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When a simple one day job turns into a week-long project... Bonus points if you can guess the model.

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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Alignment shop was on their 3rd attempt before they figured out the issue. You could press a screw driver against it and it would feel fine, but a good strike would go right through.

Engine only had 50k and the interior and body panels looked great. All new brakes and other items. It became a donor for a different car that some guy was restoring.

Yeah that’s some odd rust, looks like sold metal around it. I’d be concerned about that area and keeping things in the right spot. Good luck!

[–] Hubi 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Thank you, though I think I'll leave this one to the professionals. My guess is that a crack formed along the side of the mount and the previous owner just welded a piece on top. You can kind of see the spots in a few places. There was zero thought put into conserving the metal below, so it just kept rusting from the inside.