Cheers for the 'lead' info, tm2cvs.

Stick it up your bottom Mr Chapman! I had to change it after I discovered that le Baron was an appalling looking car produced by Chrysler, which made me physically sick when I looked at it.

nothing wrong with Le baronss ! lol

we hired one for a road trip a few yrs back

No no nothing wrong with them apart from it looks like a dogs bum wearing a cravat.

What were they thinking.

Got onto this thread whilst trying to research for a decent 2cv body restorer. I'll have a go at most things but I'm afraid I haven't the time ('time' as in getting on a bit) to teach myself to weld. Looking on some 'professional' 2cv restorer sites they show pictures of welded areas which are then overfilled with body filler. Now reading this thread it seems that using filler is frowned upon and welding is better.
So would I expect a professional 2cv body restorer to use filler? If filler is used over a welded joint would it not attract moisture?
Can any expert welders out there advise me on what a 'good job' would consist of? Is it possibel to butt joint two pieces of 2cv steel or is that asking for the impossible? Need to arm myself with as much info as possibe (been hood winked by so many 'professionals' in the past)
Last question can anbody recommend a good body restorer?

Im not an epert in anything, but heres my bit

When i do anboat repair, 99.9999999% of the time ill need to use filler tonget it dead flat for the final finishwith gel coat..

Did a repair recently where filler wasnt needed, which was an achievment

I geussn its the same with metal, trying to get the two bits to naturally one level

It really depends on where the repair is, the filler should only be used to hide any distortion caused by the heat of the welding, on a large flat panel there will be more distortion than in a smaller piece with more curves. It is possible to butt weld 2cv steel and then grind the weld level before going straight on to painting it, this was how I recently repaired the top of my passenger door PIC. If I'd needed to repair a hole in the middle of the door panel, there's not a hope in hell of not having to fill it, the welding would have made it wobble all shapes, and it probably would have needed a thin skim of filler over a large portion of the panel.

I think basically the better a bodyworker is, the less filler they'll need to use, but so long as it's not much more than a millimetre or so to level the surface before painting then it's quite acceptable, just think of it as a thick layer of undercoat, but it should never be structural.

Have a read of this topic viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2943&start=90 It's how a pro does it. I'm sure there'll be a tiny skim of filler in some places before painting.

Thanks for the reply.