This winter is really kicking us Southern owners hard, eh? (I'm the fellow you lost a tree limb into the quarter panel during a Christmas ice storm. Car was parked 25 feet from the tree -- limb cartwheeled into it). I made the same discovery so many others already have: Contact Josh Haldeman (jhaldeman(at)fuse.net). Even if you get your original repaired -- rumor has it Rob Grady's body man is coming to visit New York -- Josh may be able to provide a substitute to keep the car in service in the interim. BTW: Who's insurance is paying for the damage? Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "lakelanier20" <derek4567@xxxx> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > Well, this is a sad post for me, but last night the "wind > storm" we had here in Atlanta knocked over a basketball hoop in my > friend's driveway which landed right on my hood. Murphy's law at > it's best, as that basketball hoop has been standing there for over > a decade and has never fallen over. So all I had to do was park a > DeLorean in front of it, and bingo. I had a nice, late '81 hood > with grooves and no gas flap, no dents and minimal x-mark. I would > really like to find the same thing to replace it with, and only want > to get a "flat" hood from Houston as a last resort. If anyone has > an accent line, no gas-flap hood they are willing to sell, I would > be eternally grateful. Please drop me a line. > > I'm assuming that what I've read before still stands as true(?): > That the black structural support attached to the underside of the > hood is forever fused to the stainless, and that any dents that > occur opposite the black support are impossible to fix. Correct me > if that's wrong. Naturally, 95% of what happened last night is > along the edges, opposite the black support beams. > > Thanks a lot, > -Derek L > VIN 5302 To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/