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Chris and Kenyon:
One of my brothers has a business doing dent massage. It works very
well with newer thin metal cars. If you are going to have one of them try
this on an old Imp, I would ask for photos of their work on older vehicles,
before and after. I haven't seen any of my brothers work on older
vehicles, as these guys tend to work more for dealerships that are sprucing up
used cars for a quick resale.
On the other hand, my other brother is a body man. If your paint job
isn't that old, and you need only minor repair...a good body man may be able to
knock out a single panel for you and repaint it (if necessary). But,
if your dings are multi-panel, this is going to be a problem. Or, if the
paint is old, it is likely that it may not match.
I personally have some experience with the suction dent puller. I
bought one right after I bought my 1956 DeSoto. The driver front
fender was pushed in right behind the wheel well, looked as if someone had
backed into it there slightly. I tried the suction dent puller, and
had some MINOR success....however, what I found was that the
suction cup wasn't quite powerful enough to stay stuck to the car while exerting
enough force to pull out 50 year old steel. See where I am going......your
next move is falling on your backside...suction cup still in
hand. But, the dent did come up a bit before detaching. If you
need minor dent pulled out, try it...what do you have to
lose? You can buy them cheap, far less than the dent doctor or a
paint job.
As Kenyon said, it may be true that these devices (at least for older
REAL STEEL cars) are nothing different than a fat destroying - carbohydrate
absorbing miracle pill that really doesn't do much of anything.
Teresa
1959 Custom Imperial South Hampton 4D
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