ronarndt

The PO of my 68 convert hit a curb or speed bump and took a 12 inch chunk out of the spare tire tub. Being resourceful, Bubba drilled holes along the cracks of the fracture, put wires thru the holes and twisted the wires, making a series of 50 wire stitches to hold the flap of fiberglass in place. I decided to patch it the right way and bonded fiberglass cloth to the tear in the tub and then painted the inside and put 3M undercoat on the outside. Bubba would be proud.

kdf1986

Bubba is very talented and resourceful. It must have took a lot of work to make all the holes for the stitching. Fiberglass may have been easier.

kdf

homestead

Kind of like battle scares! I have some of those myself! lol

Richard454

Seamstress???

I'm thinking maybe a Plastic Surgeon!!!

ronarndt

"I'm thinking maybe a Plastic Surgeon!!! " Except with the large sutures and wires, you would look like Frankenstein when he was done with you. Every one of those twisted wires was sharp as a needle. I poked a couple holes in my fingers working on the repair.

Elba Mike

Battlefield repair?

rcread

Sounds like Mad Max.

Scottd

My dad worked aircraft repair in his 20's.....growing up thats how he fixed everything. I had a secondhand plastic sled with his drill and stitch repair. That and epoxy. The man put epoxy on everything.

loquinho

That's a technique I've only seen used for racing motorcycles. They tend to break fairings when they lean too far, and a motorcycle mechanic I know fixed up his bike using that technique. When done with a good eye for detail, it ends up looking pretty sharp.

Rescue Rogers

Dr. Frankenbubba. Ive seen repairs like that as well.

Raphiki

Frankentub!