Worst PO repair?

[92sierraslx]

my cab corners had fiberglass mat shoved in and then short strand bondo with no hardner smeared over that and the door corners and a kind close rattle can mist job over the whole thing and i spray foamed the roof for now till i can buy a different cab

[blackdawn]

so it turned out that the first truck i bought (was a great lesson) was owned at some point by some real pro's.
1. the truck was lowered by cutting all of the springs in half and removing the shocks completely because they no longer fit. it rode on the front bump stops for so long that they had compacted to about 1/4 of an inch tall.
2. well apparently the truck was too low as they managed to smash one of the lower a arms into something causing a massive dent in the arm and tweaking the frame a bit.
3. as if that wasn't enough, at some point they must have decided to try and pull a stump or something entirely too heavy for the rear bumper as the back corner of the frame was ripped apart, bent the frame some more, and tweaked the bed in the process.
4. either they bondoed over rust or they put the bondo on so thick that is cracked and then rusted, there are a bunch of places all over the truck where the bondo is cracked and rust is pouring out of it.
5. this is the winner in my book as i just don't get it. they bondoed over the dome light in the cab. its no longer there, so there are no lights to see at night in the cab.

unfortunately i spent way too much money on this truck not realizing 95% of what was wrong with it as it was so low to the ground i couldn't get under it. i have since been lucky and found a complete parts truck for $50, and a lot of sweat equity, so i'm back to about par on that project. ugh

[Lee H]

Redesigned heat tube

[wilbilt]

I have encountered a few over the years. I had a 70 C/10 short step 10 or 12 years ago. One of the PO's must have been a plumber. The "heater core" was made from 3/4" copper pipe. Like the plumbing in your house. It consisted of a few short pieces of pipe, 2 elbows and 2 tees soldered together. It looked like this [][

It had no fins on the pipes or anything and didn't transfer much heat. I replaced it with a real heater core, I think I got more for the copper as scrap than what the new core cost. It also had some random bucket seats mounted with 2x4s and plumbers tape.

I am working through the bugs in my current truck and still finding surprises. After removing miles of farmer wiring and no fewer than 4 trailer connectors, most of the lights are working. The throttle return spring is still connected to a piece of wire tied around the radiator hose. It has some "custom" brackets holding in a huge 4-row radiator that is about 2" taller than the core support, and the top of the fan shroud is also held with some wire.

Then there is the matter of the exhaust "system". It has a rams horn manifold on the right side, and a long tube header on the left. The rest looks like he cut random pipe and mufflers from other vehicles and hung them using coat hangers and hose clamps.

It had a custom plexiglass driver side window that was cut perfectly to match the upper door channel but was about 2"' too short to actually close. I have since replaced it.