Everything went as expected at the blaster, except for one area. Apparently the driver's side-rear quarter panel had some damage in the past. They used the drill-a-hole-and-pull-out-with-sliding-weight strategy, which is normally fine. The thing they didn't do was weld the holes shut after pulling the panel back out. They just applied the Bondo over everything, leading to what you see below, where about half of the holes have been welded over. The rest of the panels look great so we have a great body to start the blocking process.
This blog follows the progress of restoring and converting a 1973 Porsche 914 from stock to full electric drive, with an electric motor and half a ton of batteries. Now that the car is done and in storage while I live overseas, I'm adding descriptions and pictures of each Tesla location I visit.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Back from the Blaster
I stopped in at Rainbow this morning, as they have received the car back from the blaster. It's funny to see it as bare silver metal vs. silver paint - can't see much of a difference from a distance.
Everything went as expected at the blaster, except for one area. Apparently the driver's side-rear quarter panel had some damage in the past. They used the drill-a-hole-and-pull-out-with-sliding-weight strategy, which is normally fine. The thing they didn't do was weld the holes shut after pulling the panel back out. They just applied the Bondo over everything, leading to what you see below, where about half of the holes have been welded over. The rest of the panels look great so we have a great body to start the blocking process.
Everything went as expected at the blaster, except for one area. Apparently the driver's side-rear quarter panel had some damage in the past. They used the drill-a-hole-and-pull-out-with-sliding-weight strategy, which is normally fine. The thing they didn't do was weld the holes shut after pulling the panel back out. They just applied the Bondo over everything, leading to what you see below, where about half of the holes have been welded over. The rest of the panels look great so we have a great body to start the blocking process.
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