As sad as that is, it seemed to be the body shop standard repair around here. Most body shop's idea of quarter panel replacement or any outer body welding repair amounted to a tack weld every 2" - 3" then filled with kitty hair and filler. When I opened my welding shop, I had several local body shops bring those kind of repairs to me to weld together, then return to them so they could do the thing they liked to do. Most body shops around here don't want anything to do with welding. That made us a good team, I really didn't want anything to do with body work past the welding and structural repair.
A lot of local body and auto repair shops brought (or sent) the things that needed to be welded, or structurally repaired to me. When I was done doing my thing, I sent them back to the body or repair shops to finish their jobs. Those shops are always telling me how much they miss me since I retired.
