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Unique Performance Mustangs Allegedly Built By Prisoners, Used 13 Gallons Of Bondo

Just when we thought there would be a break from the Unique Performance Saga, we get word that things were even more rotten in the city of Farmers Branch. First, an investigation by CBS11-TV has turned up solid evidence that unskilled Texas prisoners were used to do the bodywork on the replica "Eleanor" Mustangs, including removing the VIN plates (which is illegal). Second, the poorly built cars cost upwards of $200,000 yet were built using approximately 13 gallons of Bondo each. Third, the U.S. Secret Service and Texas Department of Public Safety (state police) have launched investigations. Fourth, this may impact the way the prison system work program is implemented. Finally, according to authorities charges are imminent (probably fraud and title-washing to start). More pictures from the evidence locker (everything comes from Taiwan), a statement from Unique Performance owner Doug Hasty's lawyer and a quick primer for those that haven't been following the case below the jump.

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11:40 AM on Sat Feb 23 2008
By Matt Hardigree
12,759 views, 50 comments

Latest by TheBrewPub: @milo_carrera: Whew, I didn't have to type anything. Nice summary. more »

choose your eternity

PCH, German Ass-Bondo Edition: 1956 190SL or 4x4 Karmann Ghia?

We had a few complaints that yesterday's Choose Your Eternity challenge wasn't quite hellish enough (although we're pretty sure the buyers of those two Japanese AWD turbomobiles are going to be shaking their fists at cruel Fate pretty soon). But we aim to please, so now we're coming back with a pair of positively punitive projects for your perusal. Thanks (and a Project Car Hell Tipster T-shirt) to Mink66 for the tip!
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5:30 PM on Tue Dec 18 2007
By Murilee Martin
3,089 views, 54 comments

Latest by PЯide: I'd buy the MBZ and lift it and 4X it. How'd you like that! more »

personal project car

Project 1964 Lincoln Continental: A Tale of Two Bondos

Using bondo is something nobody likes to have to do. The stuff is an admittance in your failure of metalsmithing mastery. Still, Bondo is no wussy taskmaster on it's own. It requires a steady hand and a sense of surface space, gradient approximation, and speed - or more appropriately, the sense of balance between speed and perfection. Maybe most critical is the ability to gauge available possibilities with the stuff, and what requires more drastic measures. The roof came to me dented, the result of a mix of garageless car, high wind, and trees with weak branches, so I knew it would be a bit of work to fix it. The last owner knocked the dent out from the inside as best as possible, then slapped down a skim of Bondo, and then took a nap, never to return with a sanding block. Now we finish the job.

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10:00 AM on Mon Dec 3 2007
By bwojdyla
1,395 views, 18 comments

Latest by Maymar - now with 37% less anonymity: @POLAR: Pfft, true body work professionals* use the trifecta of excellence: Bondo, duct tape, and cardboard: [img150.imageshack.us] * by which I mean myself, a member of the ADD generation - in my defense, it was a $100 car, and it passed more »

rust and roll

Rolling Time into a 50-Dollar Paint Job

Back when we used to paint houses, movie sets, and the occasional old Plymouth instead of making it big in automotive journalism, a great deal of time was spent sanding, scraping, and sanding again. Preparation is the larger part of a paint job. Armed with a a roller, a can of rustoleum, and a pile of sandpaper, the aforementioned maxim can slowly be turned into a shining white Corvair on the cheap. Mr. Rickwrench himself claims the Yenko striping is good for 5-7 wheel horsepower from established butt dyno tests. – Mike Bumbeck More »

1:00 PM on Thu Jun 7 2007
By Mike Bumbeck
7,258 views, 21 comments

Latest by n/a: There is a dedicated website for this. [www.RolledOn.com] more »

custom cars

Identities Obscured to Protect the Innocent

There's a ring of hell under construction for Bondo misusers, where the doomed will cruise an infernal mall parking lot in perpetuity, awkwardly chatting up damned chicks and scoping out spots among the brimstones on which to do donuts. They'll serve their sentence in cars like this, with no sense of proportion, design or economy of form. Remember kids, there's no such thing as "Camaro Summer." – Ben Wojdyla More »

9:46 AM on Fri Dec 22 2006
By bwojdyla
136 views, 14 comments