I feel bad for this poor Charger...

[drobertson]

I think most of us enjoy a timelapse video here and there, but this one makes me sick to my stomach. Reminds me to carefully inspect any vehicle I buy for shoddy craftsmanship. If you're gonna do anything on a car, DO IT RIGHT or don't do it at all!

 

[Budnicks]

Kind of a hack job, probably no real training/experience prior,
covering up rust etc. among many other sins...

Not the best skilled sheet-metal fabricators or let body guys,
but they are out doing it, at-least they aren't in the house or
basement, playing video games...

you have to start & learn sometime...

I wonder what the one kid was doing ?
1/2 the time in front of the rear wheel...

at-least the music was OK

 

[drobertson]

Kind of a hack job, probably no real training/experience prior,
covering up rust etc. among many other sins...

Not the best skilled sheet-metal fabricators or let body guys,
but they are out doing it, at-least they aren't in the house or
basement, playing video games...

you have to start & learn sometime...

I wonder what the one kid was doing ?
1/2 the time in front of the rear wheel...

at-least the music was OK

Yeah it's better they're out doing stuff, no doubt. It just really pisses me off, because somewhere along the line, my car was "repaired" like that with pounds of bondo over unskilled bodywork. It makes me feel bad for whoever has to fix it in the future.

 

[440+6]

Those guys are going to hell for sure!

 

[conv67bdere]

1 - someone mudded over rusty areas on my car, painted it to "look good" and sold it ( I've fixed all of that already )

2 - I have no professional training but I'm out there working on my car and making good progress too

We've all got to start "somewhere" . . . hope my work is viewed as "okay" . . .

 

[beanhead]

First thought is...yikes. On the other hand, what do you do when you don't have the skills/experience or a huge wad of cash to pay someone that does, and gotta keep it going. It's better than letting it sit and rot. I'll cut the kids some slack..different story if it's being done to 'hurry up and sell it' under false pretense though. (Are they FBBO members! C'mon fess up! hahaa)

 

[Auggie56]

Reminds me of my first car, that the previous owner did body work. Copious amounts of Bondo on top of window screen wire and wadded up newspaper.

 

[beanhead]

Reminds me of my first car, that the previous owner did body work. Copious amounts of Bondo on top of window screen wire and wadded up newspaper.

That's not bodywork that's "papier mâché!"

 

[ws23jrt]

Overall I'm impressed. My sense is these guys are fixing their car for themselves to enjoy. They remind me of me and some of the things I did while learning. And they are getting a good handle on the tools and task at hand to make the car go.
It is easy to laugh (and I did) but it looks like they worked hard and forward.

Would like to see -part 2-- of making this ready for paint. (or rattle can)

 

[Richard Cranium]

 

[slimt]

Thats where a person needs to get him onboard here and give him direction.. to raise maybe a skill level.. panels can be made.. if you cannot afford new ones..

 

[ws23jrt]

In 1979 I located and made a deal for the 69 hemi coronet I have today.
The car was in LA and I was in Portland Or.

So how to bring it home? I fabbed up a frame mount trailer hitch for my 70 charger RT in welding shop class as part of learning how to weld. (I had no clue about how they should be made).

I rented a tandem axial car hauling trailer and set off on a 2000 mile adventure with $900 cash in my pocket. I made it back home with the cars (both of them) intact.

BTW--going over the grapevine pass with this was kind of scary.

 

[slimt]

In 1979 I located and made a deal for the 69 hemi coronet I have today.
The car was in LA and I was in Portland Or.

So how to bring it home? I fabbed up a frame mount trailer hitch for my 70 charger RT in welding shop class as part of learning how to weld. (I had no clue about how they should be made).

I rented a tandem axial car hauling trailer and set off on a 2000 mile adventure with $900 cash in my pocket. I made it back home with the cars (both of them) intact.

BTW--going over the grapevine pass with this was kind of scary.

I remember days like that.. make due with what you have access too..

 

[Z-Man]

I'm guilty! I once used a crushed 7Up can and tube of silicone to patch a big hole in my 72 4Dr. Sattie. It was winter.

 

[ws23jrt]

I remember days like that.. make due with what you have access too..

Yep--And jumping in with tools and material and a task --is a fast track for learning.
We can be told all day long what works and what does not but hands on with the proper amount of blood is lasting training.

 

[ws23jrt]

I'm guilty! I once used a crushed 7Up can and tube of silicone to patch a big hole in my 72 4Dr. Sattie. It was winter.

Pop cans and hose clamps for exhaust leaks.

Is thread turning into confessions of automotive sins??

 

[slimt]

Yep--And jumping in with tools and material and a task --is a fast track for learning.
We can be told all day long what works and what does not but hands on with the proper amount of blood is lasting training.

when the efforts is made with what you have.. its a accomplishment.. Ive been down that road..

 

[slimt]

Pop cans and hose clamps for exhaust leaks.

Is thread turning into confessions of automotive sins??

why not.. weve all done it a some point..

 

[threewood]

I have no problem with this. Their car, they look 16 and probably little cash for corrrct repairs. I can relate. I wish I had a welder at their age, I replaced the driver floorpan in my 68 Charger with sheetmetal screws and caulk. Better than rain, snow and sleet spraying up through the gaping hole.

 

[ws23jrt]

I have no problem with this. Their car, they look 16 and probably little cash for corrrct repairs. I can relate. I wish I had a welder at their age, I replaced the driver floorpan in my 68 Charger with sheetmetal screws and caulk. Better than rain, snow and sleet spraying up through the gaping hole.

I agree with not having a welder at that age. All I had was oxy-acetylene for welding.
BTW after 40+ years of welding and certifying in many types of welding in a fab shop and in the field--oxy-acetylene remains my preference for butt welding thin mild steel sheet metal.