Common old-school dealer bodges

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I was watching Matilda a few days ago, the part where she's in her father's car garage and he's carrying out various bodges e.g. gluing bumpers on and filling transmissions with sawdust to hide damage always makes me chuckle.

So what are the worst (and funniest) dealer bodges you've ever experienced/seen/heard of, or maybe even carried out?

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lord trumpton said:

I had an old VW beetle for my first car. After 3 years I decided to sell it.

I often got damp carpet behind the seats and this was because of rotten heater sills. Just before selling I taped card over them and covered in underseal.

It came back to haunt me as I sold it to an unsuspecting female graduate who ended up dating and had to pretend I new nothing about it when here dads mechanic friend discovered why the car was smelling damp.

Brilliant