Is this accident damage?
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St. Jude Donor '06 thru'17, '23-'26
Is this accident damage?
I'm re-doing the interior in my car. Removed the carpeting today and found this on the driver side, behind the seat, inside rear quarter panel. Is this normal or has this car been in an accident 
? The car is a 76, thanks.
Well, upon futher inspection, there is about a 2 foot long crack looking at it from inside the driver side rear wheel well. Better question now is, is it fixable?
? The car is a 76, thanks.Well, upon futher inspection, there is about a 2 foot long crack looking at it from inside the driver side rear wheel well. Better question now is, is it fixable?
Last edited by Tewski; Feb 4, 2006 at 07:14 PM.
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looks like accident damage but hard to visualize what area that is... It's fixable, if the rest of the surrounding structure is in about the right position you can force the cracked pieces back together w/ metal or wood strips and screws and then laminate it all up. I did the same, my rear storage compartment box was cracked and the crack ran all the way up to the wheel tub, I initially fixed it and later cut out the entire storage box because of other mods. It looked very similar to your damage there.
Last edited by Twin_Turbo; Feb 4, 2006 at 06:15 PM.
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Originally Posted by Twin_Turbo
looks like accident damage but hard to visualize what area that is... It's fixable, if the rest of the surrounding structure is in about the right position you can force the cracked pieces back together w/ metal or wood strips and screws and then laminate it all up. I did the same, my rear storage compartment box was cracked and the crack ran all the way up to the wheel tub, I initially fixed it and later cut out the entire storage box because of other mods. It looked very similar to your damage there.
Thanks again!
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So you feel better,a guy today told me of a C6 that developed a crack at the rear hatch area...mind blower as he has had it just a month or so...the crack was almost two feet extending down into rear storage area...
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Originally Posted by rihwoods
So you feel better,a guy today told me of a C6 that developed a crack at the rear hatch area...mind blower as he has had it just a month or so...the crack was almost two feet extending down into rear storage area...
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