[DeTomaso] The 6328 Resto Files - Thar Be Bondo!!

[Mike Drew]

Garth Rodericks just got his Pantera back after it was hit in a parking lot. He had it fully repainted. Even with way over 100k miles, that car was completely straight with no filler. 

I have flipped two Panteras in my life. Not crashed them, just bought and sold them quickly. One had been sitting in an open shed since 1987 (barn car, #3903 in the registry) and the other was owned by a fellow who didn’t have room for it in his garage and stored it outside under a cover much of the time. Both of those cars were fully restored afterwards, and both had absolute zero rust, and not a speck of bondo when they were stripped to bare metal. 

These cars were good when they were new. Some led a bit of a life and were subjected to repairs like Mike Thomas’ car, or were subjected to a LOT of repairs like mine before I got it. A mythology has arisen that these cars were built with a lot of filler, but that just isn’t true. Yes, there was leading, but not bondo. 

Mike

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> On Apr 11, 2020, at 09:04, Christopher Kimball <ChrisVKimball at msn.com> wrote:
> 
>    I'm beginning to wonder if there are any Panteras out there that don't
>   have a pound of Bondo on them somewhere!
> 
>   Chris
>     __________________________________________________________________
> 
>   From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
>   Mike Thomas <mbefthomas2 at gmail.com>
>   Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2020 7:25 AM
>   To: 'Email List Address For Posting' <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
>   Subject: [DeTomaso] The 6328 Resto Files - Thar Be Bondo!!
> 
>   Big surprise . . .   Getting into the serious sanding on 6328 and
>   finally
>   found the expected Bondo at the left rear corner.  They really slopped
>   it on
>   in an attempt to get things looking back to normal.  What a process.
> 
>   Mike Thomas
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