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Old 07-22-2006, 11:03 AM
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Say goodbye to my almost done project.

Went to pick up my wife at work last night and a buddy decided to get a head start on loading up my car to bring home.

We were gonna pull it out of the building and up to the front of the parking lot with a fork lift later. Well he decided to get a head start and pull it out himself. needless to say car came unhooked from the tow strap and Went rolling down the drive way ( prob 100ft or so) and crashed into a building. Manged the rear quarter and the door on the building.





Looks like the complete *** end is sagging now. busted the tail lights, etc.. rear quarter bend enough its rubbing the back of the tire.

at this point I just feel pulling the motor/tranny/rear/int. out and all the new body pannels off and scraping the shell. ****ty part is the cage was just welded in a few months ago..
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Needless to say I need a new shell...

anybody have any leads on something LMK !
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It still looks repairable but the frame is probaly ****ed up
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not worth the time or $$ it would take to fix it.

Uuuuhhuuuuu :sigh:

some more pic's for anyone who cares what it was.
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Dam that sucks, looks like you had alot of time and $$$ into that project. Sorry to hear about what happen.
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Wow man that really sux. If you decide to repair it I have a pretty descent Rear 1/4 panel you can have for free, Im in Pittsburgh.
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Wow man that really sux. If you decide to repair it I have a pretty descent Rear 1/4 panel you can have for free, Im in Pittsburgh.
thats for the offer but its alot more work then replacing the quarter.

I'll be better off swaping everything to a new shell.
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eek: Man that sucks. If i had a shell i'd give it to you just cuz i feel so bad for you.

O yeah I believe I would have killed my friend.:
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Sorry to hear that, i had a friend roll my truck on a freeway offramp, i know how it feels. Dont give up on it, i'd swap everything over!
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found a few good canadates for replacement today !!

Stay tuned...........
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hate to be a vulture... but how much for shell and do you have title?
my buddy is looking..
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There wont be much left of this thing once I gut/strip it. Nothing to resemble a vert. Im pullin the inner structure back out, all vert pieces, all suspention mods, cutting the cage out. etc..

It will be a unibody with a front k member and rear quarter pannels.

yes i have a title Ive owned the car since the early 90's
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Originally Posted by TPl383
thats for the offer but its alot more work then replacing the quarter.

I'll be better off swaping everything to a new shell.
Dude I've had an 87 Z28 shell for years I've been meaning to trash. Its a t-top car though.

Let me know if you want it.. its yours for dirt cheap. I don't check this forum much so just shoot me a PM or something.
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WOW man did you punch your buddy in the face? i would be so mad at my friend if he would have doen that to my car. it would have been something like this
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holy crap chris! i can't even hardly type it'a sall jubmelesd up...
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Man.....I saw the title to this thread and thought it was a joke......
I've haven't been on here in forever... did you find a new donor yet ??????
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wow i hate cars...your dream can be ruined in one simple accident

im sorry man, looks like it was a very dedicated project...it wouldve been nice to see it finished
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are you starting another project or selling off any of the stuff?
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Originally Posted by jstoltz
are you starting another project or selling off any of the stuff?
I picked up a 91 RS V6 car for a shell. Running V6 car for $400

http://www.cecoatings.com/teal/10.jpg
http://www.cecoatings.com/teal/14.jpg
http://www.cecoatings.com/teal/15.jpg

So for now I'm storing all the vert parts, Stripping the teal car to a bare shell and having it completely media blasted. Then por15 in the complete shell,inner and underside.

then swapping over all my parts, suspention,cage,rims,etc.. then It will get the vert treatment again this winter.
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that's a steal of a deal! $400 with t-tops, spoiler, rims, tires look good, and it's in one piece!
what rims are on that anyway? A buddy had those in high school, and I loved '
em, but have no idea who makes them or anything..?
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Did it come with that cowl hood? Righton for $400...

Too bad about your other car, as much as I hate verts, yours looked awesome!
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No sorry. It had the stock RS spoiler and flat hood.

Thats my 92Z wing and my 3inch cowl hood. The rims are some old school 15's. "ULTRA" is what the center caps say.

I pulled the hood,fenders off this car and traded then for a set of nice iroc rims. (single groove)

Im putting all my body panels on this one since mine are mint. plus my 17x9.5 SS rims.
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Originally Posted by Sonix
that's a steal of a deal! $400 with t-tops, spoiler, rims, tires look good, and it's in one piece!
what rims are on that anyway? A buddy had those in high school, and I loved '
em, but have no idea who makes them or anything..?
I'm gonna clean the rims up and get rid of em if your interested.
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wouldnt it be easier and much cheaper to find another convertible to begin with
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I was hoping you'd say that

Not really in the budget to buy new wheels, but we'll see. Know what width they are? And/or the tire size on them? I'm assuming you wouldn't want to remove the tires first that is...

I could probably get a good sized penny for my wheels to someone restoring a 2nd gen, these snowflake 15x8's are pretty rare I guess.
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wouldnt it be easier and much cheaper to find another convertible to begin with
his car wasn't s vert to start with anyway. he had a t-top car and a wrecked vert and converted the t-top car into a vert......
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well i guess if you have a lot of free time and cash....lol
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Damn Chris, that sucks! Glad to see you are pursuing it again though - I've been looking forward to see this project completed. It's gonna be awesome!


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That looks real ****ty man, good thing its just a vert....
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That looks real ****ty man, good thing its just a vert....
go away. He lost his car and you're gonna sit here and dog on it?

Chris, I hope you keep at it and get her done. I've been working this week to get a place cleaned out to get my vert conversion project in the garage and I hope to see some "in progress" pics from yours to keep me going.....Good luck!!!!!
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wouldnt it be easier and much cheaper to find another convertible to begin with
Not really. All I have in it is time. NO $$ out.

I have a plasma cutter, a nice welder, etc.. So Labor is just my time. etc..

I have all the parts needed etc..


Hopefully it will be done this winter then just waiting for paint. not enough time in the day..



Sonix,

The rims I just want outa here. I can take the tires off no problem. $50 and shipping you can have em. drop me a PM if interested.
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Welp its all gone now..

Heres whats left of it..

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I still see some good parts in the pile. I would have bought the front half of the car if I knew it was going to be "quartered"!
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I still see some good parts in the pile. I would have bought the front half of the car if I knew it was going to be "quartered"!
I let a buddy haul it off for scrap after I cut it up. Scrap metal price is up right now So Im sure that was a decent deal for him.
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Re: Say goodbye to my almost done project.

TPI 383... ive got to admit. I have the Pic ot the targa top camaro thats sitting in your driveway in 5 diff colors as my backround on my laptop. at college i always get comments like "dude is that your car!!??" and i wish it was. but anyways. could you give me some pointers in going from ttop to targa? i dont want to go to vert but I think targa is sweet. especially with the lowering you did. nice job bro... you broght something new and interesting to the table for me. Im psyched to find a ttop car and start!
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Re: Say goodbye to my almost done project.

Hehe, this thread is the first i've ever heard anyone here ******* on verts. Funny too because i've always thought the coups looked ugly Sorry about your car man, you really finished her off!
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wow is this a old post. vulcanravenxvg I'll pm you later tonight.

The pain should have been my name when this happened to that chassis. oh well. i have a new project almost done.
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