[tcb] Re: Man in Porter TX
- From: "Denis Dodson" <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
- To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 09:14:18 -0600
I did all the first body work on my bus (everything has held up but my welding)
and I removed places that had over an inch of Bondo. Now there is no place with
more than a 1/8" skin of Bondo. I don't think it is possible to reshape bent
metal completely smooth since the metal stretches when it is bent, but a skin
is OK, I think. If Bondo is too thick I think it cracks in later years.
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Sawyer
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 7:48 AM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Man in Porter TX
It all depends on if they have a body man that can reshape the existing metal
back to it's original form. I have a guy working on my ghia that had gotten
side swiped before I got it and had about 3/4 of an inch of bondo on it. After
he "massaged" the metal back into shape, it only has a skim coat of bondo just
to fill the little imperfections. It had gotten hit hard enough in the left
rear that it had pushed the fender liner in. Now you can barely tell it had
ever been hit. Once the paint is on, you won't be able too. But, this is also
the same guy that did the body and paint on my Vanagon. Just tell them that you
want to see the progression of work before they spread bondo or start to paint.
Good Luck
Sharon Chamberlain <iluvvws@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks I'll call him and see if he can get 67 plates, now the body shop<
BR>wants to fix the crumbled up front not replace it- I don't know anything
about body work
But to me that's says bondo right? I have insurance that will cover fixing
it correctly so I think I'm going to insist on replacement. What do you
think? Anyone?
-----Original Message-----
From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of singlecabboy
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 4:48 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Man in Porter TX
Thanx Dan,This is the guy I was talking about
--- Dan Martin wrote:
> I don't know the guy, but here is a listing I found
> on Hemmings Motor
> News:
>
> Machacek
> PO Box 515
> Porter, TX 77365
> 281-429-2505
>
> It says:
>
> sell self-adhesive vinyl decal reproductions of
> 1951-1975 Texas
> safety inspection stickers ($20 each),
> plus original T exas license plates (1917-1975) at
> various prices.
> Also sell reproduction WW II gasoline windshield
> ration stickers and
> posters from era photographs of cars.
>
>
>
> On Jan 10, 2006, at 12:58 PM, singlecabboy wrote:
>
> > Anyone know contact info on the man in porter that
> > sells the repro tx inspection stickers?
> >
> > Paul Smith
> > www.23window.com/thezone
> > Praise The Lowered
> > T.C.B.
> > H.B.B.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
Paul Smith
www.23window.com/thezone
Praise The Lowered
T.C.B.
H.B.B.
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