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Bryanthaus wrote: > I agree also. What I did was go to the local junkyard and found a hood > (so I could learn how to handle large panels) and a fender or something > with a curve in it so I could practice on these. $5 for a hood and door a > couple of bucks, well a few anyway, for a little tub of bondo at > WallyWorld. And over the winter I banged and slathered putty so when I > attack the little dent on the Fasty I won't exactly be flying blind. > > Theo > '70 Fastback > > Steven Ayres wrote: > > > PhilD=> I think that do your own body work/painting is achieveable &K専 => rewarding. ... I await the collective moans ... > > > > I agree with you, phil. The problem is that it's so easy to get in over > > your head, and most people who are working on VWs instead of Porsches > > can't afford expensive mistakes. For the record I would encourage anyone > > to study up on body work, it is absolutely doable and the world needs > > more people who can do it. Do *not*, however, think you can just grab a > > hammer and a tub of Bondo from Wal-Mart and do a clean job. Patience and > > close attention to detail are required, and a lot of people don't have > > the free time we old farts do, or just plain aren't inclined that way. Message-ID: <36F27769.754B91E7@mail.ultraweb.net> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:12:28 -0600 From: Bryanthaus <tbryant@mail.ultraweb.net> Reply-To: tbryant@mail.ultraweb.net Organization: The Glorious and exalted House of Bryant (ha ha ha!) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.08 (Macintosh; I; PPC) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steven Ayres <comwest@well.com> Subject: Re: [T3] Body Work References: <199903190208.SAA27809@well.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I agree also. What I did was go to the local junkyard and found a hood (so I could learn how to handle large panels) and a fender or something with a curve in it so I could practice on these. $5 for a hood and door a couple of bucks, well a few anyway, for a little tub of bondo at WallyWorld. And over the winter I banged and slathered putty so when I attack the little dent on the Fasty I won't exactly be flying blind. Theo '70 Fastback Steven Ayres wrote: > PhilD=> I think that do your own body work/painting is achieveable and > => rewarding. ... I await the collective moans ... > > I agree with you, phil. The problem is that it's so easy to get in over > your head, and most people who are working on VWs instead of Porsches > can't afford expensive mistakes. For the record I would encourage anyone > to study up on body 覌τ is absolutely doable and the world needs > more people who can do it. Do *not*, however, think you can just grab a > hammer and a tub of Bondo from Wal-Mart and do a clean job. Patience and > close attention to detail are required, and a lot of people don't have > the free time we old farts do, or just plain aren't inclined that way.