I bought one from a guy in Arab, Alabama who assured me his buddy is a good body man and had done all the body work on it and it was "excellent." There was very little rust to begin with, and just "a very little filler" was used on it before painting it powder blue.
He was mostly right about the rust: just a little pin-holing at one of the hinge areas (spackled over with Bondo), but the front area between the bulges had new metal welded in that was very clearly done "close enough." I don't know what I'm gonna do about those contours, because they really don't match what was there originally, and were simply blended in with Bondo.
As for the rest... I guarantee his buddy doesn't own anything close to a body hammer and dolly. Not only do areas of the hood look like a sack of walnuts, but the clown didn't even tap down the OUTDENTS! He just built the level of the hood up with Bondo until the dents didn't show.
All that being said, I've looked locally for a hood for a few years, and the one I have isn't a rusted hulk like most '60-'61 hoods are, so I'm gonna try to fix it.
But I'd still like to kick the guy in the... twin cowls.
-Brad
