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P.O. Accident Damage to Front Trunk, Course of Action? |
Nojoah |
Aug 8 2020, 11:25 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 119 Joined: 6-May 20 From: Ontario Member No.: 24,234 Region Association: Canada |
Hey guys,
I have been assessing the situation with the front trunk of the car recently and I have managed to grind through all the old bondo, bedliner and crap that was covering the majority of the damage to the front pan. Clearly it was brazed in after an accident along with new replacement panels from porsche in their typical red primer. The pan is pretty banged up but the car is surprisingly straight and the hood gaps, bumper gaps and headlight buckets all seem to be where they should be. My question is though - what should my course of action be to repair this in the future? Would the replacement RD front pan suffice or should I dig deeper into the body? Understand that as a student I am by no means looking for a concourse front trunk just something more original and as it should be - this bothers my OCD (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) Side note - this was damage from the first owner shortly after he bought the car new in the 70's so if it's lasted this long, its solid at least. Attached thumbnail(s) |
Nojoah |
Aug 8 2020, 08:46 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 119 Joined: 6-May 20 From: Ontario Member No.: 24,234 Region Association: Canada |
Thanks for the input guys. This likely will be a car I will keep. I've done a little more investigating and certainly more work would be required than just the pan. It appears that the fender wells are also pretty beat up but are original (lots of bondo). I would say the original owner probably rear-ended someone and hit decently hard. The repair seems to have been done "somewhat" well given the fact that it does indeed drive very straight and no weird alignment is needed. To bring it back to factory I'd say a front clip would probably make more sense. The rest of the car is extremely solid and in pretty good shape as seen in my other post so for the time being I'll strip the front trunk down and re-paint as it is. If it's lasted 40 years I'd say at least for a few more years it'll be fine. I am hearing a squeak from the front left I believe so I'll make sure to check out all the bushings as suggested.
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Nojoah |
Aug 8 2020, 08:48 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 119 Joined: 6-May 20 From: Ontario Member No.: 24,234 Region Association: Canada |
whoops. Double post
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