COLLISION - All fixed!, Original owner - 50k mile car Options

[tomeric914]

ok, let's see, next was to get the whole fender off and start fitting the new one. I decided not to take it all the way off and instead set it up to butt weld near the top of the sail. That way I wouldn't disturb the original vinyl across the roll bar or get into major disassembly within the roll bar area.



That's when more rust discovery happened. There was a rust hole at the rear base of the inner sail and the beginnings of rust through under the vinyl.





Which was fixed and coated inside and out with metal.



An interesting little detail is the little tab that lines up with the hole in the fender to hold the aluminum trim down, also near the rear base of the sail.

Then trim and fit the new fender for the first time.

[tomeric914]

Hmm, unfortunately I didn't take any more pictures beyond those below after I had spot welded the fender on like the factory did.





Even after the damage that the car sustained, the door alignment was right on. I left the damaged door on to check fitment and alignment, then stripped the good used door and checked it for alignment. Everything fit and shut correctly.

A HUGE amount of thanks to Rob914 for selling my client his NOS fender that he had squirreled away. I couldn't have repaired the car without it.

Also thanks to bdstone914 for selling me the rust free door. There were some hidden surprises under the many layers of paint that took some time to repair, but that was to be expected of a used door.

[johannes]

Great job ! and thak you for sharing all the details.