10/11 Golden (Bondo) Shower

OK it's been a while... I went out of action in mid-March for shoulder surgery, adopted a baby in May, and was out of the country from mid-June through mid-July. Long story short, I'm back in action, and back to getting this thing ready for paint. There's lots of POR-15 in the window sills, covered up with some primer.

I wonder, of the old VW's still in existence, how much steel is remaining and how much POR-15 has taken place of the metal?

Did some more bondo/sanding work on the car to get it ready for paint. Here are the shots:


Before - Note the dings. I ground down a few inches of cracked bondo and then filled in w/Lead filler.




After. I used mostly lead filler with a 'skim coat' :) of bondo over it.
Here's the dreaded welded-in patch. After a full weekend of sanding and build-up, you can hardly tell the difference between the original and replacement piece.

Here's the area beneath the passenger headlight. Nice and smooth!

Passenger door and rear quarter panel... good to go!