few times from not getting stuck with a lemon.
Friend of mine found out the hard way 5 years ago when he bought himself a nice '68 Camaro, the entire thing was hack jobbed together and lucky it basically didn't fall apart when he drove it.
My conscience would eat me alive if I sold a car like that. It's a good thing the car is now in capable hands.
I'm the same way. I don't see how anyone could do this to another person. Of course, to the seller this may have been an acceptable way to repair the car.
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Trey
Current rides: 2000 BMW 540i/6 and 86 C10.
Former ride: 1979 Trans Am WS6: LT1/T56, Kore 3 C5/6 brakes, BMW 18in rims
Geez that thing is bad. Mustangs are pretty cheap and available, I would consider starting with a better body. After sheet metal work ,panel costs, labor, some things aren't worth saving. Can't believe some people. You can't completely blame the shop tho,the customer may have insisted on having it fixed quick and cheap. When the economy was even worse then now I've seen some shady things done at a few places and called them out on it. People get desperate and don't want to loose the money from the customer and work like this becomes the norm.
Geez that thing is bad. Mustangs are pretty cheap and available, I would consider starting with a better body. After sheet metal work ,panel costs, labor, some things aren't worth saving. Can't believe some people. You can't completely blame the shop tho,the customer may have insisted on having it fixed quick and cheap. When the economy was even worse then now I've seen some shady things done at a few places and called them out on it. People get desperate and don't want to loose the money from the customer and work like this becomes the norm.
The shop on the North East Coast of Fl owned the car then built and sold the car.
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Rusty Gillis
Gillis Performance Restorations
Port Richey Fl www.gillisrestorations.com