[Spridgets] was record resto, now Bondo tricks

[Michael Conn]

Wm.,

I think that's the depressinbg part.   I'm working on having my AN5 painted, 
and I'm dreading what will be found!   Do you know what I mean?   Oh, dear. 
Woe is me.   Builds character, I guess.

Michael

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson at thicko.com>
To: "'Michael Conn'" <mconn2 at bright.net>; "'spridgets'" 
<spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 6:34 PM
Subject: RE: [Spridgets] was record resto, now Bondo tricks


> Michael,
>
> The Burger King wrapper story is part of a running joke between Frank and 
> I.
> While there are plenty of hacks out there in body shops that might wad up
> their sandwich wrapper from lunch and stuff it in a rust hole and fling
> bondo at it from 5' away... we are not advocating that for Spridget
> preservation.
>
> It is amazing when you become an automotive archeologist and take some of
> these nearly 50 year old cars down to bare metal to see the horrors of 
> past
> body shop transgressions.
>
> WST
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: spridgets-bounces+wsthompson=thicko.com at autox.team.net
> [mailto:spridgets-bounces+wsthompson=thicko.com at autox.team.net] On Behalf 
> Of
> Michael Conn
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 5:24 PM
> To: spridgets
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] was record resto, now Bondo tricks
>
> List.
>
> The stories about how to fill in holes in our spridgets are really quite
> depressing, don't you think.   Surely it's much more satisfying to do the
> job properly (i.e. buy replacement panels or whatever).   The first e-mail
> or so depressed me, so I'm just hitting delete now.   We're to preserve 
> our
> LBC's are we not?   Don't send me e-mails full of abuse, I'll just hit
> delete every time I see one.
>
> Sorry, feel a bit serious about this topic (not to mention depressed)!
>
> Michael