Coming back from Saturday morning coffee with the others in our club and an oncoming car slung a good sized rock at me. I throught for a moment it was going to come through the windshileld but it hit my four piece hood.
Trying to decide if I should file a claim with Hagerty or just go ahead and fix it. I am not too good at spot painting and the thought of repainting the left top hood panel is not too appealing.
Sorry to hear that Vince, you gotta hate it when that happens. Is that a ti coat on your car or base clear? It's a fairly dark color so doing a blend and clearing the panel would be not to tough a job, even if it is a tri coat, dark color aren't near as intimidating as light colors.
Ouch! That really sucks. Hopefully you can get that fixed without too much grief. (Ray could fix it for you, but you'd have to drive about 1500 miles to get it to him... maybe somebody in Texas... Nah - Road Trip!)
The good thing is that there's a lot of visual movement in the panels there, unlike a door panel. A spot repair will hide in the reflections a bit better there.
I'd call Hagerty and let us know what they tell you.
Yep I was fortunate in that it didn't hit a door panel or front fender. That would have caused some bad damage. I will call Hagerty and see what they say, will let ya'll know.
Well Vince, you have several things going for you, the fact that it's bc/cc and not a tri color, it's dark and where the chip is. As mentioned, because of where it is and not on a flat panel makes the blend that much easier.
If your at all interested (if Hagerty doesn't bump your rates to bad) and need any help or advice, let me know, I'll help wherever I can.
Yes Bob, I probably could fix it...think it's closer to a 2,000 mile drive though and Hagerty might look down on that big a road trip...LOL.
I may attempt it anyway. I have some spot painting to do on my door jambs because I am moving my suicide door pins up to where they engage more of the door jamb. Those areas are easy to repaint as I have a very definite break line in the body where I can mask off.
While your doing the door jamb area, it may be a good time to tackle the Hood. The hood isn't that large...it could be taken off (I would recommend this) repaired and reinstalled. Again, if your game...I'm here.
I was kidding about the road trip - that would be quite a ways to go for a repair! Painting the jamb and door will provide an opportunity to make sure Vince has a good color match.
well that sucks. dont feel bad . i've been know to chip one before i can get it finished. keep the repair as small as possible then jusr reclear the panel .
do you have paint left over? with a little touch up and some skill you maybe able to just hide it . i did a vette my buddy got with like 20 or 30 nicks. i used a paper match end , not the part that lights. Dabbed it on and buffed it out nice and slow. when he picked it up. he found only 3 spots that he could remember .
Well Grundy paid off really well, I am extremely pleased. I will be able to get the damage repaired plus spot painting where I moved my suicide door pins up.
Vince - happy to hear that Grundy stepped up - makes me feel better as I only hear from them when the new yearly bill arrives. Now, show us some pictures of the hood repair and the safety pin installation
Vince, I'll trade you a 67 camaro for it. no really i hate hearing that but glad it worked out on reparing it, but i did finially start the restoration on my old 67 though.
glad to here Gundy did their part. I have had them for almost 20 years. never had a claim . had a friend get rear ended and they paid out almost what he had in to his 57 chevy. they sold him the car back for $1,000. every thing from the back seat forward was still good.
Just want to pass along a little information about my suicide door locks. When I was building the car I never could get the solenoid operated door locks to operate with the Dakota Digital door lock controller so I gave up and was just using them manually. Well since I have been moving them I decided to revisit the Dakota Digital door lock controller. Turns out the solenoids on the door locks were bad, both of them. They are made by Rocky Hinge so I emailed them and asked what new solenoids would cost. $50 plus shipping for two of them.ain: I started searching around and went to a car stereo installation shop to see what they had. They had some but were of a different design and I wasn't sure that they would work. Returned home and got online to allelectric.com and found some for $5.50 each for a total of $18 plus shipping. I figure what the heck I can take a chance on them working for $18. They required drilling new mounting holes on the lock bracket but work perfectly. So if your suicide door lock solenoids ever quit working do not go to the manufacturer for replacements or even to a local stereo shop.
Finally got around to doing something about my hood ding. It has been a very hectic couple of months. My mom was real sick and in a nursing home and the wife and I had to keep running back and forth when she would take a turn for the worse. She finally passed last week and we have some decent weather for the next couple of days so I am getting after it. The plan is to hang masking sheeting from the garage ceiling and make an enclosed impromptu paint booth. I am going to rebase the entire section of the hood so I do not have to mess with spot painting. So far I have sanded the area down to bare metal. I was surprised at how little the dent actually was. This shot is the first coat of primer and has not been wet sanded yet.
Thank you Nathan, it was expected she was 89 years old and had a host of health problems.
Vince
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