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• Re: body panel repair
  Historical mailing list - Herb Mooney
  Thu, 13 Mar 2003 10:01:58 -0000
  I've got 2 new wheel arches if you need them, I was going to do this but went the bondo route instead. I...
• Re: seam rust
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:32:57 -0700
  ...On the previous work, they had filled in some of the > body > > seam with bondo, but of course the flex of the two panels...
• Re: windshield rust repair cost
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:47:31 EST
  ...and as far as bondo to fix rust holes, that is a big NO NO. use a epoxy based filler or fiberglass, though welding...
• Approximate Value
  Historical mailing list - Matthew J Mitsch
  Sun, 23 Jun 1996 14:52:41 -0400
  ...Looks like good condition (not cherry), there is some obvious bondo near the base and some rust under the sliding door glass. Automatic. Cursory...
• Re: Only in America...??
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Wed, 8 May 2002 11:29:02 -0700
  ...underground...Per Lindgren was captured by the Taliban...rusty van bondo is in bondo limbo somewhere out there...coyote howls only occasionally...bye, tim...
• Re: wierd bus..
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:27:26 +1200
  > > But what about those tail lights? > Those aren't stock, are they? > Think I see a little wavy there, like some bondo work. > The...
• Re: Vanagon autobody question
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 21:52:31 -0400
  ...with bondo and paint for a much cleaner appearing van? > I can't think the body flexes enough to crack the bondo, (which is...
• Re: RMW bumpers live - CRASH TEST
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Mar 2010 23:11:58 EST
  ...oh ok...sorry..i thought u just filled in the dent with bondo LOL :) chris
• Re: Painting Fiberglass bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:38:18 -0400
  ...Then use a bit of bondo to fill the scratches and minor dings. Sand till acceptable. POR15 clear and then topcoat with POR15 chaassis...
• "Resto From Hell" pics
  Historical mailing list - UTORInfoCommons
  Wed, 3 Jul 1996 09:57:03 -0400
  For all of you that are absolutely just dying to see Rusty Van Bondo's 1967 Westy "Resto from Hell" <tm> Ii have some...
• Still looking for sliding door for '89 Westy in VA
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 19:44:47 EDT
  Hi all, I'm still trying to locate a good sliding door to replace the wavey, bondoed one on our '89 Westy before the...
• A lurker revealed, names, antenna question
  Historical mailing list - Harper, James
  Fri, 14 Jul 1995 10:19:03 -0600
  ...in their attempt to fill all of the (many, many) holes, the bondo kings filled where the radio antenna was... the job was so...
• Re: Vanagon autobody question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 22:21:32 -0400
  ...with bondo and paint for a much cleaner appearing van? > I can't think the body flexes enough to crack the bondo, (which is...
• Re: Possible split oval find!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 13 May 1996 11:31:43 -0500 (CDT)
  On Mon, 13 May 1996, Thom Fitzpatrick wrote: > And Rusty Van Bondo gets suckered in AGAIN! Funny.... that's exactly what Joel said about...
• Re: Back again!
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 5 Apr 2001 20:13:22 -0500
  ...them new chrome one's out, loading up the channels with Bondo, which would reduce my drag coefficient. Then, adding that wind tunnel approved...
• Rock chips
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 26 May 2009 08:09:30 -0700
  ...They are deep, they are rusty and I think, just covering them with bondo will result in bubbles soon and redoing the whole thing...
• Too slow, too bad
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Dec 95 10:32 GMT-0200
  So Steve sez: ...Rusty van Bondo...sticker..."TOO SLOW, TOO BAD!" Hmmm. Has anybody taken a look at www.got.net/~egallant/the_road...
• Re: dent pulling
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 Apr 1999 14:51:17 EDT
  ...BTW I have virtually no experience with body work and want to stay away from Bondo. >> have the tree company pay for it. also...
• Re: rust pictures
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:56:25 EST
  ...Putting bondo on this would only make a slight and very temporary improvment in appearance, and, as others have said, it may be downright...
• 356C cabrio FS
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Sep 1996 08:16:36 -0700
  ...641-5064 Area code is 206 (Seattle - note area code AND location now Van Bondo). Don't know nuffink about the vehicle except this...
• Re: rattle can paint
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Feb 2003 01:27:49 EST
  ...metallic red paint and need to make a small rust > repair/bondo job. Does any place sell spray can paint to match? > Sid Vicious...
