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Originally Posted by Mxfrank
I'm pretty sure it's welded in place on a 123. When you get the new part, it will be obvious where to cut. No experience welding? Guess what?
Before you go too much further, it would be a good idea to pull the bumper and inspect the crossmember...the heavy part of the chassis that's under the radiator. If the crossmember is damaged or displaced, you'll have a much more complicated job.
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The bumper of the car that did this unspeakable act squarely hit just drivers-side-off-center on the grille. This is really good advise but im going to leave this alone as well as as the hood and hood hinges. If Im going to fix this baby and keep it as my one-and-only I really should just getting it running and make it look pretty again.
what im wondering about going the salvage route is: just about everything. where do you cut the salvage core support? is it cheaper to buy a new one? and get the other non-welded parts salvaged?
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Originally Posted by vstech
Meh... I've straightened worse than that with a tree, a ratchet strap and a rubber mallet.
Get everything off the core and start attaching the strap, then tap with the mallet to get the metal where you want it to go
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Having done this successfully a couple years ago with a pickup truck and some ropes on a different car im not ruling it out.
I'm also now considering a shop with a frame rack as this may be better than sawing at the pick n pull though I may get roped into liabilities and cost at a shop using their frame rack...
any advise?
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Originally Posted by PARSHOOT1
....when you stated "I brought it to my shop"....we're you referring to a body shop you took the car to or your mechanic?
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referring to my Mercedes mechanic and the body shop next door. These guys are very good. The problem is that there is really no time for tinkering. They do it the expensive way.
thank you. any input and advise is good here. ill post the progress.