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It's in pretty good shape, and the more we look deeper into it the more sound it's looking, at least mechanically speaking. The body on the other hand needs a bit of work. It was hit at some point in its life and the repair work on the rear passenger side quarter looks like something out of Frankenstein Ill try to post some pics of the repair at some point. It will need to be replaced so the search starts for a fairly complete rear quarter. Right now I'm also working at re aligning the from bumper. It's got quite a frown going. The PO says its a brand new piece and it looks to be, but the brackets look a bit bent up, so may take a bit of persuading to get it to fit correctly. I've been looking at pics and it looks like its supposed to follow the body lines of the fender exactly. Is this right? If not I want it to anyway lol. Ordered my first new addition to the car today, I was inspired by Garm's build thread. Went with the Momo Retro steering wheel. Should look awesome in the roadster

Took some pictures of the "repair job" we found on the RR quarter. It was interesting...

On another note I took off the front bumper to see if I could get it a little straighter and I think I found the problem. The brackets were completely bent. Found some replacements online so will be picking those up soon.

*update*
My dad busted out his black smithing skills and managed to straighten out the bent up brackets. Got the bumper back on and MUCH straighter than it was.

Here is an intermediate "Before and After" shot, one ready, one to go.



Bumper back on the car without the previous frown.

Tim

the bumper studs are much better then before, mine looks simular then.
Maybe when you sand the quarter blank the demage will be not so worse as you think it is.