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• $20 Westy on Ebay- NOT!!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 08:03:33 -0700
  ...The bondo chunks missing on the front point to a previous major body patch job and may explain the salvage title. Mark t wrote...
• Radiator fan switch solved
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Sep 2017 21:48:00 -0400
  ...the bus from the fab side of the shop to the bondo/paint side , the red light on the temp guage flashed more than...
• '56 Kombi Update - Rockers and Windows
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sat, 19 Nov 1994 22:07:58 -0800 (PST)
  ...She's quite good at the bondo-thing, and quite consertative at it as well. We also put the driver's window back in...
• Help me ID Euro-Camper
  Historical mailing list - Jacob Shaun Dustin
  Wed, 29 May 1996 08:33:27 MST
  ...wont purchase it unless I can junk the mostly fiberglass and bondo body (evidently held together by a good ganja tar binder, as evidenced...
• Re: Looking for info from up north of TN
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Fri, 18 Jul 1997 23:18:42 -0500
  ...If the price is right, the body is original (that is bondo free, new paint not masking underlying rust problems) I might take a...
• Re: Was Failed emissions testing, now is testing a good thing
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:49:15 +0000
  ...far gone were taken care of with a quick application of Bondo, maybe some plywood and spray paint. And I know from experience that...
• Re: FS: '91 Syncro SVX Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Wed, 8 Feb 2006 12:15:00 -0600
  ...I think we took off 3 five gallon buckets of bondo covering the rust. (We still have the car.) See it for real. Then...
• Re: Tips on repairing chipped Vanagon grills
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 19 Jun 2010 08:11:37 -0500
  ...Friday, June 18, 2010, 7:17 PM >> >> The epoxy will fill the spaces much better than bondo, in my opinion >> >> Jim >> >> On Jun 18...
• Re: Hey, dude, is your van for sale?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 29 May 2001 06:33:07 -0700
  ...van I was told and a little > rust was better than > Bondo patches. > > Stan Wilder > 83 Westfalia Air Cooled > > On Tue, 29 May 2001...
• Re: 1987 passenger Syncro For sale with factory ? Westy top. IN PERSON REPORT
  Historical mailing list - Renouard, Robert
  Wed, 6 Oct 1999 11:07:18 -0700
  ...missing piece from rear lid, sliding door wont stay open. Exterior: Bondo-repaired rear left, the usual bent rear bumper. Interior: Slightly worn, rates...
• Re: painting questions
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:14:18 -0700
  ...However, about 3 years later, the chunk of bondo in the door (from the DPO) that we didn't feel like removing and repairing...
• Re: Carbon-Fiber Shifter Console w/ VDO Gauges
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 17:03:28 -0700
  ...Park) Voice! > > > > I made the plug out of foam...skinned with > > Bondo...sanded to Hell and back...refined...sanded > to > > Hell again...Primer-ed...
• Re: Anyone tried quiet car?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 23 Dec 2006 13:36:22 -0800
  ...Talc also a volume enhancer but absorbs water, Talc is alos Bondo's main ingredient. IN the below formula this would hold moisture in...
• Good news (after bad news (after good news))
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Wed, 16 May 2012 11:18:18 -0500
  ...There had been previous work done (with a lot of Bondo), and the leak was due to an incomplete lip for the windshield. In...
• Re: where do the best vanagons come from?
  Historical mailing list - Rich Bennington
  Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:25:38 -0700
  ...Usually, it is localized to where a repair was done (too much bondo, not enough prep). If you want to hold onto a vehicle...
• More L82 White Discussion
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Sep 1995 18:39:22 -0700
  ...The poptop was sanded primed sanded again after the application of a minor skin of glazing/bondo and then sanded and primered for paint...
• Re: Richard Koerner van
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 8 May 2023 23:08:42 +0000
  ...But everything has to be just right before doing these.  Paint & Bondo are likewise easy; frame straightening is not.  He has been highly endorsed...
• Re: @#$%! Trees!
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Mon, 16 May 2016 13:39:41 -0700
  ...You can get a harbor > freight slide puller, drill it pull it and Bondo it you be surprised how > easy that is. > > Jim > > > > On...
• Parting out a 1987 Wolfsburg vanagon in Toronto / BusFusion / Niagara Falls
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 21 May 2012 13:59:24 -0400
  ...The fibreglass bumpers are in 7/10 condition, with some bondo and paint they could be a 10, but I will leave that to...
