Little Holes : What To Do ? O.K. , I saved a 1972 Datsun " Lil Hustler " pickup from the crusher a few years ago , of course at one time some boob had installed mini West Coaster mirrors on both doors and so we had little screw holes pooched out (! sharp !) on both doors in the now shiny original International Orange paint , what to do ? Simple : I got the ball pien hammer and buck , held the buck _inside_ the doors and dressed the holes as smooth as I could then I installed pop rivets They looked O.K. and lots of young people thought I'd customized it slightly (California kids have strange ideas about what's " Custom ") . Just a thunk . Sadly I don't have any pix of it . The customer sold it to my son cheaply so I rustled up a *perfect* orange driver's side door to replace the green one fitted by Rodger the welder when a big log he'd been cutting up on his ranch , got away from him and rolled down the hill & banged the door so hard it bent the sill 2".... I filled the Pick-A-Part door full of good rubber bits , choice latch , handles , window runs etc. and rebuilt & polished it before installing it , no one ever noticed it wasn't the original one as I even swapped over the matching lock cylinder and found a perfect black inner trim panel to replace the thin wood panel fitted previously .
what would be a highly recommended glue/epoxy? Im wanting to smooth the dash out in my 52, looking to get rid of the center opening and fill in a few unused holes, but Im afraid to weld on the dash as I KNOW I will burn through. My idea, as I and a few otheres described above is to take my filler panel which I cut a little bigger than the opening and using a very strong epoxy, glue it from the underneath side of the dash and then apply the filler to smooth and level it out with the rest of the dash. What epoxy (type and make if possible) would you recommend.
Ooooooooooooooooh Evvvvvvvvvvan..... I would direct this to Evan. Evan, I forgot the name of that adhesive you used on the floor panel of the car you did. You said it held as good as welding, right? If you can tell us -again- , I promise I'll write it down! I could use it for hole filling of my firewall! Thanks!
Glue Be sure to use the same gauge and same metal when glueing. A sign shop that was trying the glue for large commerical signs founf out the hard way. Aluminun in the sun grows much more that the steel on the outside. Daily heat expansion ond contraction at night is much stronger than glue. Lets rain in and then the steel rust. It was good when aluminum was used for the inside and outside.
The adhesive is called panelbond. For many new cars, it is actually the reccommended way to replace a panel.....says a lot, don't you think? It is really a good product. Contact your local body shop or body shop supplier.
