Looking for opinions on a frame problem

[lally911]

Hi all. Any opinions on what to do with this tub damage would be appreciated. This car was acquired for spare parts without a PPI. Turns out the ride height was jacked around to make the car sit level and appear normal with corner weights way out of line. Now that I've corner balanced it, the problem becomes obvious. As it sits now the corner weights are okay but not great compared to what I can get on my track car.

My local body shop took a look but they are not porsche experts. They said it was hit in the driver side rear and then pulled out to look okay but the crack was not repaired.

the problem - driver rear corner sag


The crack in the tub just behind the driver side rear wheel


Other impacts in the same area



Spring plate proud of torsion tube by more than a quarter inch showing its been bumped in.


There may also be a problem with the cross member up above as there is a clunking noise that I can't identify. I'll have to pull the engine to investigate that.

I'm thinking of parting it out as I don't want to spend many thousands on body work. Any expert opinions on what to do with this would be appreciated.

thanks.
Keith

[962porsche]

the car should be put on a celette frame bench and checked then pulled as needed .
the down side is if they did body filler work on the car when it's bent then it may crack when the car is pulled straight .

[bpu699]

Any idea what the cost to pull that straight on a cellete might be, assuming the ancillary body work cost was excluded?

[962porsche]

i can not tell you just what other shop charge for there labor . in my shop you would be looking at about 2500 to 3000 dollars to pull the suspension and set it up on the bench . as for the pull time untill it's no the bench you just don't know how bad it is .