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> PO Repair Hall of Shame, Let's see all the nasty, half-a** repairs we can blame on somebody else
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post Apr 8 2020, 12:19 PM
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QUOTE(get off my lawn @ Apr 8 2020, 11:01 AM) *

Shame....
About 15 years ago a 914 buddy organized a sawz-all party to cut up his 914 because it had a dent right in front of the passenger side rear tire.
It could have been pulled and straightened but he had another chassis and didn't need or want this one.
I don't remember it having any rust. At all.
We cut it up in pieces small enough to fill a dumpster.

I wonder what that would be worth now?


Lots more as scrap metal prices have gone up!
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post Apr 10 2020, 11:11 AM
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How about this fix? nothing that aluminum plates self tapping screws and JB Weld cant fix.Attached Image
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post Apr 10 2020, 11:14 AM
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How about this fix? nothing that aluminum plates self tapping screws and JB Weld cant fix.


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post Apr 18 2020, 08:50 AM
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How about this fix? nothing that aluminum plates self tapping screws and JB Weld cant fix.Attached Image


The bottom one is doing all the work
The other four are just for show.
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post Apr 18 2020, 08:59 AM
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post Apr 18 2020, 09:01 AM
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post Apr 18 2020, 09:48 AM
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I like this thread idea!
How about a truck door hinge to fix a broken rear suspension console





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post Apr 18 2020, 11:27 AM
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I look at the repairs I did when I was a kid, and the tools I had to use, you made due with what you have. We lived on a ranch just at the base of Wolf Creek Pass Colorado. Yes that one, heard that damn C.J. McCall song every time I went to town. You learned to make stuff, and keep stuff going with out much more than the fence pliers and pocket knife you always had with you.

Matter of fact I saw a post on one of my formers cars on Facebook, saying it was tired and trashed. One mans junk another treasure.

If the repair was done to be dishonest or deceitful that is one thing. Shame on them, fix it right, be honest, up front, and do the right thing even if it costs you and learn from it. If it was done due to honning your skills, well then that is totally different story. Still be honest, own your work, but you can't be mad about it, your learning, hopefully always, and repairs I did last week will look different than the ones I do tomorrow.

Right now I am going through my fathers -6, when he started car came off an impound lot, stuff was done, he did what he had the talent and tools to do. Sometimes I look at it and ask why. Then I get humble and remember at that time it was a fun car, that he and his SCCA buddies would run around in. What am I doing today, that someone latter will point and say that's not right.
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post Apr 18 2020, 11:52 AM
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Well said.
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post Apr 18 2020, 01:31 PM
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I hope you'll allow this - it's not a 914 and it's not mine.

You could almost call it sculpture rather than repair.
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post Apr 18 2020, 02:37 PM
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Whop it down and mud 'er up
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post Apr 18 2020, 02:51 PM
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This was a battery tray I had redone for a customer that paid pretty good to have this work done. You could pop the "weld" beads off with pliers. It looked and acted more like caulk than actual welding
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post Apr 18 2020, 09:50 PM
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Whop it down and mud 'er up


Insulation value?
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post Apr 20 2020, 08:05 AM
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If the repair was done to be dishonest or deceitful that is one thing. Shame on them, fix it right, be honest, up front, and do the right thing even if it costs you and learn from it. If it was done due to honning your skills, well then that is totally different story. Still be honest, own your work, but you can't be mad about it, your learning, hopefully always, and repairs I did last week will look different than the ones I do tomorrow.




This quote is awesome Stephen. Makes me feel better about what I've accomplished. Easy to get down on yourself comparing your own repairs to some of the other great work you see.
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post Apr 20 2020, 12:08 PM
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If the repair was done to be dishonest or deceitful that is one thing. Shame on them, fix it right, be honest, up front, and do the right thing even if it costs you and learn from it. If it was done due to honning your skills, well then that is totally different story. Still be honest, own your work, but you can't be mad about it, your learning, hopefully always, and repairs I did last week will look different than the ones I do tomorrow.




This quote is awesome Stephen. Makes me feel better about what I've accomplished. Easy to get down on yourself comparing your own repairs to some of the other great work you see.

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I look at some of the work I did on my car when I was 14 and just shake my head.... Is it still there? You bet it is. The whole car is a testimate to evolving skills.

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post Apr 20 2020, 03:54 PM
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How about this fix? nothing that aluminum plates self tapping screws and JB Weld cant fix.



Our cars must have had the same PO(S).




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post Jun 5 2020, 01:52 PM
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After burning through the nylon tunnel fuel lines while repairing a broken clutch tube, a P.O. decided to run new fuel lines UNDER the floor pan. And they made them out of COPPER TUBING!!!!!

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post Jun 6 2020, 04:50 PM
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After burning through the nylon tunnel fuel lines while repairing a broken clutch tube, a P.O. decided to run new fuel lines UNDER the floor pan. And they made them out of COPPER TUBING!!!!!

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an accelerator cable issue too.
clutch tube repair looks better than most.
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post Jun 6 2020, 05:03 PM
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Hey at least they knew what clamps to use to properly support them copper Fuel lines, and not a bad use of the floor indent really. Most other cars have them hanging below the car.

Now I guess your lucky the Aluminum plate guy was not around, I could see a strip of that ran down the underside to span tunnel indent.
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