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Re: Body work

To: Brad Fornal <toyman@digitex.net>
Subject: Re: Body work
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 11:12:19 -0700
Cc: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>, Ajhsys@aol.com, spridgets@autox.team.net, mgs@autox.team.net
Organization: WFO Racing
References: <1e.4861797.263b066f@aol.com> <390A58B5.A2DAECD6@exit109.com> <390AC668.8FB900C1@digitex.net>
Brad & Fellow Spridgeteers,

They work great, what he told you is correct.  I had one a number of years back,
lost it in a move somehow.  Would like to find another.  Does he sell them by
chance???

WFO Herb
Keep the sticky side down!

Brad Fornal wrote:

> While at Pate yesterday I saw a man selling lead shot in a thick leather bag
> (about a 10 lb. bag, I would guess). As a scuba diver I know that leather is
> not suitable for underwater use and so my curitosity got the best of me and
> I asked. He says that he uses it and a mallet for body work, it is more
> forgiving than a dolly and often times won't crack off the paint on your
> smaller dings. Anyone ever heard of this type of bodywork device?
>
> Frank Clarici wrote:
>
> > Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
> >   I'd like to give him the instructions he needs to bang
> > > it out.  (We have a BFH.)
> >
> > BFH and a dolly to bang it out. Bondo, sandpaper, bondo, sandpaper,
> > primer, sandpaper, spot putty, sandpaper, probably more bondo, much more
> > sandpaper, more spot putty, more sandpaper, prime it again, spray it
> > with a spray bomb and block sand it to check for highs and lows, if it's
> > OK, paint it, BUT, you will probably have to repeat all of the above.
> >
> > Oh yeah, a body hammer and dolly work much better then a BF hammer. A
> > folded towel on the dent helps too. Also look into those top quality
> > replacement fenders, my kid buys one a week for his VW because it's
> > cheaper then all the sandpaper. $29.95 for a fender. And if he keeps
> > insisting on using the taiwan lugs on his wheels, he will keep stripping
> > out hubs and loosing wheels and crashing down on his fenders.
> > 3rd time in a month now!!!
> > But now he knows what is causing it.
> > Please DO NOT USE ASIAN CRAP WHERE SAFTY IS CONCERNED. Cheap hardware
> > caused my kids wheels to fall off 3 times this month, today when he lost
> > his wheel (and trashed another fender) he almost got creamed by the semi
> > truck behind him.
> > Not only are the wheel lugs inferior but they stripped out his hubs (3
> > of them now too. (2 were new 2 weeks ago) VW uses a bolt not a nut to
> > hold on the wheel.
> > Fancy chrome taiwan wheel bolts may look pretty but they can cause death
> > or serious injury.
> > Donkey dong forged steel just doesn't cut it.
> >
> > --
> > Frank Clarici
> > Toms River, NJ
> > Down to only 3 Sprites, 1 Midget and an A40 Farina
> > http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut


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