Re: Body Damage

["Ryan Moore" <baradium@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laura Freeman" <freeman_73scout@domain.elided>
To: <ihc-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 18:35
Subject: Body Damage


> Digesters-
>
> I noticed several months ago a large dent in the tailgate of my "trailer
> queen." It appears as though it had been done with a rubber mallot as no
> paint was left behind by whatever vehicle had run into it in the parking
> lot; the paint on the area has only recently started to crack. The dent is
> for the most part concentrated, only affecting the small panel adjacent to
> my driver side rear light, and a slightly bowed out portion of the
adjacent
> panel towards the center of the tailgate.
>
> I am worried that I will have to replace the entire "otherwise perfect"
> tailgate, and am not looking forward to color matching 7 coats of Corvette
> yellow... Besides slide hammer... What method/s do you think would work
> best?
>
> You can see pictures of the damage on my web page:
> http://www-scf.usc.edu/~lfreeman
>
> Thanks!
> Laura Freeman
> '73 Scout II
> Sonora Desert Scouts
>

How about that suction cup method they advertise on tv all the time?  The
one that uses three suction cups?   For bigger smooth dents you can use a
large suction cup, I used one before, worked well as long as I could find an
area in the dent smooth enough and flat enough to mount the suction cup....
the large cups are ones that are meant to move glass IIRC... otherwise ou
might need to grind out the welds on that section of the tailgate and get it
from the inside... don't see another way to do it without cutting some
holes.

-Ryan