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Accident damaged 944

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I went to look at a 944 S today as it was cheap ,it had previously been front end damaged and repaired which i knew about and looked to have had a good repair but when i looked it the spare wheel well there was a big dent about 3" inwards. At first i could'nt work it out but then realised after looking underneath that it was a gearbox shaped dent !!! Would a light accident cause this or has the car had a really good hit at the front or would this be cause by a low down accident involving the suspension being pushed back ?? Neadless to say i walk away from the car and said no thanks !!!
 
The torque tube passes frontal impact into the transaxle (by design), but it would take a sizeable hit to move the whole lot back that much and I doubt it would be repairable.
 
The repair that had been done looked fine and the car drove as it should do,the owner seemed genuinly surprised as he had never seen the dent before ,he bought the car already repaired so didnt know much about the damaged ,i worked out by the size of the dent and the distance between the panel and box that the hole lot must have come back by about 6" so with the engine being attached to everything it must have had a good hit,glad i spotted it as i was only looking for the tool kit !!!
 
I've experienced this kind of damage before, on a 944 Silver Rose I owned a few years back and I can confirm that the frontal impact needed to leave dents in the boot is a really severe one. In the case of my car, the impact destroyed pretty well everything forward of the engine block - mine had hit a BIG tree. Needless to say the car was a write off though a dealer bought it off me with the brave intention of repairing it. The final nail in the coffin came when he discovered that the impact had caused the timing belt to jump a few teeth and trashed what remained of the engine.
I really think if its got dents in the boot, just leave it and buy another one.
 
Is there any chance that it might have had the gearbox and torque tube "jacked back" in order to change the clutch? Not sure if possible to do on these or not, but heard it is a method used to gain access rather than unbolting bits!

Regards,

Tref.
 

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