welcome to the site! your not too far a drive from several of us "Carolina Boys" (i'm about an hour and a half in Statesville). that's a really nice 1st generation machine. fixing the holes in the bottom of an ABS tub isn't that big a deal. i have several places to fix in a wild wolf tonight. Member Lewis is fairly close to you and probably has some donor abs you could use for a repair. the process is pretty simple. you can make ABS goo by cutting up a bunch of abs into really small peices and disolving it in acetone. then V out a crack and use the "goo" like bondo to repair the area. one drawback is that it takes a few weeks to fully cure. throw out any questions you can't figure out using the search feature on the site and someone on here will steer you in the right direction. enjoy your new toy!
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