[DeTomaso] front valance

[The Goyaniuks]

Good Point,

What I forgot to mention is that I had drilled holes just ahead of the junction surface flange (where the pieces meet up and are spot welded together) through both the valence surface and into the box beam to allow for drainage.  This is widely recommended on the DeTomaso forums already.  

The flat surface dents I had would not be a corrosion concern.  However, they could have been pulled out as well.  I decided to leave it as is.  The rest was returned to original appearance.

HTH

BG



--- On Wed, 3/20/13, John Taphorn <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com> wrote:

From: John Taphorn <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] front valance
To: "The Goyaniuks" <andriykoisg at yahoo.ca>
Cc: "Pantera List" <detomaso at poca.com>, "michael frazier" <red3644 at hotmail.com>
Received: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 8:20 PM

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.
>
> 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.
>
> HTH
>
> BG
>
> --- On Wed, 3/20/13, michael frazier <red3644 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
>   
> 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.
>   
> Any thoughts?
>   
> Michael
>
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