Salvageable or not?
11-11-12, 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Hypertek
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
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
11-12-12, 05:39 AM
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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
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
11-12-12, 12:10 PM
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i've seen bigger damage fixed. at the racetrack even.
11-12-12, 02:15 PM
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my brothers 91 got T-boned by a bronco one the drivers side and a mazda cx-7. on the passenger side. neither of which had insurance. i wish had a better picture of it wrecked but they all got deleted.
anything is fixable. this job cost me 400 at the frame shop and 700 at the body shop it eventualy looked like this
the damage was lot more in the a frame inside the door, and the door sil itself like yours like said i dont have many pictures. but im just saying let a frame shop or qualified body shop evaluate the situation.
11-12-12, 04:26 PM
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11-15-12, 11:13 AM
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whats the point in trying to save that car when i see boneheads on here all the time stripping down a perfectly straight,undamaged car,parting it out,and stating that the shell is going to scrap,save one of those and transfer any parts needed over to it,you just saved over a thousand in bodyshop labor instantly
11-18-12, 08:26 PM
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whats the point in trying to save that car when i see boneheads on here all the time stripping down a perfectly straight,undamaged car,parting it out,and stating that the shell is going to scrap,save one of those and transfer any parts needed over to it,you just saved over a thousand in bodyshop labor instantly
sad but thats exactly what i did so call me a bonehead... LOL the red S4 i got was free, only cost me gas to have it towed to my house. and came with a T2 driveline, and complete harness and other parts. winner THIS GUYto be fair thought it was a 91, with a fresh-ish rebuild. and the car was out of the body shop in a week, and the money i saved buying a wrecked car was MORE than worth it.
11-19-12, 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Rotor_Venom08
lol and its funny that you mention stripping a perfectly good car to piece together a wreck. sad but thats exactly what i did so call me a bonehead... LOL the red S4 i got was free, only cost me gas to have it towed to my house. and came with a T2 driveline, and complete harness and other parts. winner THIS GUY
to be fair thought it was a 91, with a fresh-ish rebuild. and the car was out of the body shop in a week, and the money i saved buying a wrecked car was MORE than worth it.
But...if we don't try then we won't learn and if we are just quick to throw something away or discard it then it could prove one of two things:
1) we are smart for not wasting our time, or
2) we are stupid for not trying.
Lol
11-19-12, 12:32 PM
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