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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 05:35 PM
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nooo. damn that sucks. im very glad to see youve chosen to save the car rather than ditch it.
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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 06:14 PM
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EEEk! at least your wings ok :p
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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 06:47 PM
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Oh ****, 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.
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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 07:21 PM
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wow man .. wouldn't be cheaper just to start a full shell as oppose to doing the whole front end (cutting and welding it?)
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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 07:29 PM
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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...
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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 08:07 PM
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wow man .. wouldn't be cheaper just to start a full shell as oppose to doing the whole front end (cutting and welding it?)
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.
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Old Jun 19, 2007 | 12:51 PM
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Very nice! I can appreciate someone putting in alot of effort,doesnt matter what he is driving..
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Old Jun 19, 2007 | 04:21 PM
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Sukin!
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Old Jul 4, 2007 | 02:52 PM
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Smile

This is pointed straight at the car...



And here's how the car looks right now.







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...



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Old Jul 4, 2007 | 03:30 PM
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it might just be me but that looks like a huge sawzaw
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Old Jul 4, 2007 | 10:46 PM
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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.
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by '85 GSL 302
Roebling Road in Savannah, Ga going into turn 4. I was left foot braking and squeezed the petal just a bit to hard, sending the car around. I still need to go vacuum all the sand out of the car.

Been there done that.

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

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

:-) neil
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Old May 21, 2008 | 01:17 AM
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any update?
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Old May 21, 2008 | 11:31 AM
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^^ +1
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Old May 21, 2008 | 03:38 PM
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wow .. forgot all about this car ... also wonder what ever happened to it now.
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Old Aug 6, 2008 | 09:59 PM
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anything ever happen to this.
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Old Aug 7, 2008 | 08:34 PM
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I miss looking at this car. Man it's the prettiest ugly car ever!
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Old Aug 7, 2008 | 09:49 PM
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whats going on man? if you ever hace to get rid of it, ill take her
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 11:10 AM
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awsome car
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Old Nov 18, 2010 | 06:23 AM
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Just read this thread start to finish, inspirational stuff-hope she resurfaces soon.
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Old Nov 21, 2010 | 12:06 PM
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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,
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Old Nov 21, 2010 | 04:32 PM
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he hasn't even logged in since 2007 i think the car is long and gone
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Old Nov 21, 2010 | 10:35 PM
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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.
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Old Nov 22, 2010 | 05:06 PM
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****! I wish he would log on and update us.
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