Bondo/fiberglass as the right choice

Can I ask what are you really trying to get at with this thread? Are you trying to decide how to proceed with a project?
Jim, he's trying to justify the hacky bondo repairs that he's been desperately trying to pass off as legitimate "preservation" work or as a misguided "more viable and affordable" option to, you know, actually repairing it properly.

to give you some idea of the nonsense he's peddling: here's his quality lower quarter repair

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yes. that is bondo, galvanized mesh screen and fiberglass.

he wants so badly to have somebody agree with him that he's willing to ask series of leading questions in hopes of that.