Milano parts for sale quick,paintless dent removal explained

[Milanogold@domain.elided]

Greetings Alfisti!
        First, for those of you needing milano/V6 parts, I helped an internet 
challenged friend strip 2 milanos (a Silver and a Platinum) recently.He's in 
MAJOR housecleaning mode,and the shell of the platinum is going to be going 
away within the next week.There are interior parts from the platinum (the 
door panels are immaculate),a complete 2.5 motor with harness, ECU,and 87 k 
miles with what seem to be new heads on the motor (drove the car before 
gutting it;motor is one of the best 2.5's I've ever seen);fenders, 
miscellaneous parts, etc.Email me off post with your needs and a phone number 
so I can pass it on to him;but if you need stuff do it quickly;he's looking 
to get this stuff out of the way by the end of the WEEK...................
       Another thing;regarding paintless dent removal;I got a chance to see 
this done this week.(after renting 5 cars in 30 minutes;body shops in 
northern VA are still booked solid;most are still scheduling hail damage 
repairs up into August....average time per job is 70 hours of  bodyshop 
labor.Rest assured that insurance rates will take a huge jump higher very 
soon.)They used no chemicals, no dry ice, nothing.All they used was tools, 
extreme patience and bright lights to highlight the dents on the car.
      I saw a roof being repaired,so I'll describe the process.The worker 
removes the headliner (and sunroof assembly if the car has one) from the 
car.The worker uses long screwdriver handled rods made of tool steel,with the 
ends curved and flattened.They are also radiused in different half moon 
shapes (the tools look like dentists picks on the ends,though with more metal 
on them).The different sized tools are used on different sized hail dents.The 
worker takes the tool and places the flat edge on the side of the dent, then 
pushes the tool toward the center of the dent while turning the tool to it's 
radiused edge (which ensures that the metal pops back into place fully).The 
dent basically pops back out to its "pre dented" position.They then move to 
the next dent, etc, etc until the roof is complete.I asked if the dent would 
pop back into it's dented position;I was told that this is very unlikely 
because metal (particularly sheet metal) has a "memory" and will retain it's 
originally pre dented condition.I found this process to be quite interesting 
to watch,as well as HUGELY labor intensive.(If the worker pushes too hard 
with the tool, he can "stretch "the paint or put a tool sized gouge in the 
body panel)The place where I watched this being done is working 14 hour 
days;and is booked;20 cars per day until July 30th.Their cost for a complete 
roof/trunk/hood de-denting is around $1600.00,versus the average bodyshop 
replace panels and repaint job which averages now around $3500.00.Many GM, 
Honda Nissan and Ford warehouses are running 2 month backorders on trunklids, 
hoods and roof panels,too.
Thought I'd pass this on;it does offer a less expensive alternative to people 
for dent repair.
Hope this help, 
Terry and Sharon Akins
Alexandria,VA 
1979 Alfetta Velocissima (Lazarus)
1987 Milano Gold (Alfie)

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