• Re: VW repairs shops directory
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Sep 1995 20:54:42 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Bring a magnet and look for bondo work or fiberglass fixes covered up with undercoating. Do the same magnet test with the body. Check...
• Check for rust while fridge is out! (PICS)-Southern Rustbelt Reintarnation
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:07:42 EDT
  ...I'm Getting ready to start this project with wire brushes, POR 15, Bondo or sheet metal as the situation dictates (please no threads...
• Re: Earl Scheib paint job
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:18:55 -0800
  ...Sounds like if I do the bondo I'll be paying under $700. Spray it again, Sam. It's that time again.
• Re: '81 Window seal & weather stripping kits?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 11:53:03 -0800
  ...myself to save several hundred dollars Do the rust repair and bondo work yourself. It is not hard, and you will do a better...
• Intro and Thanks
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Oct 1995 11:48:16 -0400
  ...my friends, due to the purplish blotches caused by the unpainted Bondo that comprised the largest portion of structural integrity in the car. I...
• Body Work 2
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Feb 1996 12:40:16 -0600
  ...You will need a 4" or 4 1/2" offset grinder to smooth up the welds prior to covering with Bondo. I have been...
• Re: Earl Scheib paint job
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:17:48 -0800
  ...Sounds like if I do the bondo I'll be paying under $700. Spray it again, Sam. It's that time again.
• Re: More Woe is me ! !
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Fri, 23 Jul 2004 09:57:37 +1000
  ...I have= a little experience doing body work - bondo stuff - and own most tools,= but I've never done anything this major before. My...
• Re: Dead Bus Report
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Mar 1997 18:30:53 +0000
  ...I took these because although they have a minor bit of rust on the bottom I once blew 3-4 days bondoing an accident...
• Re: Earl Scheib paint job
  Historical mailing list - Leslie Schwartz
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:04:31 -0600
  ...Sounds like if I do the bondo I'll be paying under $700. Spray it again, Sam. It's that time again.
• Re: '81 Westy Rims / Poptop Color
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 09:27:05 -0600
  ...on the inside of all the metal panels, then covering with Bondo undercoating, insulating and putting vapour barrier over cavities which I can isolate...
• Re: '81 Westy Rims / Poptop Color
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 3 Dec 2001 20:38:12 -0800
  ...on the inside of all the metal panels, then > covering with Bondo undercoating, insulating and putting vapour barrier over > cavities which I can isolate...
• Re: More Woe is me !!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 22 Jul 2004 13:40:24 -0700
  ...I have a little experience doing body work - bondo stuff - and own most tools, but I've never done anything this major before. My...
• Woe is me !!
  Historical mailing list - J. Stefanovich
  Thu, 22 Jul 2004 10:46:04 -0600
  ...pull it out as best you can, bondo it, then put a nice bra over it and let it go at that. 2. Find...
• Re: passed up an '86
  Historical mailing list - Jon B
  Mon, 9 Nov 1998 12:48:03 -0700
  ...set up should fetch > (136K, body decent w/some dents one bondo patch over rear wheel)? > What's a reasonable deduction for heads on...
• Woe is me !!
  Historical mailing list - J. Stefanovich
  Thu, 22 Jul 2004 11:38:54 -0600
  ...pull it out as best you can, bondo it, then put a nice bra over it and let it go at that. 2. Find...
• Re: Adios
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 10 Nov 2001 07:59:03 -0700
  ...Tomorrow I tackle the very small dent on the left > rear fender with a fender tool, a little bondo and some paint. I'm...
• Re: POR15 Undercoat
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 20 Jan 2003 13:03:32 -0600
  ...every crevice with the pressure and found rust under paint, under Bondo, under fiberglass once I blew them away. Normal cleaning would not have...
• Re: Richard Koerner van
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 9 May 2023 10:02:31 -0700
  ...Paint & > Bondo are likewise easy; frame straightening is not. He has been highly > endorsed by at least 3 of my San Diego Vanagon friends...
• Re: '85 Vanagon rear right jack point rust
  Historical mailing list - Evan Sullivan
  Mon, 15 Jan 2024 08:23:31 -0500
  ...that a previous owner sprayed in expanding foam > insulation and put bondo over the rust. I will have to scrape all that off > to...
• Re: POR15 question.
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Mon, 7 May 2007 09:04:15 -0700
  ...Only caveat I have with POR 15 is that Bondo will not stick well to it, so on exterior, visible rust in the paint...
