Nick B. Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 The Mad Welder has been attacking my GT6 recently. The car has been rearended at some time in its life, and the repair has been very crude. Mostly been beaten with a BFH and then touched up with a few pounds of filler. This is the present condition The rear valance is being replaced, and this seems like a good opportunity to rectify errors made in the past. The valance has not yet been permanently fitted, but is here for measuring. SO THIS IS WHAT I NEED What is the distance from the outer edge of the rear valance to where the roofline ends on the valance? Like this: Cheers Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 John Thomason's book on Originality has this pic, showing a definite step, but not as big as you have. Hope it helps. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royboy66 Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Nick, best pic of that area on my mk1 I could find, it measures about 1/2" on mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mother Teresa Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Bricks in front of the wheel- heavens above! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royboy66 Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 yup, when the driveway slopes down after the front wheels ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6Steve Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 I just measured three rustfree MK2's and one was 1/2" while the other two were 3/4". I think the 1/2" one looks better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick B. Posted September 9, 2010 Author Share Posted September 9, 2010 OK - thanks guys. Present it is abiyut 1.5". So quite a bit of work is needed. I think I agree that the lesser is better here. So 1/2 will be the target. Though it is the art of the possible..... :-/ I removed half a ton of filler from the front last night. apart from being a bitch of a job it was revealed that the front has been severely bodged. No pics as yet. But it isn't pretty Cheers Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMH Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 To be honest: True horror Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6 Nick Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 What is it about GT6s and frontal impacts? I found evidence of three whacks to the nose of my GT6. Two repaired with some skill and a lot of filler, the third untouched. It was like dating a tree by its rings... The paint shop say they can shrink the metal and repair it properly - I'm flying up to check on Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick B. Posted September 9, 2010 Author Share Posted September 9, 2010 What is it about GT6s and frontal impacts? I found evidence of three whacks to the nose of my GT6. Two repaired with some skill and a lot of filler, the third untouched. It was like dating a tree by its rings... The paint shop say they can shrink the metal and repair it properly - I'm flying up to check on Tuesday. Well - the impact isn't the problem. The reapir is awfull. What was missing in skill was applied with a very heavy hammer instead. Whoever did this was goimng by the pårinciple hit hard - hit several times - and fill it up. Cheers Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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