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  1. The Metal Surgeon

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    #1 The Metal Surgeon, Jul 22, 2012
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    Another Porsche 356 restoration! And a cool one at that. This 1959 Porsche 356A is in great original shape, bar a paint job or two throughout its life. The reason it’s in my hands is the evidence of paint bubbling, just behind the rear arches leading to the assumption of some historical below standard bodywork.

    In order to check out the level of bad bodywork, the first stage is to break the paint surface directly over the bubbled areas to see whats going on. After this was undertaken a good level of bondo was removed to reveal the sheet metal overlapped and crudely welded. This suggests the rear clip was replaced in the past after an accident. So, whats our next move? We will remove the rear clip, media blast it, repair it, and seamlessly graft the rear back onto the body.
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  2. Bullfighter

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    #2 Bullfighter, Jul 22, 2012
    Looks like a cool project, although the thread title should be corrected -- currently reads '1964' and '356C'.

    If you're repainting anyway, any plans to strip the rest of the paint to see what's what underneath?
     
  3. Mang

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    #3 Mang, Jul 22, 2012
    Kewl mint green...
     
  4. The Metal Surgeon

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    #4 The Metal Surgeon, Jul 22, 2012

    It is ,tried to correct in editing ,but couldn't get to it to edit
     
  5. zygomatic

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    #5 zygomatic, Jul 22, 2012
    Like all good plastic surgeons, your patients get 'enhanced', younger, and more beautiful -- so it won't have trouble moving up its birth date a few years...
     
  6. Bullfighter

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    #6 Bullfighter, Aug 27, 2012
    Any updates?
     
  7. etmracing

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    #7 etmracing, Sep 18, 2012
    The original repair doesnt look all that bad from the pictures. Remember 356's were beaters back in the day so a decent repair wasnt always needed.
     
  8. jlonmark

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    #8 jlonmark, Sep 25, 2012
    Where are you located? Will you do repairs to other cars besides your won? Also I noticed a red Turbo S in the background! Now that's an amazing car
     
  9. The Metal Surgeon

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    #9 The Metal Surgeon, Dec 3, 2012

    like anything,depends on your standards.Overlapped joints will cause the paint to begin bubbling withing 2 years.
     
  10. The Metal Surgeon

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    #10 The Metal Surgeon, Dec 3, 2012
    we are located in Denver,Co. www.themetalsurgeon.com


    ......'know whats under your paint'.....
     

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