Accident damage

[Bradford]

Try Ed Palmer at Kundensport in Oxnard, he’s a good guy. https://www.kundensport.net/

[raspy2point2]

Last I heard Bill Kelley's shop near Northridge is the place to go. He has, the last I heard Sylveinio (not sure of the spelling) was his metal man and is one of the best. He worked on my 68 911L when He worked across from TLG Auto in North Hollywood. Or you could try Joe George. He has been around forever and is mobile, but I have never used him.Ask any of the long time body shops around and they will know Joe George. As would be expected Bill Kelly's shop is now slammed with work and it might be hard to get in. Good luck Chris

[rgupta250]

Last I heard Bill Kelley's shop near Northridge is the place to go. He has, the last I heard Sylveinio (not sure of the spelling) was his metal man and is one of the best. He worked on my 68 911L when He worked across from TLG Auto in North Hollywood. Or you could try Joe George. He has been around forever and is mobile, but I have never used him.Ask any of the long time body shops around and they will know Joe George. As would be expected Bill Kelly's shop is now slammed with work and it might be hard to get in. Good luck Chris

Chris, that's where I went for my metal/chassis/paint work. Silviano is simply the best! He has been working on early Porsche 911 chassis for over 25 years and knows exactly how the chassis left Germany (i.e. where spot welds were used and how each component/panels were used to assemble the chassis). Furthermore, Bill and Silviano's shop have two Celette benchs.

As you pointed out, the big question is what is their backlog?

BTW, the shop is in Chatsworth.

[dwa911]

The new fenders from Porsche fit great. I would replace it. Your fixed fender will be full of filler. You'll have more time and money into the repair and plenty of filler to get the original correct. I get insurance is paying but I'd go new fender. We could make it fit perfect.

Echo Scott on fit on new Porsche panels... I made that call (with advice from restorer - Differs in the Netherlands) to replace vs repair both front fenders... the advice was similar... the cost to rework the originals would cost as much as fitting new panels from Porsche, and the new originals would have filler from minor straightening and fixing previous damage... Made the choice to go new from Porsche and the fit and finish came out excellent... No regrets...

[Longballa]

The new fenders from Porsche aren't made by Dansk so order from Porsche dealer. With the fender removed you can check to see if the fender joining panel is bent. When the door is removed you simply remove the hinge pins with the hinge pin removal tool and that keeps the hinges in the same place as when it left the factory unless your cars been repainted and they've been messed with.

[1QuickS]

Are the fenders serial number stamped in the headlight bucket to match chassis number on the 68 year cars like for the 67s?

[CPRSteve]

There's no reason that fender should have any filler in it if handled by a competent body man. Damage looks minor. Use one of the recommended shops in your area. Try CPR in Fallbrook.

Thank you for the shout-out!

Caston901, to save you a call: we're not taking in any collision work at this time to focus on moving restoration clients forward. We wish you well and are always sad to see an early 911 damaged by another driver's negligence.

Scott's right about fender choice and filler quality; the new fenders from Porsche do fit really well, and modern fillers are incredibly strong and reliable.

If the rest of the car is original panels, we'd save the fender. Otherwise, there is no choice but a factory fender- no other manufacturer comes close.

[govols!]

Agree with the Porsche fenders being best. Restoration Design fenders are terrible !! I learned the hard way !! George

[blue72s]

The new fenders from Porsche fit great. I would replace it. The new fenders from Porsche aren't made by Dansk so order from Porsche dealer.

Longballa,
For my car, I will need some new body panels. What are the rear quarters from Porsche like? Do they also fit great? (sorry for hi-jacking the thread)

[Longballa]

Longballa,
For my car, I will need some new body panels. What are the rear quarters from Porsche like? Do they also fit great? (sorry for hi-jacking the thread)

I haven't had to replace rear quarters yet but I might be doing that in the near future. There's a 72 that needs them and wants to RS flare so we're possible going to buy the whole RS quarters that come with the flares already on. I recommend to a guy in Portland who needed a hood for a 67 to just buy a new one from Porsche and he said it fit great. This was last week. So, I'd assume the rear quarters fit great as well.