nooo. damn that sucks. im very glad to see youve chosen to save the car rather than ditch it.

EEEk! at least your wings ok :p

Oh shit, man I feel for you. I got a taste of what you're going through June 3rd on the way to the Iowa rotary meet. I had a choice of rear ending a nearly stopped semi at 60 mph, or taking to the grass on the right hand shoulder. Took the grass and ended up taking out the front air dam on the widebody.

Don't give up, with the skills you've shown building the car in the first place, I'm positive you can repair this damage. V8 or not, you've been an inspiration to many on what can be done modding a 1st gen, now you have a chance to build it even better.

Good luck with the rebuild, keep us posted.

wow man .. wouldn't be cheaper just to start a full shell as oppose to doing the whole front end (cutting and welding it?)

I'd say with all the fabrication he has in the rear of the car, it would be worth fixing since you do have the skills to do so. I have complete faith that you can get this thing back on the track!

It sucks, it seems like everyone is crashing this year...

With the cage and rear end I probably have over 200 hours in the car from the firewall back. It would easily take 4 months and over $3000 to build the car again with the parts I have. Compared to 6 weeks and less than $1000, it's smarter to replace the front clip. If the rear is tweaked the car will probably be a total loss. Time will tell.

Very nice! I can appreciate someone putting in alot of effort,doesnt matter what he is driving..

Sukin!

This is pointed straight at the car...

http://clemsonscc.com/Gallery/mediao...6_dscf0220.jpg

And here's how the car looks right now.

http://clemsonscc.com/Gallery/mediao...8_dscf0226.jpg

http://clemsonscc.com/Gallery/mediao...a_dscf0227.jpg

http://clemsonscc.com/Gallery/mediao...f_dscf0228.jpg

Not bad for 6 hours of work. Now all the hard stuff.

And since I haven't posted it yet, here's the angle I backed into the wall at...

http://clemsonscc.com/Gallery/mediao...9_dsc08087.jpg

http://clemsonscc.com/Gallery/mediao...0_dsc08090.jpg

it might just be me but that looks like a huge sawzaw

do you have a donor for the front? if not, i have a parts car you can just have to cut the front off of. let me know.

Been there done that.

Wonderful journey you've taken with this car . . .

You'll get that front clip done in no time.

:-) neil

any update?

^^ +1

wow .. forgot all about this car ... also wonder what ever happened to it now.

anything ever happen to this.

I miss looking at this car. Man it's the prettiest ugly car ever!

+1

whats going on man? if you ever hace to get rid of it, ill take her ;)

awsome car

Just read this thread start to finish, inspirational stuff-hope she resurfaces soon.

Hope you get it back together. Just read this for the first time, i'm not a piston fan. Specially in a rex but it's cool to see what you've done. Mad respect man,

he hasn't even logged in since 2007 i think the car is long and gone :(

well i hope his ok. i find it hard to believe someone would put this much work and just abandoned it. unless he had to move on.

Fuck! I wish he would log on and update us.