Comments on fixing reshaped car

David Jones · 2005-04-22T10:24:06+00:00

Hi All,In a moment of madness, I put my hand up and ended up paying 15 pounds for a car at an auction. It is an L-reg ford mundano 1.8 GLX. While mechanicaly sound, it would appear that a very heavy barrel has landed on the back of the roof and crushed the rear hatchback. So I am left tring to make the car rain proof, and possibly make it a bit harder to get into without the keys. I reakon I have 2 options, and would like any comments as to which is feasable.The first would be to try and get a new rear hatchback door. The rpimary problem with this is that the hinges have almost certainly been pushed down (they are no longer horizontal). But they cannot have moved more than a few milimeters. I wonder if anyone knows if it is possible to realign them? How would you go about it? I was thinking perhaps a big hammer, or just getting inside and pushing up with my feet. Or perhaps drilling holes and using some sort of block and tackle to pull them up. What about trying to use a jack and a peice of wood? Sound feasable?The other would be to just screw a sheet of something onto the existing door. I was thinking it could be as simple a a sheet of either wood or clear perspex and a few self taping screws. Perhaps a bit of silicon sealant to make it waterproof. I suppose the main question would be is it legal to not be able to see out of the back window? Plenty of vans cannot, and the car has 2 side mirrors. Any thoughts?Any other coments (funny or otherwise)? I shall try and post some pics later if anyone is interested and I can find a camera.Thanks.

Apr 22, 2005 41 Replies

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Questions 21 years ago

My guess is it has been turned tailwards and slid into a sideways artic or some similar incident. There are lots of plausible explanations, though.

My version makes lots more sense if Mondeo are still rear wheel drive, as they could have been demonstrating (involuntarily) lift off oversteer at the time.

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Adrian 21 years ago

doki ( snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Nah, look at the original pics, the scrapes go from front to back, not back to front.

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