Neighbor's large aggressive dog got out this weekend, went after one of my cats, cat in its terror took a flyking leap onto the top of my 1980 245 (parked in MY driveway), then down onto the hood and away. I heard the noise from a few feet away and saw one of the neighbor's children come after the dog in my yard and catch the dog. I now have many big, long scratches on the roof and hood of my car, not down to bare metal, but they look fairly significant. Neighbor admits that if the dog had not chased the cat it probably would not have happened (in 22 years with cats have not had them scratch the car when they sit on it). Told me to get car checked out. Problem is he is upset (mad) about the whole thing and I have a feeling he may either weasel out, or be on my case in the future for ever for any minor perceived infraction on my part or my animals. I like to get on my neighbors but this may put an end to that! Question is, is it possible to hand buff these scratches out, any suggestions, what products? I did polish out some marks that were almost as bad recently. The paintwork is original, but I have taken very good care of it over the years. I have a feeling that if I take it for an estimate the shop will want to push a very expensive solution.
The moral of this story is, never brag about your car, earlier in the week a complete stranger had asked about the year of my car and said it was immaculate, made my day and I repeated the remark to close friends and family!