There are companies that specialize in "paintless dent removal". Yellow pages or an inquiry at a local car dealership (that uses them to spruce up used cars) should produce someone that can do up your car and avoid a repaint. -Kenyon --- dansgarage@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi All...this question is for those members who have > some experience/knowledge in the 'dent removal' > arena. On my '66 convertible (Doris) there is a 4-6 > inch dent in the passenger-side fender, on the SIDE > just before the stainless trim that wraps around the > top and front of the fender at that point. The car > was like this when I bought the car and, believe it > or not, most of the time it's VERY hard to tell that > it's even there! So far the paint has not cracked or > broken or anything like that. Has anyone tried to > remove a 'dent' of this size using one of those > 'suction cup' things that's suposed to allow you to > pull or pop the dent back out? I know the metal on > our Imperial's is a bit heavier than most of todays > cars (!) and I wonder if this method has a chance of > working at all!!? Also, has anyone tried to access > that small, hard-to-get-to area of the inside of the > fender way up front!....doesn't look like its either > easy to get to, nor have a lot of space once you can > get to it!......or should I just bite-the-bullet and > go see a few body shops to see how badly they are > going to rip me off?? Please feel free to email me > directly if this topic has been kicked around enough > already so the rest of the IML doesn't have to > endure it again! > Thanks all!! > Dan Melnik > > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com > ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing > List. Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your > response will be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and > attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to > webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to > http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm