Track Car Bodywork

[wondersparrow]

I am sure that I must be searching for the wrong things, because I am sure this has been asked before. I have spent about 4 hours total looking for this info....

 

Ok, first off, this is a track-only 240z and I am not looking for an award winning paint job. That being said, I am willing to invest plenty of time making it look as good as I can. I am something like the 7th owner of this car since it was race prepared in the mid 70's. It has many many generations of paint and patchwork done. I would like to straighten out and clean up the body as best I can. Unfortunately I have no welder (mostly because of limited electrical service in the garage), so use of fiberglass or filler would be preferred. Here come the questions.

 

-For deep scratches and nicks (often in fiberglass pieces), from what I understand the best way to get rid of them is to sand them right out and then use filler to level out the surface. Is this correct?

 

-Bondo, Bondo-Glass, or some other product? What do you racers suggest?

 

-I want to fill in some of the standard lines of the car. Like where the marker lights go behind the rear tires, the hole in the rear pillar where the emblem used to be, and the door handles. Should I just lay the filler on thick, or use some of that patch mesh stuff to cover it, or fiberglass or.... yeah?

 

-I have some sweet rear flares that are currently riveted on. Riveted on to lumpy, wrinkled bare metal. Lumpy wrinkled bare metal that is at least 1/32 lower than the surrounding areas that have loads of paint and filler on them. I would like to permanently fix these on and blend them in so the seams can't be seen. Suggestions?

 

Again, thanks for your help, even if its just pointing me to other threads.

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To fill in the holes with out welding a patch in there, I would use fiberglass matt to cover and then blend with filler.