So the 71 I'm worling on finally made it to the body shop. Now I can work on other projects.  It had been previously painted with who knows what kind of industrial flat white. The shop is stripping it. I know it had "some" hail damage, but look what showed up after stripping. Holy chicken pocks batman!

Maybe I just go with the cheetah theme....

 

 

 

Kudo's so far to the new body shop I'm trying this time around. Wally and the gang at AutoComplete Calgary.  If this job goes as promised I agreed to spread to word to others in the area. Here is their first installment. They are also doing a bit of rust repair for me, the two dog legs and the hatch/latch panel. I brought them patch panels. They are using adhesives instead of welding on the dog leg work. MUCH better for long term rust-through protection. I plan on flooding the rock and dog leg internal areas with Rust Check or equivalent after paint as well.

Staying 904 white with blue interior. Unless someone wants it after its done, then let me know your color choice soon  

Wheee!! Go digital and fade in the background!

That was some serious hail. Surprised it wasn't visible from inside the hood too

1 minute ago, Patcon said:

That was some serious hail. Surprised it wasn't visible from inside the hood too

Me too. I spent a fair bit of time cleaning/wiping and scotchBriting the inside of the hood by hand and never noticed any  lumpy bumpy's.. I'll try that again now. 

15 hours ago, zKars said:

So the 71 I'm worling on finally made it to the body shop. Now I can work on other projects.  It had been previously painted with who knows what kind of industrial flat white. The shop is stripping it. I know it had "some" hail damage, but look what showed up after stripping. Holy chicken pocks batman!

Maybe I just go with the cheetah theme....

 

 

 

Kudo's so far to the new body shop I'm trying this time around. Wally and the gang at AutoComplete Calgary.  If this job goes as promised I agreed to spread to word to others in the area. Here is their first installment. They are also doing a bit of rust repair for me, the two dog legs and the hatch/latch panel. I brought them patch panels. They are using adhesives instead of welding on the dog leg work. MUCH better for long term rust-through protection. I plan on flooding the rock and dog leg internal areas with Rust Check or equivalent after paint as well.

Staying 904 white with blue interior. Unless someone wants it after its done, then let me know your color choice soon  

That's an interesting note re use of adhesive to bond in the dogleg-area repair (vs. the traditional weld-in approach).  Care to comment further?  Does the shop have experience to support the long-term effectiveness of an adhesive join for this type of repair?  I assume that it's all about getting a perfectly clean and straight joint area that assures a not-too-thick adhesive layer.

p.s. I'm not sure that flooding an adhesive-repaired area with an oil-based preservative like Rust Check is a good idea.  Once again, does the shop have anyexperience with the long-term results of doing this?

The use of adhesives is now almost SOP in body shops. Many newer OEM's FORBID welding due to crazy alloy mixes in the steels that guarentee accelerated corrosion and mad customers.  Glue Rules! 

You make a good point about checking compatibility of the epoxies used with oil based rust preventative coatings. Hate to eat the stuff up!  Epoxy's tend to be pretty inert once cured, but it's definitely worth checking

You can sure tell that car spent some time in Alberta, I think every car I owned in Alberta had hail damage. 

Or rock chips! Grrrrrr I hate trucks...

On 2016-03-31 at 9:09 AM, zKars said:

The use of adhesives is now almost SOP in body shops. Many newer OEM's FORBID welding due to crazy alloy mixes in the steels that guarentee accelerated corrosion and mad customers.  Glue Rules! 

You make a good point about checking compatibility of the epoxies used with oil based rust preventative coatings. Hate to eat the stuff up!  Epoxy's tend to be pretty inert once cured, but it's definitely worth checking

It will be interesting, then, to see how the use of adhesives finds its way into the auto hobbyists' world of restoration, where welded-in patch panels have been the traditional standard.  Would a pro body shop tasked with the job of installing a set of Zedd Finder's floor panels use adhesive, for example?

Adhesives will work for some things but not others. You could install a full quarter with adhesive but patches in a floor would be hard to hide because you need a lap joint. No butting panels with adhesives. I have looked at using some of them but I would probably waste a lot of material because the tube would just sit for months between uses. The welding I do will work, is durable, time tested and will last longer than I will...