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1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard
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07-26-2022, 08:14 PM
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1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard
Well the Green bastard rears it's ugly head once again. Stripping the roof revealed some significant previous repair / damage. There are many quite rough gouges from a previous strip job and an area of Very heavy filler.
I suspect the aggressive stripping caused some heat and stretching of the metal resulting in oil canning. Apparently the cure was three HEAVY blows with a soft pointed body hammer which probably tightened up the panel but then required the heavy filler.
I worked out the hammer blow dents and did my best attempt at shrinking the panel but... I realized my limits here and reached out to a professional.
Proper repair required the careful removal of the inner bracing. Which were then straightened stripped and epoxied.
Cedrik Cahill of Cahill Auto Body brought his 12" shrinker and after about an hour of work had the panel in good shape for plastic work. Money well spent !
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