It was time to get started on the deer hit.

"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo)
06/29/2018 at 16:21 • Filed to: None

Using my “fenceposting” technique.

DISCUSSION (22)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
06/29/2018 at 16:28

WHANG CLANG PANG DANG WHANG KRANG BANG

THUMP BUMP CLUMP

*tink*... *tink tink*

WHANG WHANG WHANG

lone_liberal > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
06/29/2018 at 16:36

You are obviously a highly trained professional with a fine touch, m ay I ask you a question? My rear bumper has, at some time, been pushed in on one side so that it does not have the correct clearance to the sheetmetal and rubs the paint off. Would the best solution to get a big ass hammer and bang it back out from the trunk?

I’ll hang up and listen, thanks.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
06/29/2018 at 16:37

Oh hey I have a mostly unrelated question! We’re looking at our next cheap car challenge road trip involving crossing into Canada.

In your experience , do you think we’d have trouble doing so in vehicles we’d just bought and without registration in our names? Obviously we’d have a Bill of Sale and signed title, but not sure if that is enough. We’d also have documentation showing we did not intend to end the trip in Canada, nor dispose of the cars in Canada.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
06/29/2018 at 16:49

I demand before and after pics of your fine work! :P

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
06/29/2018 at 16:51

All my body stuff is over at Vega’s shop. So fencepost, log, jackstand, jack, etc.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > lone_liberal
06/29/2018 at 16:54

P ull it out with a come-along?

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
06/29/2018 at 16:54

Probably a hassle, I’ve imported cars and USA cares more than Canada about export. as for passing through? I dont’t hae a good answer. took me 2 days to get my corvair road legal and insured.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > lone_liberal
06/29/2018 at 16:56

depends on the bumper, what’s it on?

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
06/29/2018 at 16:58

So I haven’t crossed the border in... 20 years. Do you get questioned by both the US and Canada people when crossing? Or just the country you’re entering?

When you say “a hassle” do you mean “they’ll make you jump through hoops but as long as you’re on the up and up you’ll be fine” or “they’ll make you jump though hoops and then turn you away”?

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
06/29/2018 at 17:00

Kinja'd!!!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
06/29/2018 at 17:02

I saw the sledge, so I added sound effects for an assortment of hammers and lumping objects . I will say that crowbars are underrated - used one to pull out a spot in the Galaxie.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
06/29/2018 at 17:02

Wow, actually, that is damn goo work to get it looking that good - kudos!

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
06/29/2018 at 17:04

If exporting you have to have your paperwork square with us govt 72 hours before you cross, so they know you’re coming. if just driving across they don’t care. best to call both border services beforehand and find out what they want for documentation.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
06/29/2018 at 17:07

that was an hour of fun. I enjoy the twisted metal stuff. It’s been crashed in the same corner sometime in the last 50 years, so I’ll have to fix my crash and the old 60's grade bodywork.

lone_liberal > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
06/29/2018 at 17:08

It’s a 71 Camaro, so it looks like this only not as nice

Kinja'd!!!

lone_liberal > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
06/29/2018 at 17:09

I think that would work but I’m afraid of not being able to apply pressure evenly across the area.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > lone_liberal
06/29/2018 at 17:11

pogo stick.

Kinja'd!!!

not expensive and has many uses. made by steck.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
06/29/2018 at 17:12

Yeah, we’d just be passing through. (Likely on our way up to Alaska)

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > lone_liberal
06/29/2018 at 17:12

pull against curb or a good sidewalk crack for bumper. handy dandy, wish I had one.

lone_liberal > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
06/29/2018 at 17:14

Interesting. I’ll have to take a look as with a lot of old cars there are a lot of places that need to be tweaked.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
06/29/2018 at 17:27

Oh that’ s cool I want one.

ranwhenparked > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
06/29/2018 at 18:35

Just entering. And they randomly select people for intensive screening. I’ve had it both ways going into Canada - sometimes, they wave me through with barely a glance at my passport, sometimes they pull me over and take every single item out of the car and go through the whole thing.