Originally Posted by lopedl

I thought Fritz retired from the business, didn't he sell all of his parts to someone?

Yeah I would say just buy a used fender and slap it on there, and then all you have to worry about is the door. It would have been a cheap fix had the door not been involved. I would have wrapped my hands around my brothers neck and swung him around like a chicken. Of course this all had to happen in the expensive car right?

Originally Posted by SpeedKing

I don't know that they'll be able to pull that out. If you look closely, there's some creasing in the sheet metal and they almost never come out clean. Plus for a nice car like that, why even do it half-assed w/ Bondo? I don't know about VA., but in Cali, the best shops charge top dollar ($90/hr), go strictly by the book, and they ream you for it too.

Originally Posted by kwiktsi

That is easily repairable. To everyone saying to just get it replaced, it is not a simple task- not to mention that once a car is cut apart, it is almost never 100% right again. you have rust through problems at the seams mostly along with seams in the jambs that don't look 100% original. Again, that depends on who does the work- but 9 times out of 10 that is the case. Just make sure that it is pulled with a modern Uni Spotter dent puller, not the old school "drill a hole and pull" setup. The unispotter spot welds little pins to the panel that you pul from and then cut/grind the pins off. First of all, you can weld and pull along any part of the dent and secondly the old style requires drilling holes which will rust/rot with time also. I would not hesitate to fix that if it were my car- it is far from destroyed and it would be less hacking of the car to fix than replace. Replacing is a last resort IMHO.
Joe

Originally Posted by skunks

i dont understand what your getting at, how the heck is trying to pull out a dent which probally will not look anything like stock be harder then undoing about 10-15 bolts for the fender and just a few more bolts for the door???

Originally Posted by ManGaZeRo

I just got quoted for 400 to fix the damage and paint if necessary.

Originally Posted by kwiktsi

Have you ever pulled a rear quarter off a car? It does not bolt on anywhere. It is welded at various seams and filled with filler, braze, seam sealer and whatever else is necessary. You are thinking of a front fender which, yes just unbolts. Still though- depending on the damage to a fender also, a lot of shops and insurance companies will fix a fender also before replacing due to time and cost involved.
Joe

Originally Posted by skunks

arnt we talking about the front fender? im assuming that the pics he posted up were of his front fender but on closer imspection, it might be the rear fender.