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who is ready for a really depressing post?

Hosehead

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So, I was prepared for one of the best purchases I've made in a while when a buddy offered to sell me a complete set of original 63 savoy door panels in great condition. I got three in amazing shape and this one.
My guess is that it froze on the truck and then someone smashed into it. It broke like glass. the backing board is cracked horizontally behind it. I will attempt to fix it as all the cracks close up nicely when the backing board is straightened.
I feel nauseous.

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Shipper is a friend. He is dealing with ups as we speak. I haven’t paid him yet. You can’t replace these though.
 
I'd contact Legendary and give them a crack at professionally repairing it.
If anyone can, they can.
Oh....and "depressing" is subjective. Things could be worse. Trust me on this.
 
Lol, of course, depressing is a relative term. Sad to see original parts get destroyed by ineptitude.
Just making a little joke.
 
Shipper is a friend. He is dealing with ups as we speak. I haven’t paid him yet. You can’t replace these though.
You bought from a friend, shipper is UPS. If your friend didn't insure, I think 50 bucks is all he can collect. Sorry, yes depressing. Maybe you can repair or as suggested Legendary.
 
I live in the arctic. We simply don't buy certain things in the winter. CD's and DVD's shatter in the cold. Credit cards, all kinds of things. Bend it even a little at minus twenty or so and they are done.
 
Its not depressing because of the money. Its depressing because these parts were original and in beautiful shape. Besides, my friend and I will work out whatever is fair as far as money goes.
And, Im not sure that legendary can do anything. I spoke with a guy at just dashes and he was explaining to me that these old vinyl door panels are heat pressed. Sort of embossed as he explained it. I'm guessing there is tooling involved. Legendary doesn't offer anything for 63 savoys in the way of door panels. The board is cracked and the vinyl is broken so I'm not sure what they would do aside from making a new one. I think I can do a good enough job on the door panel. Its going in a race car anyway. Its not a resto. I'll give it hell.
 
Oh man, was the thing packed properly you think?

Came home and saw the box at my front door. Looked like a truck ran over it. It was one of the nicest original dashes I've ever seen. It was packaged well but it would have had to been shipped in a wooden box to prevent the abuse that that box went through.

Like Hosehead said, you can't replace something like this. I was reimbursed the money but that's not the point. This was about eight years ago.
 
Exactly the reason I couldn’t send my GTX tail panel out for restoration - I was afraid of the shipping damage. I lived with it the way it was. No regrets. Sorry to hear of your woes. That’s a tough deal.
 
Hey, at least you received them!
Paid a FBBO Gold member thru Paypal for a set of 67 Coronet Surrounds last Feb.
Never received, never refunded.
Sez he can't help it if FedEx ruined them.

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these old vinyl door panels are heat pressed. Sort of embossed as he explained it. I'm guessing there is tooling involved. Legendary doesn't offer anything for 63 savoys in the way of door panels

True and true.
I had a similar problem, and bringing the pieces together made the damage virtually disappear.

I used packing tape on the front to hold the pieces together, stronger hold and flatter than other types like painter's or duct tape.
Flatten the piece out with the tape on, and make sure it's flat and together.

I then used superglue on the seem from the back, just a little on the seem and spread it out.
This kept the seem together, prevented glue from leaking through, and it from sticking to the work surface.

I did very short sections at a time, small length of tape, glue, wait for it to dry, continue.

This ensured each section was together prior to glueing, and that the tape wasn't on the front for very long.
Test the tape first, obviously.

Last step, I used gorilla tape on the back as extra insurance. It has alot of glue on it and I worked it into the back.
 
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