Re: [FWDLK] A THOUGHT TO PONDER....
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Re: [FWDLK] A THOUGHT TO PONDER....



When I approached one of those paintless dent removal guys, he said
"are you kidding ? those cars have thick metal !  I can't get those panels straight."
 
Tom S
 


From: Forward Look Mopar Discussion List on behalf of Larry Ashbaugh
Sent: Wed 9/19/2007 11:08 PM
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] A THOUGHT TO PONDER....

Could one of the "paintless" dent removal places fix those minor bumps and still let you retain the original paint?  I understand that they are pretty good at getting hail and door dings out without disturbing the paint.

Larry (Akron)

   Good question, and one I have been pondering myself.
 
   I have a 66 Coronet cop car with 39,000 on the odo.  In every respect, the car looks like a one-year-old car except one, the granny that drove it last managed to put a ding or small dent in every panel except the roof.  Nothing bad, nothing crunchy.  The original paint is still bright and shiney.  So what do you do ?  Leave it as an unmolested survivor or fix the dings and bury that original paint ?
 
   My opinion is to fix a car as "needed".  Leave the rest as is. My 56 Dodge NEEDS the tank pulled and the fuel system rebuilt.  It NEEDS an interior restoration - it is in rags.  Lesser "needs" are some floor rust repair and chrome work.  I consider correct size bias whitewalls to be mandatory equipment and this will be the first thing I do to the car.  In my eyes, finned cars riding on the lower profile radials look like "sub-prime" all the way.  It is just something I refuse to compromize on.  I may repaint the car at some point, but the paint has been redone before, so nothing original lost there.
 
But this old cop car has me stumped.  I guess I am in no hurry, so I can think about it for a while yet.





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