Somebody call 911 I'm working on a Porsche!

Machspeed said:
Good luck on that project, Chris! Look forward to watching it come to fruition and know it will be well done.
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Thank you Sir. I've been delayed trying to get something else finished. Finally done though and will be delivering it to the Owner tomorrow. Biggest nightmare job I've ever had. Fought me every step of the way. So far underwater on it money wise it's not even worth thinking about. So, thankful I have this 911 and another long hood 911 coming in as well. That is going to be a big project. I'll be posting progress of this one soon. Hopefully this one will go a little smoother than the last. :)
 
Finally making some progress on the 83 SC. Nothing profound or earth shattering. Just all the dirty drudgery type stuff you got to do.

Got all the parts pulled, all glass out. Ready to start stripping paint.
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Found some filler that wasn't supposed to be there
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Why you should never schutz/seam seal/undercoat surfaces that aren't properly primed or protected . This was the result of prior collision damage and the repaired area received a coat of body schutz to sort of match the factory schutz. All it did was trap moisture between the schutz and the panel. Luckily its not too thinned yet. Going to media blast the area and see how it looks.
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I'm still stripping paint now. Got all the major part of the panels stripped just got the small detail areas to do. That always seems to take longer than the rest. Did take a break and started trying to work out the dents on the engine cover lid. Client doesn't want any filler on the lid so I'm going to try and metal finish it.
Just used a wide sharpie as a guide coat.

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Ran some 320 on a flexible acrylic block over the panel. Quite a few dents. We'll see if I can get them all out.
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More to come.
 
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The next couple of posts will be about how things always morph into something more. This has been the case with the SC. Working the engine lid cover. It turned out to be more of a pain than what I thought. The brace that holds the latch was in the way. Tried to work around it but one area was just too hard to get to. Ended up removing the brace by drilling out the spot welds.
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Now I should be able to get to the section I couldn't before. Still tight though due to the problem area being tucked under the inner structure.

Carefully drilled and removed the brace. 14 spot welds in all
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Ground a cheapo dolly to better fit the contour of the lid.
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Decided to take a break from the lid so I set about trying to get the hood corrected. Big Sharpie for a guide coat. Hood has problems all over.
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Worst of it was at the front. This was all just filled by the Shop that did the original repair. Dents are pretty deep.
Started working the dents when I noticed a problem.
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If you look closely at the center of the hood above the latch you can see where the skin separated from the inner and how someone used a screwdriver to get it back together "sort of". Using the stud gun on the dents the whole skin was lifting off the inner and bending. Also using a screwdriver to kinda of get the skin back, bent back the inner hood in that area and there is really no good way to get it back together. So I ended up doing this....
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Unfolding the skin and separating it from the inner hood. On the plus side I'll be able to work out every bit of damage. The negative is all the extra work I created for myself unfolding the skin. Unfolding it distorts the edge quite a bit. Not what I wanted to do but if I'm doing a quality job I had no other choice.
Thanks for looking. Post some more tonight.
 
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123pugsy said:
Wow, the fun begins......is this the worst of the project or does every corner of the car have similar issues?
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Pretty much. I'm going to end up replacing a section of the front apron as well. That's and the hood are the biggest things. Everything else "hopefully" will be according to plan. One nice thing is that with deskinning the hood, I'll be able to work out all the damage and have no filler. All the little dings elsewhere on the car I've worked out as well no filler. So maybe just maybe with the exception of one small place I will have no filler in this car. Would be nice as that will impress some of the Porsche crowd on the Pelican forum where I am going to do a thread on it. We'll see.
 
metalman said:
Hood looks like hail damage and a bunch of gorillas pushed the front edge to close it. Going to be better without all that filler.
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I think it went off road. To me it looks like it went into a fence just a little. Little marks left on there look like barb wire marks. Whatever it was it was a mess.
 
Chris_Hamilton said:
Pretty much. I'm going to end up replacing a section of the front apron as well. That's and the hood are the biggest things. Everything else "hopefully" will be according to plan. One nice thing is that with deskinning the hood, I'll be able to work out all the damage and have no filler. All the little dings elsewhere on the car I've worked out as well no filler. So maybe just maybe with the exception of one small place I will have no filler in this car. Would be nice as that will impress some of the Porsche crowd on the Pelican forum where I am going to do a thread on it. We'll see.
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When you get this one done, the other beat up Porsche owners will be asking for your contact information.
 
Chris_Hamilton said:
The next couple of posts will be about how things always morph into something more. This has been the case with the SC. Working the engine lid cover. It turned out to be more of a pain than what I thought. The brace that holds the latch was in the way. Tried to work around it but one area was just too hard to get to. Ended up removing the brace by drilling out the spot welds.
View attachment 29655Now I should be able to get to the section I couldn't before. Still tight though due to the problem area being tucked under the inner structure.

Carefully drilled and removed the brace. 14 spot welds in all
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Ground a cheapo dolly to better fit the contour of the lid.
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Decided to take a break from the lid so I set about trying to get the hood corrected. Big Sharpie for a guide coat. Hood has problems all over.
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Worst of it was at the front. This was all just filled by the Shop that did the original repair. Dents are pretty deep.
Started working the dents when I noticed a problem.
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If you look closely at the center of the hood above the latch you can see where the skin separated from the inner and how someone used a screwdriver to get it back together "sort of". Using the stud gun on the dents the whole skin was lifting off the inner and bending. Also using a screwdriver to kinda of get the skin back, bent back the inner hood in that area and there is really no good way to get it back together. So I ended up doing this....
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Unfolding the skin and separating it from the inner hood. On the plus side I'll be able to work out every bit of damage. The negative is all the extra work I created for myself unfolding the skin. Unfolding it distorts the edge quite a bit. Not what I wanted to do but if I'm doing a quality job I had no other choice.
Thanks for looking. Post some more tonight.
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Covering that hood in sharpie looks like a big enough project for me haha
 
The Magnum Sharpie's are really convenient though and work well for me. I have some Dykem both in spray and liquid. Certain things they are great but I do prefer a big sharpie for this stuff. One Sharpie lasts a long time as well. I bought a case of 12 awhile back for less than $25 on Ebay.
 
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