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How to remove a dent (Part 1)

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How to remove a dent (Part 1) My friend Gary bought this 1957 Porsche Speedster 30 years ago. He had good intentions of restoring it for himself but since he is in the collector car restoration business he has had time only for his customer’s cars… He managed to make some progress over the years […]

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How to remove a dent (Part 2)

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How to remove a dent (Part 2) Taking out a massive 30 plus year old dent in a left rear quarter of a 1957 Porsche Speedster ( see introduction to this article below in earlier post) The purpose of this article is to shed some light on the technique of proper dent removal. First off […]

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How to remove a dent (Part 3)

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How to remove a dent (Part 3) Taking out a massive 30 plus year old dent in a left rear quarter of a 1957 Porsche Speedster. In this post I’ll highlight the tools required to inexpensively, professionally remove the massive dent that was in the left rear quarter. The results that you can expect using […]

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How to remove a dent (Part 4)

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How to remove a dent (Part 4) Taking out a massive 30 plus year old dent in a left rear quarter of a 1957 Porsche Speedster. Tonight I’ll show some of the action that takes place in the sheet metal when you are smoothing it using two drawings and two pictures. The first drawing shows […]

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How to remove a dent (Part 5)

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How to remove a dent (Part 5) Taking out a massive 30 plus year old dent in a left rear quarter of a 1957 Porsche Speedster. ( see parts 1 through parts 4 below in my earlier posts, lots of great information and pictures if you scroll down and let them show up) At my […]

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