• Re: Red: "resale" red only?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hineline
  Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:44:56 -0800
  ...85westy_2_carosserie.htm > > Personally I would have started with a rustless van from California > but Ben likes welding and the smell of bondo... :)
• Re:cost of restoring '67
  Historical mailing list - Yvonne Reineke
  Fri, 05 Apr 1996 16:35:30 +1200
  All, I bought my '67 11 years ago and it was a bondo covered, not great looking bus. Today it looks exactly the same...
• WTB ~ Westy Weekender poptop
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:12:48 -0700
  Hi All, I'm looking around for a sound (rust free bondo free mechanically intact) 86' - 91' Westy weekender / Multivan with a poptop. My...
• Re: Seamless
  Historical mailing list - Cory Sammons
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:36:20 -0400
  ...It has the consistancy of Bondo but looks > like an aluminum paste. It's catylized (sp?) and sets up in under five > minutes so...
• Re: front mat ?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 12:01:21 -0400
  ...i seem to recall rusty van bondo parted with a rather princely sum for a nos one? care to comment mr. rvb?? michael
• Rear Fiberglass Repair
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Sat, 25 Jul 1998 18:40:59 -0500
  ...Is this fiberglass supposed to be repaired as any other fiber glass (composite) item, bondo, glass and resin/catalyst etc? Then when repairs is...
• Your favorite tool for removing old seam sealer
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Wed, 21 Mar 2001 07:54:45 -0800
  ...Becouse of my heavy trigger finger it turned the gaps/seams into canyons.(now filled w/ Bondo+sealer)Yuck! Sandblasting sucks. The only thing...
• Body shop recommendations in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - A Abian
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 00:48:40 -0800
  ...I bought the van, and the PO did a very cheesy Bondo fix on it. Well, I've decided it's time to fix...
• Re: Paint and rust repair, DIY paint jobs (was windshield instal...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Thu, 7 Jan 1999 13:05:48 EST
  ...Mark, I recognize that Bondo may not be the best product for permanent rust repairs. I took a chance and went ahead and used...
• Pome
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Sep 1995 13:00:20 -0700
  ...it :) The Horse-Hair Latitudes When the T-2 conspires in bondo And its sullen and aborted seat stuffings breed tiny monsters True bodywork...
• Re: Bumper & Side Cladding repairs and painting
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 14 Jul 2017 19:03:06 +0000
  ...For larger gashes, bondo. For cracks, remove material, fiberglass the back and bondo/fill the front. Then spray with high-build primer and sand...
• Bill's honeymoon
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Sep 1995 23:21:27 -0700
  Rusty van Bondo had a great suggestion. Bill: can you get married in time to spend your honeymoon with all of us at Baja...
• Re: do NOT use BONDO to fix RUST...wasRe:Body filler onprimer/rust treatment paint?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Mon, 14 May 2007 08:57:13 -0400
  ...a pet peeve of mine, Bondo is a brand name and is total crap. It soaks up moisture like a sponge. Way back many...
• Re: Possible split oval find!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 13 May 1996 09:07:35 -0700 (PDT)
  ...It's just sitting there and looks like it has been there forever." And Rusty Van Bondo gets suckered in AGAIN! Thom -- > You forgot...
• Re: Odds and Ends-Before the crusher
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 11:33:18 EST
  ...my 80k mi 84) that did not have damage or a bondo filled lower sliding door/rr rocker/wheel arch filled area.. USE YOUR...
• windshield rust repair cost
  Historical mailing list - Richards, Andrew
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:20:23 -0800
  ...this job could be done with some grinding and a little bondo, but I just don't have the means to do it myself...
• Re: RUST HOLE
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Tue, 28 Sep 1999 18:34:18 -0700
  ...RUST HOLE > > > > > In a message dated 99-09-28 12:55:26 EDT, you write: > > << > Bondo is bad -- fiberglass with proper metal prep is...
• Re: VW Classic in Irvine, CA
  Historical mailing list - Jim Ellis
  Tue, 11 Jun 1996 11:50:21 -0700
  Next to the single cab was none other than our own Rusty Van >Bondo and his '91 Westfalia. Honk! Make that an '83 but...
• FS 73' westy. (77' 2.0 liter motor and trans)
  Historical mailing list - david woodward
  Mon, 2 Oct 1995 11:43:38 -0500 (CDT)
  ...It has never seen a Winter. (no bondo) $3800 (firm) It's in Duluth Minnesota. (2.5 hours from Minneapolis) Reply to Dave Woodward...
