Technical Ever see a repair like this?

Definitely not a band aid approach, fatigue cracks?

 

A bit off topic, but we were leaving on a family holiday road trip on a Friday afternoon after work and a few hours from home we were forced off the road by a rogue truck driver. We hit a large pothole and I heard a sound that sounded like the plastic blades on the engine fan hitting the shroud. The rising temperature of the engine confirmed my fears. Opened the bonnet to find a gash in the radiator like the grand canyon. Looking through the back of the car to find a way to fix the issue as we were miles from anywhere, and no p***ing motorists were stopping. Apart from a few tools, clothes, and a picnic basket full of food we were pretty much stuffed. I took the loaf of multi grain bread out of the basket, tore off the crust and kneaded half a dozen slices back into a dough, then pushed it into the gash and the surrounding core and sort of cemented it over. Refilled the radiator with water, put the cap on to the first notch and drove the car to the next town, where I was able to buy an epoxy radiator/fuel tank repair kit. Using that, I was able to drive the car back home, where I bought another radiator, then back on the road next day to finish our 4000km holiday. This wont work with white bread, I ***ume that the grains hold it all together. The things I learnt from watching McGyver.lol.

 

Expanding foam to reconstruct a 64 1/2 convertible Mustang front subframe and fill the gab beetween the rear floor and 1/4 panels (the car was literally falling apart and the guy was driving it) . On a 69 Camaro Subframe connectors welded in to kind of patch the floor and do the job of the rotted out inner/outer rockers, screwed in new rear floor and 3 1/4 panels on top of each other on both sides, the car was wide in the rear : no more gap between the 1/4's and the bumper.

 

That's a " Bondo Form" , like for poured concrete. Aluminum flashing works better- doesn't rot or attract beavers to your car ( no, the other kind of beaver , you dummy). Great thread; lotta laughs!! ( sort of black humor though)

 

back when we raced seen several people buy hotdogs ate the wieners stuffed the bun in hole in rads.when it set up you would have thought it was concrete (white bread)

 

I worked at a muffler shop for a couple years part time when I was in college. It was usualy contractors that would come in with the best WTF fixes.
One day a plumber came in, had built his own dual exhaust with steel water pipe. He couldn't find a muffler that had the right slip fit, so he brought it in to have one streched and clamped on. Sure sounded weird.
The next day his buddy, a sheet rock guy came I'm. "Bob the plumber sent me, said you did a good job." His muffler rotted off so he "fixed it" with you guessed it... Plaster and fibergl*** tape. We had to sledge hammer it off the get to the hangars and flanges. Must have been 10 inches thick around the muffler.
Another good one, same guy sent his Gardner buddy over with Porsche 914. Everything looked great till I spotted the garden hose used for fuel line. The best part? "Oh I'm not here for that, I need this other thing looked at" don't recall what it was. I just remember telling him I'm not touching it unless we fix that fuel system first. Said no thanks and he drove off.

 

I didn't realize that Y'all were such a creative group when it comes to repairs

 

my grandfather ( a carpenter ) did body repair on his c-10, with siding, and concrete. he then painted it with auto paint, and a roller, and then wetsanded it. we couldn't even tell.........Till dad hit a bridge to fast, and when the truck landed, it all fell out in the road!!!!!

 

We were in grammer school, 2 friends and me. P***ionate about cars, we buddied up with an older guy (18!) named Angie. He had a '50 Ford Coupe, raked with big & littles, and an old 'Y' stack intake with two 94s.
Angie saved money by cutting 3 feet of garden hose for his lines from the fuel block.
Those lines grew as they became gas soaked, he cut 12" at a time off, must have done it 3 times!
Never a fire, we finally talked him into the good dull red stuff from American Auto...

 

The person that owns the car should be glad he used tape. Can you imagine what it would look like (and take to fix) if someone with that mentality had a welder.

Charlie Stephens