Body plastic is made for thin applications of up to about 1/4" thick at the thickest. Less is more so to speak. Having said that I worked for a used car body shop in the '60s and some of the stories I could tell.
One '63 Impala ended up with inches (yes plural) thick plastic in one spot. Of course the idea was to make it look good long enough to sell it. Once it hit the street all was good.
You need to get all of the old plastic off and see what you have underneath. What is living under will tell you how to proceed, whether some straightening will do the trick or if panel replacement is the fix. Good luck.
LOL!!! I can only imagine!
This body on mine got me to thinkin, I guess in ignorance I assumed bondo was a current day thing. After seeing this truck though, I knew I was mistaken
... I think they must have put 5 gallons of bondo on this truck! Literally painted it with bondo!! I guess I have to give points though for all the man hours it must have taken! A lot of the lines (rear bottom cab especially) are amazing, but are made so by mass amounts of bondo!!
I think I'm gonna do my best to fill the spots that are cracking off, so I can keep this rustic paint job as long as possible. Complete resto might be in the future