• Re: Language Designation Filters
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 10 Sep 95 23:00:30 CDT
  ...As a result of the plethora of responses from Rusty Van Bondo regarding >the use of languages other than the Vanagon Sanctioned Officially >Recognized...
• '56 Kombi Progress Report
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 7 Nov 1994 22:06:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...I bought a couple more of those little brillo things for the drill (I swear by those babies) and started grinding away the bondo...
• Re: paint
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Mar 1999 21:05:02 EST
  ...half the guys were either sniffing reducer or making bongs out of Bondo... ;<) (and, no.. i wasnt :<) chris
• Ever use POR-15 paint?
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 17:54:50 -0800
  ...Problem is how do i get primer and paint to stick to this stuff. (Its too smooth) I put bondo over a dent and...
• replacing DS VNGN FENDER?
  Historical mailing list - curt welsh
  Thu, 14 Nov 2002 18:06:47 -0800
  ...the DS wheel well flare where the PO had done some bondo work...I'm wondering if i should try and weld in a...
• About those mud flap holes...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:30:37 -0600
  ...What do do with them? Find a chrome round-headed trim screw to bolt in? Fill with bondo and Paint? What has anyone else...
• Looking for Flue Vent assembly
  Historical mailing list - Rod Knutson
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:51:57 -0700
  ...He then closed, bondo'd and painted over the hole where he removed the flue vent. Fridge has been replaced but the vent is...
• RE: WTB Vanagon 2wd manual
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 10:50:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...No, there is neither Rust nor Bondo on the bridge, though an occasional Van. The dude gets around, doesn't he? -Steve Maher smaher...
• Re: New Bumper...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 7 Jun 2009 15:54:28 -0700
  ...http://neksiwel.20m.com/cgi-bin/i/images/dscn0939.jpg > > Scored at Pull-A-Part for $35! (minus elbow grease, Bondo and sweat > equity...
• more pix of the '67 RFH on the web
  Historical mailing list - jim ellis
  Mon, 15 Dec 1997 19:23:58 -0700
  ...I plan on submitting pix of the '57 single cab that caused me to think of "Rusty" and "Van" and "Bondo." The Westfalia is...
• Re: RMW bumpers live - CRASH TEST
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Tue, 9 Mar 2010 08:23:47 -0600
  ...ok...sorry..i thought u just filled in the dent with bondo LOL :) > Personally I'm glad you asked because I was wondering the...
• RE: 71' for $3500 ?
  Historical mailing list - Wagner Michael
  19 Jun 1995 13:16:26 -0800
  ...miles ago), new carb, new exhaust, new paint job, no rust/bondo (Montana Plates), redone interior, very, very solid. The asking price is $3500...
• Body parts for sale!
  Historical mailing list - Darrel Combs
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 21:01:36 -0400
  ...door rear hatch Some dings Some rust Ready for shipping no bondo in any of these parts!!! Used rack and pinion steering unit 84...
• Re: Front bumper sill rust repair
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 12:57:59 -0500
  I sand blasted out the rust, used rust converter, spread "bondo Hair over the bare metal holes then i used bodo filler HAND-sanded...
• Re: Your favorite tool for removing old seam sealer
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Wed, 21 Mar 2001 19:32:08 -0600
  ...Becouse of my > heavy trigger finger it turned the gaps/seams into > canyons.(now filled w/ Bondo+sealer)Yuck! > Sandblasting sucks. > > The only thing...
• Seamless
  Historical mailing list - Mark Thoma
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 15:54:48 -0700
  ...1) lead 2) mig/tig weld the seams closed 3) a bondo-like product that is not widely used. The downside of lead is...
• Re: Body work question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 30 Jan 2011 10:25:44 -0800
  ...The problem with doing it this way is thick Bondo cracks. I've peeled cracked Bondo off car's that was over �" thick in...
• Re: vanagon SUNROOF production runs (in the US) and vanagon sunroof trivia...
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 08:54:30 -0800
  ...I look inside, and apparently the owner didn't like the sunroof, so he had the body shop bondo it closed prior to painting...
• body work!
  Historical mailing list - Chris Gkikas
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 17:29:33 -0500
  ...No Bondo! So, if anyone could point me towards some online info about bodywork, whether VW-specific or not, I'd be appreciative for...
• Need heavy rust repair tips(seams again)
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 05:58:10 -0800
  ...Is this area structural or can i just sand blast, POR-15 and bondo it? Phil 84' all white Rustfalia "Millenium Falcon" 84' all...