[DeTomaso] front valance

[John Taphorn]

So that it would drain properly, and not rust in the future?

On 3/20/2013 5:31 PM, The Goyaniuks wrote:
> My car was/is in the same situation as yours.  The lower corners of my valence were dented-in.  On the right side the banged in portion extended to the bottom of the valence (horizontal portion) that it also dented the lower part of the square cross-member.
>
> I was thinking of doing what you are considering - to the point that I purchased a Johnny Woods replacement valence.  But, after discussing it with body men and others, they recommended that I pull out the dents in situ.  They said, and I ultimately found to be true, that it was less work that cutting, rewelding and body finishing a new piece.
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> I used a stud welder/dent puller to pull out the dents and a body hammer.  The horizontal dents that were only visible if someone got under the car I left as is - with some work, those could have been pulled out as well but I decided that if it cannot be seen, why worry about it.
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> HTH
>
> BG
>
> --- On Wed, 3/20/13, michael frazier <red3644 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> From: michael frazier <red3644 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [DeTomaso] front valance
> To: "Pantera List" <detomaso at poca.com>
> Received: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 2:40 PM
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> The front valance as well as the square crossmember behind it are pretty banged up, but only on the very bottom.
> I was thinking about replacing them both, but now that I've been down there investigating that, I've found
> both to be rust free and very solid..just banged around from careless parking and jacking.  My current plan is to remove
> just the lower section of the valance to straighten it on a table then weld it back in.  While it's out I will have access
> to the crossmember to pull and whack on it.  The damage is only on the bottom hozontal surfaces and only shows very
> minor surface corrosion where the paint was scraped off...you can scotch-brite it off.  It's a bunch of work but nothing compared
> to actually replacing them.  I wouldn't have to cut or remove anything structural.  So that's the plan.
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> Any thoughts?
>   
> Michael
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