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Originally Posted by itsnotanova
That's cool. I like doing body work and I'm pretty good with metal. I took a year of autobody in high school and I've been doing it as a hobby for the last 30 years. It's really not that hard and kind of fun. I'd rather paint a car than have to rebuild the motor. I rarely flip porsches as there's more money in the parts. I bought this one with very similar damage as yours. It had more damage in the front but less on the side/top. I took it from this
To this in 3 hours.
I sold it to a friend's 18 year old son and they finished the painting to this.
A year later and now it looks like this
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That was great work you did until they decided to punish that poor 986 once again!
Thanks for the inspiration and i'm now committed 100% to rebuilding it. This car was a real challenge to get so I don't want to give up on it.
I bought it from a Copart auction in Long Island, had it shipped to Niagara Falls NY. Someone stole the key so I had to tow it to the dealer, get a new key made, then rented a Uhaul and exported it into Canada.
I figure after doing all that, it would be a total let down to part it out. I have seen some of these go for 15-20K here with similar mileage and condition (pre-accident of course) so I am no where near that in costs so far.