Most of the body stripping went without incident and didn’t take long at all. Until the shop got to the front passenger door…
“We have come across an issue with the front right door……..it’s had some significant damage in the past and I wondered if it might be worth you asking Mr NNN what his plans are with the spare doors he has stored with me – the front right is straight and sound, though does require a small amount of welding to the outer skin (in rust terms it is much the same as yours); I’m not terribly happy with re-repairing your existing door as it has a considerable depth of filler (bondo) in it at the moment – see pics – and although we do use shaping filler I really don’t like using it in that sort of quantity. Let me know your thoughts.”
Thankfully, Mr. NNN was very generous and offered to sell me his door at a mutually agreeable price.
Thus the work continues.
You performed a huge work to recover this Quattroporte. If it’s a passion it doesn’t matter but it will not pay back for the moment. There are some other similar car on the market in much better shape (USA). We have not yet started a restoration on our QP but only seen corrosion is light and under windscreens ( Front & Aft). The electrical system seems to be very Maserati (capricious).