Note for admin:
Would appear I put this thread in the wrong category, meant to put it in with all the rebuild threads, and I'm not sure how to change it.
1975 Volvo 244 Mustard Yellow crash rebuild thread.
It looks to me that the bumper absorbers are just bent on front plate or are they damaged inside?
Heating and bashing will fix the front plate.
Buy a MAP gas unit and a good hammer.
I'll move the thread for you.
I can also hook you up with some bumper shock absorbers. I'm in Sydney, where are you?
You might also find this handy if you want to verify the crash didn't bend anything
2 months later
Ex850R Hey, just following up, you said your a boilermaker? Do you reckon i could get your advice?
I attached a photo of the right side fender in the chat, the lower part has been pushed in by the bumper in the crash. Was wondering if it would be even possible to pull out, doesnt have to be perfect, just good enough to match the overall condition of the rest of the car. I could give it a yank with my hands and bend it back, but i think that'll create another new bend ontop of the first bend already.
Any tips for what tools or processes i should try? or should i take it to a shop? Have absolutely no metalworking expirience, not even welded before, my uni has a pretty good metal working department i could probably use. Id also have to be pretty careful not to let the paint flake off or crack, defeats the whole point of repairing it, since i already have a spare i could get painted
Mate , thanks for the vote of confidence . Im not good with panels , I had a mate who's two sons were a painter and a mechanic and George was a master panel guy , could massage the bad panels to perfection!
GET a strong blow up thing behind it and see how that goes?
Others here can help better I feel.
Keep us informed and lots of pix please!?
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You can get that guard most of the way there on the car with just bare hands, but you'll need hammer and dollies to get it perfect.
Honestly for a dent like this, where it's not creased and the paint is unbroken, I would talk to a paintless dent removal person first. Once you take to it with the hammer and dolly you'll need to paint it and the new paint won't match perfectly, plus time and money.
Yeah definitely second the idea of getting a paintless dent repairer to look at it before you touch it. Easy for unskilled hands to make it quickly look somewhat straighter but actually make it harder to reach a perfect repair in the long run.
8 days later
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Yeah ok, will take it to a guy, dont really wanna take it off the car though, none of the body repairs wanna come to me either, but i will see what i can do.
Also not terribly worried about getting the car perfect, its a very good rust free example, but its got pleanty of patina, a slightly out of shape pannel would be not a problem.
I don't think they remove the panel for the paintless process fwiw
Yeah, not practical to get the car there otherwise, unless i trailer it