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1. body work (score: 1): Author: "Howard Battan" <battanhr@comcast.net>; Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:19:10 -0700; Hi list members. I've got a question on body work on my '57 MGA roadster (with Dunlop disc brakes - not quite a Twin Cam, but....). I've removed all body panels, stripped everything to bare metal, us; /html/mgs/2003-07/msg00390.html (7,775 bytes)
2. Re: body work (score: 1): Author: "Blair J. Weiss" <blair@ifd.mv.com>; Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 19:32:01 -0400; Bondo goes over bare metal, seam sealer goes over primer. Blair /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive; /html/mgs/2003-07/msg00399.html (8,255 bytes)
3. Re: body work (score: 1): Author: "David Breneman" <idcb@airborne.com>; Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 10:26:56 -0700 (PDT); Blair J. Weiss SEZ - The fellow doing the body work on my MGA tells me emphatically that you always apply body filler (don't know if it's Bondo brand he's using) over primer, then apply more primer o; /html/mgs/2003-07/msg00419.html (8,209 bytes)
4. Re: body work (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 11:31:06 -0700; I don't understand this, because primer is not a moisture barrier. Park a primered car outdoors for a week and see what I mean... -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's; /html/mgs/2003-07/msg00422.html (8,443 bytes)
5. Re: body work (score: 1): Author: "David Breneman" <idcb@airborne.com>; Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 11:49:21 -0700 (PDT); Max Heim SEZ - I guess "sealer" might have been a better word than "primer". My understanding is that it actually is a moisture barrier. Sorry for the confusion. -- David Breneman | "I don't care to; /html/mgs/2003-07/msg00423.html (7,864 bytes)
6. Re: body work (score: 1): Author: Barrie Robinson <barrier@bconnex.net>; Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 15:21:34 -0700; I am no paint expert but if you approach the problem with some thought I think the Bondo to bare metal works. Sometimes the craftsmen who are not engineers just follow methods they have learnt by ro; /html/mgs/2003-07/msg00430.html (9,504 bytes)
7. Re: body work (score: 1): Author: "Blair J. Weiss" <blair@ifd.mv.com>; Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 18:46:38 -0400; Probably should be looking for a new body guy by now? The "Evercoat Everglass waterproof short strand fiberglass reinforced filler" aka Tiger Hair goes onto bare metal. If you were to put it over pri; /html/mgs/2003-07/msg00432.html (9,199 bytes)
8. Re: body work (score: 1): Author: "David Breneman" <idcb@airborne.com>; Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 15:56:49 -0700 (PDT); Blair J. Weiss SEZ - Not hardly. This was told to me by Matt Graham at Brooklands British Car in Tacoma. He's been restoring MGs for decades, both drivers and concours winners. I trust his judgement; /html/mgs/2003-07/msg00433.html (7,987 bytes)
9. Re: body work (score: 1): Author: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 19:23:48 -0400; Hi Blair, Did you do the entire sill thing -- inner, middle and outer sills -- or just the outers? If everything, I have a question, maybe a question for anyone who has done it. When I remove the old; /html/mgs/2003-07/msg00434.html (10,674 bytes)
10. Re: body work (score: 1): Author: Bud Krueger <budkrueger@earthlink.net>; Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:28:06 -0400; A year or so ago I started a similar thread about adhesives, here's a copy of the text from my last response: I'd suggest checking these out. Bud Krueger 52TD /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/; /html/mgs/2003-07/msg00435.html (11,969 bytes)
11. Fw: body work (score: 1): Author: "Blair J. Weiss" <blair@ifd.mv.com>; Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 07:09:54 -0400; Yes, I did the entire job... Inners, middle, outer, spring supports, the extensions on top of the trumpet, the trumpet tops, the cross member under the tunnel, jacking points, floors, dog legs... pl; /html/mgs/2003-07/msg00438.html (14,925 bytes)
12. Re: body work (score: 1): Author: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>; Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 08:57:04 -0400; Thanks Bud, I will check it out. Don /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive; /html/mgs/2003-07/msg00440.html (12,559 bytes)
13. Body Work (score: 1): Author: "Chris Chandler" <barak@voyager.net>; Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 17:08:17 -0400; I'm curious... I've seen several people talk about doing all of their own body work and painting... where di you learn to do that stuff? I'd like to learn, but I've looked at the local community coll; /html/mgs/2001-05/msg00486.html (7,649 bytes)
14. Re: Body Work (score: 1): Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>; Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 16:36:56 -0500; You wouldn't believe the number of painted boxes, license plates, trash cans and other 'things' I used to have in my garage! Once you have read the basics and techniques, you just need to practice. T; /html/mgs/2001-05/msg00488.html (8,364 bytes)
15. RE: Body Work (score: 1): Author: "Chris Chandler" <barak@voyager.net>; Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 17:30:36 -0400; Thanks Rick, I was afraid that was going to be the answer. Maybe I'll buy the doglegs and and other parts and practice by trying to fix up the fenders/etc I removed from my now defunct '72 so I can; /html/mgs/2001-05/msg00490.html (8,261 bytes)
16. RE: Body Work (score: 1): Author: "Larry Hoy" <larryhoy@prodigy.net>; Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 16:16:13 -0600; di you learn to do that stuff? Er, ah, I experimented. I have a theory; how can you break something that is already broken? Larry Hoy Plan on attending the 49th Annual Glenwood Rallye http://mgcc.or; /html/mgs/2001-05/msg00493.html (7,841 bytes)
17. Re: Body Work (score: 1): Author: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>; Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 18:28:19 -0400; It's not uncommon for Vocational High Schools to have Auto Body classes. Two in this area (S.E. Mass.) have periodic evening classes for adults. -- Bud Krueger http://home.ici.net/~bkrueger/ 52TD 77; /html/mgs/2001-05/msg00495.html (8,293 bytes)
18. Re: Body Work (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 15:30:47 -0700; There is no other way except to jump in. Practicing on a scrapped car is okay, but not necessary. The Practical Classics series on MGBs are good, as is Lindsay Porter's book. Unfortunately, the buy-i; /html/mgs/2001-05/msg00496.html (8,211 bytes)
19. RE: Body Work (score: 1): Author: "Larry Hoy" <larryhoy@prodigy.net>; Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 17:18:54 -0600; One more comment. An excellent procedure is to do the metal work, then body work, and have someone else shoot it. The labor to shoot the car is small, the expensive stuff is the paint and you'd buy t; /html/mgs/2001-05/msg00500.html (8,602 bytes)
20. Re: Body Work (score: 1): Author: TMetz1638@aol.com; Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 19:45:01 EDT; I too experimented on small metal objects until I graduated to my father's old pick up trucks as well as a $50.00 '69 mustang in bad body shape. I agree the paint additives are rough on the system, I; /html/mgs/2001-05/msg00502.html (7,599 bytes)

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