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90lxvert13 · Aug 17, 2010

My bro and I went to look at a fox today and granted I havent owned a fox in a few years, but I dont remember the inner fender looking like this. Its the driver side inner fender right in front of the shock tower. Is this factory? the car was repainted at some point and had the windshield replaced aswell. Could it possibly have been wrecked and then repaired?

S&B · Aug 17, 2010

starting to rot, you see that alot in that area b/c the battery.

it can be fixed but i would keep looking

Riceslayer302.0 · Aug 17, 2010

looks like welds? = front end damage

tat2d30688 · Aug 17, 2010

A poorly done weld atempt!

90lxvert13 · Aug 18, 2010

starting to rot, you see that alot in that area b/c the battery.

it can be fixed but i would keep looking

Yea I know the rust in that area was typical, I was just wondering about the way the metal is.

looks like welds? = front end damage

Thats what im thinking

A poorly done weld atempt!

So it is more than likely that the car was once wrecked?

mycaptainchris · Aug 18, 2010

You can even see the burn marks on the Brake force thingy. I hope they changed the brake fluid after cooking it?

cenok is family · Aug 18, 2010

mycaptainchris said:
You can even see the burn marks on the Brake force thingy. I hope they changed the brake fluid after cooking it?

lol, i think you mean the proportioning valve?

could have started to rot out in that area and they just welded in a patch panel. it doesn't necessarily mean it's been wrecked. look the car over more closely and see how the rest of it looks.

90lxvert13 · Aug 19, 2010

The pass side is the same as the driver side, it has the same bow to the frame rail but looks much better. The owner told me it was repainted before he took ownership. One thing I noticed is that whoever painted it painted over the vin stickers on the fenders, but strangely enough the vin stickers on the trunk are fine. This leads me to believe the front clip may not be original. It just sucks because the car is insanely clean. Most of the pics Ive seen have the frame rails in that area straight like in this pic.

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SVT32VDOHC · Aug 19, 2010

You know what I do for a living right? The reason that those are welded there is because the car has been in an accident. The rails were either swayed over one way or the other or they were pushed up or down. A couple of my cars were like that. You can either replace it or straighten it. Even if you straighten it to a "T" the metal is still stretched. You'd be surprised how little of an accident it takes to do that too.

How'd the car look otherwise?

mycaptainchris · Aug 19, 2010

cenok is family said:
lol, i think you mean the proportioning valve?

Thanks, I had no idea.

90lxvert13 · Aug 19, 2010

You know what I do for a living right? The reason that those are welded there is because the car has been in an accident. The rails were either swayed over one way or the other or they were pushed up or down. A couple of my cars were like that. You can either replace it or straighten it. Even if you straighten it to a "T" the metal is still stretched. You'd be surprised how little of an accident it takes to do that too.

How'd the car look otherwise?

Yea thats what I thought. Thanks for your expertise. The car was near mint, I prolly would have bought it on the spot if it wasnt for that damage.

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