Ferrari Mailing List: Repairin' the 308 (section 1)

[robert_h_bowser [at] juno.com (robert_h_bowser]

I'm in the middle of repairing the damage done by someone who repaired my 
308...either Symbolic in San Diego, or a previous owner.  Attached pictures 
show the removed support structure for the right front corner body panels.  We 
had to pull the side of the frame where the support structure attached.  Couple 
of pictures of the shitty weld job done on the tubes.  They also covered 
everything with Bondo.  Welds.  Tubing.  
Frame members.  Everything.  Splash shields covered with roofing cement!  Note 
the Bondo on the fan support bracket!  

Symbolic denies they did any of that when they repaired that corner four years 
ago.  Claim they did not touch the support structure.  That corner got hit 
pretty hard in the accident.  Sideswiped by a Jeep Grand Cherokee that tried to 
push me into oncoming traffic.  I had to steer pretty hard to push the Jeep the 
other way.  As shitty as the welds are, I find it hard to believe they would 
have survived the accident.

Plan is to replace the entire structure with new tubing (3/4 and 5/8 box 
section - 1/16 wall) and a new support plate (made from half an 8" length of 
1.25 box section - 1/16 wall) for the body panels, welded to the existing box 
section frame and small box section tubes that remain.

Remaining pictures to follow...

Bob
'78 308GTS
'01 Corvette Z06
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