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Originally Posted by itsnotanova (Post 610183)

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
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To this in 3 hours.
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I sold it to a friend's 18 year old son and they finished the painting to this.
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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.

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Originally Posted by 78F350 (Post 610186)

Just to note: Woody knows a lot more about this stuff than I ever will and I value his advice above mine. The thing about it is that in a case like this, he could spend an hour with a slide hammer and make more progress than I could in a week. He may not realize that not all of us have his skills. ;)

Email replied with 5 attachments. :cheers:

Agreed. Too bad I am nowhere near Texas! If I could do it myself I would but going to search for an experienced bodyman to do the job. Looks like I am all in now. I even plan on changing the bumper cover to the GT3.

I had the owner of a shop come out today to see the car and he said it's very doable but said I need to replace the front piece which is #1 in the diagram. I have found entire front clips available but he said its not needed.

Currently looking for part #1 if anyone knows where I can get one or has it please let me know :)

I called the dealer and I can get it new as well and has to be ordered from Germany so that's my last resort.

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