Johnny G Pipe

Hi all

I'm looking for independent advice, thought Rennlist might help.

A freind of mine bought a '71 911 a year or so ago, paid over average because of the good bodyshell which was repainted after going down to bare metal (in the kardex colour). The car was painted 2.5 years ago.

The car has had cavity wax, rarely seen the wet and never used in salt. Its kept as a precious thing, under cover in a garage, not a parked-on-the-street driver.

Several bubbles have appeared in both doors (below), which of course is a big disappointment. The vendor is a small-time 911 vendor/restorer with a good reputation as far as we know and pretty well known in old porsche circles. He says this might be rust where the seam is folded over the frame, and is impossible to predict, and so he cant be expected to fix it. He has offered the equivalent of $100 give or take (price of a part that he was going to sell my freind) as compensation.

I think it is unacceptable, and that he is effectively suggesting that any newly restored 911 like this might start rusting and bubbling after 2 years. He gave no guarantee at the time of purchase, but I guess he has a reputation to keep...

Any thoughts truly appreciated..

iJeremy

If it was painted two and a half years ago and no warranty was given, I'm not sure what advice your friend is looking for - It needs body work and a respray, no way around it. If he purchased it from the guy that originally paid to have the work done who knows what corners were cut. Unfortunately the painter probably won't blink an eye at the thought of a 'poor reputation'. He'll undoubtedly have a hundred excuses to tell any potential customers that bring it up.

Sorry for your friend's troubles and I wish him the best luck.

dshepp806

don't know if the pics are on or not.....but that paint looks quite bad,...even the non-bubbled parts...

MUSSBERGER

Looks like poor prep work to me. But if there was no guarantee take the c note and go to someone with some pride in the work.

500

It does look like rust lurks under that. The question is whether it is forming on the outside surfaces (possible if paint is poorly adhered in spots with pinholes) or if it is coming from the inside-out.

If it is the latter, it will be a more expensive repair, but it will also lend credence to the vendor's explanation.

May as well take a sharpe awl or something and poke through the bubbles and see if it is surface rust or through-panel perforation.

MUSSBERGER

High humidity flash rusting before it was primed. IMHO

Johnny G Pipe

Thanks for the feedback. Looks like we need to see what lies beneath..

red89

Take the Hundred bucks.
I'm sure he doesn't worry about reputation.

+1 on Mussberger's take