Hey guys, got given a KE55 for free. Never had one of these old school cars. Dents on every panel :( Its a total rust bucket with whole left hand side made of bog pretty much. I took off the door trims to hammer the doors out but I found some silly side protection channels preventing me from fixing the doors properly so Its only more bog from now on. I'm gonna learn how to repair body and hopefully make something that looks ok. Done up an old charade like that once and it came out pretty good and cost me 300 buks worth of paint and sandpaper :P. Previous owner sprayed it baby blue using an electric spray gun from bunnings and what looks like house paint LOL. He really had no idea what he was doin. Anyways heres some pics.

My panel beating tools

 

 

Can't complain for free! Congrates on the pickup! To overcome the dents where the intrusion bars are, just use a slide hammer if they're bad, doesn't look like to be too much rust, i'll be watching!

 

cheers!

I think free is about the right price!

 

Good to see another being saved.

 

I hope you have more patience than me when it comes to body work!

You won't get far with those hammers and dollies!

 

You got it for free, you are better of sourcing some better replacement doors and guards which should be available pretty cheap, rather than trying to fix those. Waste of time and by the time you buy all the stuff you will need probably cheaper buying panels.

 

The tail light you will need to do though, but shouldn't be too hard to get the profile closer and use way less filler.

 

Then you will probably find it will run without a fault for another 20 years.

Lovely looking bucket of rust! Keen to follow this thread, love the lost causes :lol:

Update of what i done today, sorted the LHS fender with some saning and some bog, its staring to look alright. The rear got some sanding and bog too, still lots to do but getting there.

 

Start the day with some panel beating, sanding, bog, and ofcourse cheap german beer!

 

After some more beer and some wet n dry 80 grit....

 

 

Sanding some rear pilar area revealed some stage 4 cancer! And previous bog repair job

 

 

Bog Bog BOG!!

 

 

This is the best i could do with a hemmer and wooden block, took my time made sure it was all square, and cracked another beer

 

 

Bog bog BOG!!!

 

 

Starting too look ok eh?

 

 

Question: How do I take off the layer of paint my mate put on (the blue one) and not sand back to bare metal? Paint stripper?

You won't get far with those hammers and dollies!

 

You got it for free, you are better of sourcing some better replacement doors and guards which should be available pretty cheap, rather than trying to fix those. Waste of time and by the time you buy all the stuff you will need probably cheaper buying panels.

 

The tail light you will need to do though, but shouldn't be too hard to get the profile closer and use way less filler.

 

Then you will probably find it will run without a fault for another 20 years.

 

I'm not after perfection Parrot, yes I could buy some doors and fenders and not bother trying to panel beat the panels myself but to be honest I rather those good fenders and doors go to another car that is worthy of them. This car is old and tired and I want to show the cars character. Its not going to be perfect when i paint it but have you seen those old cars in cuba? haha You can tell by looking at them that they are full of bog and panels are all out of alignment but please don't tell me you would not want to own one :P

If your keen enough for that much filler buy a speedfile FFS, as in 12" long and fill it all and block it down!, save yourself heaps of work,

and do it kinda properly or its gonna turn out naaaaasty.... sorry bro had to say it....

Good score good price!

 

Ive seen them a lot worse than that rust wise.

 

Just check the front cross member before you go to far.The one under the radiator as i ve yet to see one that isnt rusted out.

 

Also a tip don't use wet n dry on bog ,bog is porous a couple of months down the track the paint will crack and the bog falls out.

 

Beer also helps ,carry on.

 

rob

Well done, That paint stripper disc makes light work! Keep up the good work!

Good score good price!

 

Ive seen them a lot worse than that rust wise.

 

Just check the front cross member before you go to far.The one under the radiator as i ve yet to see one that isnt rusted out.

 

Also a tip don't use wet n dry on bog ,bog is porous a couple of months down the track the paint will crack and the bog falls out.

 

Beer also helps ,carry on.

 

rob

Yup the front cross member is rusty but only as some points where it was spot welded, its not that bad ( boged it too lol). The no wet n dry on bog is actually really good advice! thanks. What I usually done in the past was only apply bog in small layers and give few hours to set. Then I would use heat gun to slightly heat up the panel. Then I would let the car sit for few days. I never had the shrinking or bubbling bog problem before this way.

....and another day of boging,

 

started with wheel arch, it was wonky so out comes the ol tub of bog...

 

 

Next I mounted the LHS front fender back and used some liquid nails to glue it to the chassis as the bottom mounting holes are so rusted......well non existent... yeh yeh I know I need to buy new panel but oh well

 

 

Next was the rear boot part, took off the paint and........ found old rotten bog, so It was fish oil treatment then NEW and exiting bog!

 

 

The really badly dented fender is starting to take shape I'm not done with it just primed it so it doesn't rust

 

 

This thing got a hit up the arse and rear tail light was pushed in so I used my trusty wooden block and hammer got it as straight as I could....

 

 

...and more bog :P

 

 

I should buy some shares in a company that makes bog hey :)

Small update,

 

used expand foam to shape the rotten cavity on the RHS fender. Then layered bog on top, spent some time with heat gun shrinking it then applied another layer. Its starting to take shape now.

 

 

The LHS fender is looking a lot better too, I'm very happy with it

 

 

Then finally started the car up at the end of the day so the battery keeps charge as its very old and weak :)

you're a brave man.....

 

Still, I've done plenty with old hammers and bits of wood... the wood is just right for pushing but not putting sharp dents in the surface.

 

With a fibreglass car like that you wouldn't want to be around in a crash!

You should call this the Bogrolla.