Duct tape body work

04crewvt · Post by **04crewvt** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 4:15 pm

Split topic since this was getting a life of it's own-HJ

In VT the inspection law used to read that there could be no holes through the body panels but they didn't specify how the holes should be patched. My 84 s-15 Jimmy was badly rotted out along the rear fender wells and the fix for inspection was to create a duct tape form and fill it with an expandable foam core. Worked well until it was hit and it literally exploded on contact into a thousands bits.

WVHogRider · Post by **WVHogRider** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 5:39 pm

That kinda sounds like the WV inspection laws. At least it is not OH laws, I don't even think they have inspections, but I'm not 100% sure. I've seen cars driven on the highways over there without any hoods, fenders, etc.

F9K9 · Post by **F9K9** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 6:48 pm

WVHogRider wrote:That kinda sounds like the WV inspection laws. At least it is not OH laws, I don't even think they have inspections, but I'm not 100% sure. I've seen cars driven on the highways over there without any hoods, fenders, etc.

Ohio had some of the earliest inspection laws (excluding CA) but, they may have weakened. I was required inspection stickers in the early to mid 70s in Ohio. I was born in MI and half raised in OH. TEH second Mrs Hoff was from Williamson, WV ( a direct decsendent of the founder). So, I may be somewhat of a basturd child.

Bottom line is I pulled the plug from my first gov't job in KY so, I will call KY my home.

WVHogRider · Post by **WVHogRider** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:05 pm

Well, as I said, I wasn't 100% sure. I thought some of my buddies just had to have insurance. Wow--The 2nd Mrs. Hoff is from way down south WV near where my 1st and recent ex's grew up, Beckley, WV.

Basturd child...

...I thought that was my parent's nickname for me growing up....

J/K...

KY is beautiful. I drove across the whole state about a year ago a couple times. I had to go to Paducah, KY.

killian96ss · Post by **killian96ss** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:12 pm

WVHogRider wrote:I've seen cars driven on the highways over there without any hoods, fenders, etc.

I know this is a bit

but you just brought back a funny memory for me.

When I first met my wife I used to drive 40 minutes one way to her house in my 68 impala that had no hood, no fenders, no exhaust, and open headers.

I did this for almost a month before I finally got the car put back together.

Luckily the police never saw me.

I must have been hooked or somethin.

Steve

F9K9 · Post by **F9K9** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:13 pm

No need to worry about offending me, few will dispute that I am weak at heart at offending others

WVHogRider · Post by **WVHogRider** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:29 pm

I can picture it now Killian96SS.

I remember following my brother when he was driving our '72 Chevelle over to get paintedback in 1990. Looked probably about the same--except we had already removed both bumpers, grill, etc, and all the lights were just dangling around.

BobbleSmitty · Post by **BobbleSmitty** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:34 pm

Here in OH, they're pretty lenient, that is, the closer you get into the inner city and down town! I live a good 35 to 40 minute drive from downtown in an eastern suburb and you can definately tell the difference on how the police operate. But we have been driving the '52 Ford F100 around for a while now with no rear fenders. When we first got it running, there was nothing but a cab on it! We drove past a bunch of cops and none of them ever stopped us!

As for having holes in the body or damaged vehicles, just about every other car on the road near downtown / East Cleveland looks like it's been driven off a cliff! I've seen some pretty messed up cars on the road down there: bent frames, wobbling wheels, smoking cars that are burning oil, hanging exhaust, smashed windows, missing doors, bungie cords holding the trunk and/or hood down.... The list goes on!!! But the cops don't stop these people.

The only thing they're strict on now is the E-check for emissions. That's all they check at inspection.

rlrnr53 · Post by **rlrnr53** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:02 am

Current WV inspection laws require that holes must be filled with some type of filler material. 100 mph tape was outlawed a few years ago.

WVHogRider · Post by **WVHogRider** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 3:07 pm

rlrnr53-You are correct in that you can't have 100 mph tape to simply cover holes in the body, but as 04crewvt stated making a form and filling it with foam, which is what I have seen some people do here in WV. Just make the form, fill it with something like the expandable insulating foam, let stand, remove tape, shave excess away, and then spray paint it.

F9K9 · Post by **F9K9** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:21 pm

Split topic since this was gettin a life of it's own-HJ

My, my, my, ain't we gettin' a tad picky

04crewvt · Post by **04crewvt** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:24 pm

since were dealing with duct tape can this be a sticky.

Sorry, my bad !

Post by **HenryJ** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:40 pm

Nascar does it all the time, why is it bad on a personal vehicle?

F9K9 · Post by **F9K9** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:07 pm

HenryJ wrote:Nascar does it all the time, why is it bad on a personal vehicle?

There goes that strange form of auto racing again. Maybe 3x a year they are able to turn right and if, weather is unpleasant (outside of road courses) they postpone racing for a brighter day. Sounds like wussies to me

Post by **HenryJ** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:11 pm

Probably right. It takes a real man to drive straight

F9K9 · Post by **F9K9** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:01 pm

HenryJ wrote:Probably right. It takes a real man to drive straight

WVHogRider · Post by **WVHogRider** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:45 am

I actually like watching NASCAR. It gives me another reason to drink cold ones with the guys.

04crewvt · Post by **04crewvt** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:50 am

Ah with all the regulations and the way the cars are crippled, Nascar has become too much like 500 miles of tailgating. Now if they went back to putting STOCK CARS out there and seing what happens then I would be more interested.

WVHogRider · Post by **WVHogRider** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:04 am

Now if they went back to putting STOCK CARS out there and seing what happens then I would be more interested.

Exactly. I'm not saying go way back in the day to drive your regular street car, but actually run a hopped up "Stock Car"-Like during Richard Petty's time. The cars running today on the track still use a carb.---Aren't Monte Carlo's and all these other cars now fuel injected that we buy at the dealers.

I know we are off

again and that is how this thread got started so, I'll be quiet for now.

04crewvt · Post by **04crewvt** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:06 am

Yea but since it was split off as my topic I can take it anywhere right?

F9K9 · Post by **F9K9** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:33 am

WVHogRider wrote:I actually like watching NASCAR. It gives me another reason to drink cold ones with the guys.

We need a reason

WVHogRider · Post by **WVHogRider** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:53 pm

Nope, I don't need a reason anymore. However, when I was married, I would just always told her that she was the reason.

04crewvt · Post by **04crewvt** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:33 pm

NOW THAT"S AN EMOTICON!!!

F9K9 · Post by **F9K9** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:46 pm

04crewvt wrote:

NOW THAT"S AN EMOTICON!!!

It is an extension for the firefox browser Smiley Xtra

04crewvt · Post by **04crewvt** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:48 pm

Guess I just never found that one. I use that extension all the time.

F9K9 · Post by **F9K9** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:23 pm

04crewvt wrote:Guess I just never found that one. I use that extension all the time.

You may want to go into it's properties and click on "Check for updates automatically" or whatever. I don't recall seeing it before either

04crewvt · Post by **04crewvt** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:23 am

Ya mine is set to auto update. I just had never looked into the food and drink category.