I think a magnet would have found this...

[Pete M]

oh wow. 

[89 MJ]

Holy crap. It was on a 67-72 Suburban too. 

[Smokeyyank]

That's a shame. Years ago I had a 75 K5 and it looked decent not great, bought it cheap and thought it would be a good start for a resto. Well fast forward to me getting ready for paint prep, bust out the DA sander and it was just bondo dust EVERYWHERE. Not an inch thick but some spots where almost 1/2.  Then discovered some one thought great stuff and cardboard was a suitable way to do body repair. Ended up not doing anything getting some tons and beat it up. 

[Dzimm]

Wow..  with that much Bondo I think it would have been cheaper to get new sheetmetal.

[JustEmptyEveryPocket]

When a drywaller gets into car repair . . . Float coat, followed by skim coat. No-one will ever notice.

[Money_Pits]

They did a really good job matching the body lines at least

[derf]

That's only slightly thicker than the bondo on the bed of my 87.

[MiNi Beast]

7 hours ago, JustEmptyEveryPocket said:

When a drywaller gets into car repair . . . Float coat, followed by skim coat. No-one will ever notice.

Indeed. 

[JMO413]

Wow! Had they put the chicken wire in there it would have stayed! Lol

[Dzimm]

4 hours ago, JMO413 said:

Wow! Had they put the chicken wire in there it would have stayed! Lol

That can't be a real thing...  Well then again..

[Blue XJ]

Wow!!!  It did look good before it fell off!   Checking for that would have been a perfect use for the Rock Auto magnets

[JMO413]

8 hours ago, Dzimm said:

That can't be a real thing...  Well then again..

I've never used it but I have removed it. It's like rebar for concrete. Definitely a pain in the @$$ to remove! Behind it was news paper. 

[Dzimm]

8 minutes ago, JMO413 said:

I've never used it but I have removed it. It's like rebar for concrete. Definitely a pain in the @$$ to remove! Behind it was news paper. 

Wow, you'd never know the panel behind it had rusted to nothing.  

[MLT Lulu]

Beer cans behind the bondo to fill the rust holes.  I know a guy who owned a shop for 40+ years. He helped me buy an old car once. Tapped the outside with a magnet every 6 inches. The guy could swindle. 

[MontanaManche]

i don't even know what i think about this, with how much he spend on bondo he could've got another truck.

[Minuit]

On 4/8/2020 at 10:37 PM, Dzimm said:

That can't be a real thing...  Well then again..

You can find several bodyshop manuals from reputable sources back in the day showing chicken wire and filler being used to repair holes in bodywork.

[JMO413]

1 hour ago, Minuit said:

You can find several bodyshop manuals from reputable sources back in the day showing chicken wire and filler being used to repair holes in bodywork.

I thought it was just an Iowa thing. 

[89 MJ]

Here is some on a 1970 GTO that my dad has in his restoration shop. By brother and I removed some body filler today. 

 

Chunks of the side side of the rear valence. Held together with bondo. 

 

Chunk out out of the quarter. 

 

Chunk from the front fender 

 

More pics to come. 

[89 MJ]

More pics of the GTO. 

 

Some chunks from the quarter panels. 

 

Left rear ear quarter panel. Looking up from the bottom behind rear wheel. 

 

Left rear quater in front front of rear wheel. 

 

Right rear quarter behind rear wheel. 

 

In in front of right rear wheel. 

[89 MJ]

 

[Pete M]

dang  

[FrankTheDog]

Is there going to be any car left once you remove all the rust and bondo?

[89 MJ]

1 hour ago, FrankTheDog said:

Is there going to be any car left once you remove all the rust and bondo?

The roof, rockers, and trunk floors are good, along with most of the cowl. Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING else needs replacing on the body.