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Why the Bondo?

So this week I decided to scrape off a big (9" x 3") ugly patch of Bondo and see what was hiding underneath.  To my surprise, I can't see any damage.  Why was it there?  Maybe I will be able to see something when I clean it up the rest of the way and sand it down.  I wish I had taken a close up "before" picture of this spot.   So now there is one other spot with Bondo on it.  When I feel it from the back side, it feels like there IS a small ding there.  Maybe 1"x1".  So why is there a square foot of wavy Bondo on it?  I will try to take a picture of this one before I scrape it off.

The "$50 paint job"

In looking for inexpensive paint options on the web, I have found a lot about a technique using Rustoleum and paint rollers.  It may sound like a joke, but from what I am seeing, it doesn't produce horrible results.  The up side, it is really cheap.  The down side...  much sanding.  And more sanding... and even more sanding.  This might be the way to go since I don't have thousands of dollars to spend on a paint job for a Civic that I got for "free".

Here is a link to one of the first pages I found.   Check out the pictures at the bottom of the page showing the end result.  Also, look at the car three years later.

1966 Corvair Corsa 140/4 from Rickwrench.com

Some more pictures

Well, I am still considering my options and have not made much progress with the car yet.  I have sorted out some of the pile of parts though.  At this point, I am thinking that an electric conversion probably wont happen.  Here are some more pictures though...