<VV> Bondo Checker Re: Body work on EUM----UGH!

[Vairtec at optonline.net]

At 06:03 PM 11/7/2009, FrankCB wrote:

>      A buyer that's trying to "be aware" should use a device called 
> a "Spot Rot" which is a calibrated magnetic probe with a scale that 
> will tell you about how much non-magnetic material is between the 
> probe and the car's metal.  So you know whether it's just stock 
> paint or a multiple layer paint job or loads of bondo.  I think 
> Eastwood is selling them or you can always try Google.


Or you can just take a memo magnet off the refrigerator.  Fridge 
magnets are not very strong and will lose grip on a car's surface if 
even a skim of filler is under the paint.

I think that using the local insurance agency/roofing 
contractor/pizza joint advertising magnet, instead of buying a "Spot 
Rot," is in keeping with the, um, frugal nature of Corvair owners.

--Budget-minded Bob