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Making Lemonade, Refreshment for summer - New pics 5.1.10 |
KELTY360 |
Apr 22 2010, 08:09 PM
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914 Neferati Group: Members Posts: 5,036 Joined: 31-December 05 From: Pt. Townsend, WA Member No.: 5,344 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
About a month ago I flattened my right fender while attempting to submerge under the bumper of a Chevy Tahoe. As embarrassing as that was, it forced me to take the car off the road for repairs. Given the splotchy, oxidized finish it was silly to try to match the paint, so the only logical path was to finally do the full cosmetic makeover I'd always intended.
After getting recommendations from the incredibly sympathetic members of the PNW contingent. I contacted Eurotech Bodywerkes to do the work. The owner is a 914 owner as is one of the metal massagers, Slow914. They mostly specialize in German stuff with some other interesting rigs sprinkled in for interest. Here's the initial damage that triggered everything. The original plan was to strip down as far as necessary to insure good adhesion, but after discovering numerous problems from previous repairs, it was taken down to bare metal. Sail vinyl was removed and the trim holes filled. I was offered a hood and fender by 914Junkie down in Vancouver, WA - thanks Paul. We were able to use the fender in the repair but the hood was a little too rusty. I also discovered that the hood off my parts car was too rusty, but finally I found one from rdauenhauer that worked - thanks Rich (and effutou101 - Chris for delivery). The fender repair looks great. |
KELTY360 |
Apr 26 2010, 06:08 PM
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914 Neferati Group: Members Posts: 5,036 Joined: 31-December 05 From: Pt. Townsend, WA Member No.: 5,344 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Eurotech just keeps rolling along. They shot color and clear over the weekend so when I stopped in this morning they were installing some seals and buffing out the trunk lids and doors.
The color is hard to judge in the harsh fluorescent but here's a contrast of the body color to the accent color that goes on the rockers and valances. For lack of a better name I'm calling it charcoal blue. Can't wait to see it in natural light (I'd have said sunshine, but this is the NW afterall (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) ) Removing the sail vinyl accentuates the graceful body line running rearward from the sail. |
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