• Re: Body filler onto primer/rust treatment paint?
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Fri, 11 May 2007 13:26:57 -0400
  ...out dents at fender well..... interesting! > >Will body filler (i.e. Bondo White/lightening) adhere properly to >primer or rust treatment paint such as...
• Re: long-distance Vanagon buying (I did it)
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Fri, 8 Jun 2001 21:35:43 -0700
  ...I did, and while I'm not dissatisfied, I didn't notice some things, like a bondo-ed left quarter panel and paint job...
• '82 diesel westfalia - $1200/obo
  Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
  Sat, 1 Jan 2000 17:48:00 -0800
  ...has clutch shudder from dead stop in first gear (shifts smoothly throughout all gear though) has had a fair amount of bondo work on...
• Re: Good news (after bad news (after good news))
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 16 May 2012 16:34:02 -0400
  ...There had been previous work done (with a lot of Bondo), and the leak was due to an incomplete lip for the windshield. In...
• Re: Need Advice about Purchase
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 23:01:25 -0500
  ...It had alot of rust and bondo from a dreaded PO. I have spent well over 24 hours on the body work alone. I...
• Welding done? Engine tin color
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Jul 1995 09:55:48 -0700
  ...be to prime and then use a putty knife to apply bondo or something like that to the gap between the pannels. Just as...
• Re: ECU wire harness for 2.0L aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 6 Mar 2000 12:08:29 -0500
  ...some purple tint, bang up the body then fix it with bondo, put a 'rebel' flag on the side of the van, paint the...
• Re: GPS
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:35:27 -0400
  ...to the instrument cluster) and you bust out some fiberglass and bondo, make a really fancy box that you paint up to look stock...
• I have strayed...
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 23 Jun 1996 22:00:46 -0300
  ...It is also in need of a paint job....but there is *no* Bondo!!! The engine was recently rebuilt and the clutch replaced. It...
• Rusting seams and other hard to fix rust problems.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Mar 96 15:31:58 EST
  ...time use a flexible seam sealer in the seam instead of bondo. This should hopefully last longer. I was also thinking of using rustoleum...
• Re: minor accident PICS
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:10:24 -0700
  ...Use some naval jelly on both sides and even a little bondo then repaint. If you do not fix that rust now it will...
• Re: Hey, dude, is your van for sale?
  Historical mailing list - daniel lawson
  Tue, 29 May 2001 22:53:08 -0700
  ...van I was told and a little > rust was better than > Bondo patches. > > Stan Wilder > 83 Westfalia Air Cooled > > On Tue, 29 May 2001...
• Re: Body work question
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 30 Jan 2011 10:52:25 -0800
  ...back where it was. >Eventually you finish off with as little bondo as possible. or however you >do it. > >it's mainly a matter...
• Re: Recommendation needed for exterior plastic black paint for front grill
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 30 May 2022 19:15:29 +0000
  ...Glued onto back of Front Grill with 5 minute epoxy.  Added Bondo onto the front side, and sanded into shape.  Did the Satin Black...
• Request to Change Language Petition
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Sep 1995 13:15:29 GMT
  ...Request to Change Language Petition > As a result of the plethora of responses from Rusty Van Bondo regarding > the use of languages other than...
• Re: Van wrecked, wondering if it's worth repairing
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:05:57 -0400
  ...and transplant parts, or trying to hammer out/weld and or bondo the damage on my current van. > > Thoughts? �Anyone have any leads on...
• Re: Adjustable rate fuel pressure regulator? anybody try one?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 16 May 2012 18:24:30 -0400
  ...with two layers of glass cloth and about three pounds of Bondo. Which naturally popped off and started leaking again. And rather than laughing...
• Re: Bloomington, IN Bus & Bug show
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 Sep 94 09:37:24 EST
  ...Bus about 3 weeks ago, and have begun the bonding > (not bondo!) process. It's a 1979 Westphalia Camper, "sage green" > exterior. Question: What...
• Re: Urgent request for Grey Westy interior bits...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:14:08 EST
  ...I think I can fix that with some > polyester putty (aka, bondo) and the appropriate paint. > > To say the dog had a near death...
• Windshield leaking/gasket replacement(long)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Wed, 6 Jan 1999 23:00:45 EST
  ...When it arrived I went to my local NAPA store bought some plastic body filler (Bondo), automotive primer, and some fancy rust treatment stuff...