So I was curious as to what people think.

Do you feel that this fc is salvageable or not?

 

Savve it dude! I'm saving this one!

 

nope, that is a goner. framerail and chassis has been compromised.

 

Well that sucks... I am trying to get the door off to get better pics but it feels like its literally fused together

 

you could maybe use it for a drift missile but that's about it.

doubt it will ever drive straight again.

 

Well it didn't seem to have damaged or bend the part where people generally use to jack up the car that square tubing looking thing haha. I'm at a loss of words apparently right now, but I hope you could get and idea of what I'm saying

 

It's toast.

 

Well that sucks.

 

Lawn ornament..open the roof and let the Daisies grow!

 

Yes, it does.
Know what would suck even more?
Spending a bazzilion hours trying to fix it only to realize it'll never be as good as an intact chassis.

 

Lol isn't that true. When I drove it home it didn't seem to be riding sideways or anything, but who knows. Once I get the door off I'll see really how bad it is.

 

its fixable, but it is going to need a TON of work, and some of it requires skill and a little luck. i've seen people fix worse

 

Well it seems to have just messed up the rocker panel. The beam going from rear to front is not even harmed. Any advice to get the door out/off?

 

It's no good man. The boxed in supportive area behind the rocker looks to be compromised. That area is actually the strong"frame" part of the car. The rails underneath just stabilize the floor a little bit, but te strength of te body comes from that boxed in area behind the rocker.

I hope is has good parts, or you didn't pay much. The Chassis is scap.

 

Paid $750 for it I think it's worth that in parts alone especially with a rebuilt motor

 

still not worth the effort to later find out the chassis is tweaked. you're talking about major work to repair the chassis and FC's still are not all that hard to find. you'd still be ahead even if you paid $1k to ship a car from out of state versus weeks of blood, sweat and tears over a car that will never be the same again.

i'd be frustruated as hell working on the thing for many many hours and even have the door not fit properly. but some people are content converting it to a dukes of hazard mobile and adding a gallon of bondo..

 

Yeah I am pretty **** myself so what I'll do is dismantle the car as much as I can and use the parts as spare for my red fc and sell whatever else I cannot find useful

 

your pics aren't very good, but there is 100% chance that the A and B pillars are bent too, along with the floor.

 

Yea I know they are not that good. I'll take more when I get a chance and upload them on my shutterfly account so they are larger

 

you could haul it over to a body shop and have it put on a frame machine and measured but im near positive their going to tell you its toast,these cars love to crumple and absorb impacts which is actually a good thing if your ever in an accident,i bought an 87 coupe that had been rear ended so hard it was miata sized,they said the guy got out and walked away,i couldnt even get the alum spare wheel out of the back it was so mangled

 

I think I'm just going to dismantle it and start putting things up for sale to fund my red one

 

Going to take it to my cousins and see what I can do on his frame puller.

Doesn't hurt to try and save my other love lol

 

missile! work on your car control skills worry free. Ive always wanted to try a scandinavian flick in 5th gear

 

Lol good idea. At least I wouldn't have to worry about wrecking it hahaha

 

Well the FC chassis isn't mega rare yet or very expensive, Best bet is to just find another shell and swap all the good parts over.

Classic car guys would restore it, from what I've seen on tv shows and what not, those guys go through hell bring cars back. But than again, those are oldschool ladder frame cars with separate bodies lol