My Bricklin's body panels are riddled with cracks and ripples.
The cracks were filled in by some previous owner and the entire car
painted.
With the car painted red (and now faded) it overall looks like a
topographical map of Mars.
The paint job is pretty crappy so if I own the car long enough I'm fixing
to strip the paint off and hopefully refurbish the acrylic.
Question:
Has anyone had any experience in repairing the acrylic on these body
panels?
i.e. filing in a crack with the same type of material possibly using some
sort of solvent to "melt"/blend the area together.
I don't know the chemical properties of acrylic nor what solvents would
lend the best working properties.
I realize that color matching will pose problem.
Or, is there an acrylic patch kit readily available?
Question:
When a body panel cracks, does it crack all the way through (ie: to the
fiberglass side) or is localized to the surface.
I haven't done any exploratory surgery yet so I'm wondering what the depth
would be when digging and cleaning cracks.
What I'm trying to get away from is painting.
Part of the selling point of the Bricklin was the acrylic panels and is
what's often quoted about when now talking about the car.
So, I'd like to keep the acrylic showing even with blemishes dismissing it
as one of the Bricklin's idiosyncrasies when explaining to those curious.
Thanks All,
Louis
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