Well I've been sending this link to the forum for about 2-3 months now. For those of you that are sick of it this will be the last post on it.

The car is complete and for the most part finished. I've driven it down the street a few miles, runs smooth, rides smooth and rattle free. When I started it up the actual mileage was only 43,500 vs. the 45,000 I was told (nice surprise). The front end needs to be aligned badly since the front suspension and engine cradle was off the car a few times during the repair.


http://community.webshots.com/album/69912816VsRYvb/1

Enjoy!

 

nice paint!! its shinny

 

Amazing Jeff, nice work!

 

Wow........Excellent. How long did you take?

 

Thanks guys.

I bought the car April 24th this year. It was in the bodyshop (I didn't do the body and paint) until middle/late June. So it took me about 5-6 wks to put it all back together working on it occasionally weekends and evenings.

 

Since I assume you are going to sell it, it's only a matter of time before someone asks "how much?"

 

quick question how much was the repairs on the car. and how/where did you get a new framerail.. I found a black Fd with simular damage and needs a rail replaced for like 4500 and the engine and everything else is good. could you get me a price roughly so I can figure if its worth buying and fixing up. and selling it..

 

You are a god! Thats just incredible. I wish I had half the knowledge to be able to put it back together like that. It looks really, really good. You could tell me it was brand new and I would have no idea.

Why is it running without air filters? Isn't that really bad for the engine?

 

A steal of a price, $11,500. Only 43,500 miles.

 

The frame rail is available NEW from the dealer. List price is around $750. Depending on how your car was hit it'll need some other "structural" parts shown in the first page of pics. They relatively cheap though. All the parts pictured in black cost me $748.

It won't be worth buying and fixing up if you don't get a discount on the new parts and do all the mechanical R+R yourself. You'll also probably need to locate used parts like the hood (it is $750 list price) and front bumper assy ($1200 list price).

I didn't do any of the body or paint work, I had a professional guy do it that does jobs on the side using tools at the shop. Frame and paint cost $2400, that doesn't include parts or mechanical R+R. You can tell from the pics that the car was completely disassembled up front, that was a lot of work!

 

oh wow. . . i could only wish i was looking for one!!! man, what a good job. mine was wrecked and put back together rather shoddy and ill have to end up doing something like that. . . poo.

paul

 

LOL, thanks. I'm far from a god, just a dude that can turn a wrench.

The engine is running without air filters in the driveway. It is a concrete driveway so no dirt/dust there, the engine compartment was spotless, no dirt/dust there. I didn't drive it, just moved it in and out of the garage, no biggie at all, no real opportunity for anything to fall into the intake. Now if I decided to take a trip down the interstate that is a different story.

 

I am now enlightened

 

Nice job Jeff!! Thanks for saving another FD. You must really love these cars.

 

You just brought an rx7 back from the dead...That is truly awesome man...

 

cheezy fade in of Bette Midlers , Wind beneath my wings...

Fantastic job! Your talents and initiative are an inspiration to us all.


Now, how bout you drive up to Seattle and finish JimLab's never-ending FrankenSwap project? You'd prolly have it wrapped up in a long weekend

 

Nice clean job!!!

 

good job.