showcrop
Well-known Member
I am working on my old '67 Datsun roadster. I am cutting out rust areas and welding in new metal. To repair the bottoms of the fenders I was planning to cut off the rusted bottoms, clean good both front and back, and glue repair panels in place. I would be doing these the proper way, so I am not looking for instruction in that. Various people have told me that gluing is the currently accepted way of doing it, but a friend who builds street rods and does high dollar restorations of old rusty vehicles professionally, told me that the panel bond method can fail way earlier than expected. He says that under bright sunlight and the normal vibration of driving, the differential expansion and contraction results in the paint cracking at the joint. What is your experience? Or what have you come to know about longevity of panel bonding?