[DeTomaso] paintless dent removal ????

[Curt Hall]

OR...call around to the new car dealers and higher end used car dealers to see who they might use in the Fresno area.
 
A few years back while at the Las Vegas Fun Rally a couple young guys stopped buy to see the cars! They had just started there own PDR Biz and had there tools with them! Go figure. After talking with them a while, they worked on my car and others for a couple of hours! With great results! IE:they made some $$$.
 
Good luck
Curt

--- On Sat, 8/13/11, Peter Kovacs <peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net> wrote:


From: Peter Kovacs <peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] paintless dent removal ????
To: "Larry Finch" <fresnofinches at aol.com>, "detomaso at realbig.com" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Date: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 12:57 PM


I had a ding in my door from the shop installing my engine after my body and paint work was done. P-Car owner Mike Defazio highly recommended a pdr guys in Dublin/Pleasantion who did a great job on his AMG. I brought my black 73 to the same guy and was very pleased. If Dublin/Pleasanton works for you, I can find the name/number/location.


Peter Kovacs
209 345-6708 
209 436-2000 fx

From: Larry Finch <fresnofinches at aol.com>
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 12:48 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] paintless dent removal ????


Some of you in Reno no doubt noticed the dented section on the driver's door of 2511.

Small garages, rolling carts, and wayward bench-top drill presses do not play well with Panteras.  :-(

The really troubling issue for 2511 is the paint is a metallic. Couldn't ask for a more impossible paint
to try and get a good match. I do however have maybe 8 ounces of the paint well-stored and sealed.

Amazingly there was no paint scratching, but there is a six inch long crack in the paint just above the
top body line edge on the door - the edge 2" from the window. Randy Grubb wisely suggested that
crack could be addressed by camouflaging it with a thin body-line pin stripe, an idea I think will do just fine.

I've done some research on paintless dent removal (PDR) and it appears the results can be amazing.
Randy cautioned that if there is Bondo in the damaged area, that can interfere  in the PDR process,
and sadly Quella (who did 2511) is known for using a skim coat of Bondo in his restoration process. I am
a bit pessimistic the cracking is an indicator of Bondo, but no real way of knowing.

I believe our vintage cars are a heavier gauge metal than the current crop and that alone may be a concern?
There are also no doubt different PDR processes and equipment providers. Since I really probably only get
one shot at doing this right, I'd like my choice to be as well qualified and researched as possible.

My question to all of you is what should I look for in selecting a craftsman to perform the repair?

Thanks,

Larry




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