Ok guys and gal i want to thank EVERYONE for there support/ help/ and advice on my last car and on helping me fix this car.
As most of you know i had a wreck a while back and totaled my 1990 ssp coupe. if not here is the thread. I have tried on 3 different attempts to fix my car but it just wasnt gonna be right. it looked like it was gonna be an easy fix, but the ol' cauley lucked kicked in and guess what, it couldnt. the frame rails appeared to be straight but after carefully measuring the entire front end was 1/2" to the driver side. we put it on a frame alligning and streetching machine and tried to straighten it but it couldnt be pulled straight. So next we drove rebar in the ground tied the body off and used a chain hoist to try and pull it sideways, this only resulted in it pinching one framerail into the firewall and the other staying in place (even with them chained together). so it was at this point i decided to give up.
after the car was totally disassembled i noticed that my doors wher both broken from the shock of impact.
so now im looking at a body that will never be perfect. buying 2 new doors, a new windshield, a complete front end and knowing it will neve be right.
here is where i decided to get another car. i found my new car in orlando on craigslist for dirt cheap. so naturally i went and got it. its a 1991 4 banger 5 speed coupe. It shuts up so nice. Has ZERO road noise and drives so nice. its gonna actualy be hard to hack it up.
i forgot to take pics of when i bought it (im trying to get owners to send some). when i got it home the first night i had it the battery dies. i thought oh wel i got another one, and uppon swapping them out i found my first batch of bad luck.
RUST the battery had busted and apparently had been leaking for quite some time and rusted the end of the frame rail off and part of the core support and part of the apron. i thought this is great now i got to replace this crap anyways.
So the owrk begins. My body shop guy wayne has a wrecked 89 gt and we uased it for parts. We hacked it up and splice the font end off it to mine. but guess what. more gremlins his frame rail was rusted too. So we cut the one off the 90 coupe and used it.
This is the parts car..well sordoff a car
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This is the new 4 abnger coupe
This is the rusted frame rail. and FYI the is NO rust anywhere else on this car. its the most rust free car ive ever had other than the frame rail part.
I didnt get any pics of the new core support going on but here she is with better fenders a better bumper better core support and all rust GONE.
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All the body lines are perfect now.
This is the grafted frame rail. its stronger than it looks. it has angle iron welded inside of it.
I know this was kinda quick and there is much detail on everything but if anyone wants to know why i did something or what something is just ask. i will be back on tonight and will try to explain things a littel better and in more detail. i also will try and get more pics up. thanks for the help StangNet.
As most of you know i had a wreck a while back and totaled my 1990 ssp coupe. if not here is the thread. I have tried on 3 different attempts to fix my car but it just wasnt gonna be right. it looked like it was gonna be an easy fix, but the ol' cauley lucked kicked in and guess what, it couldnt. the frame rails appeared to be straight but after carefully measuring the entire front end was 1/2" to the driver side. we put it on a frame alligning and streetching machine and tried to straighten it but it couldnt be pulled straight. So next we drove rebar in the ground tied the body off and used a chain hoist to try and pull it sideways, this only resulted in it pinching one framerail into the firewall and the other staying in place (even with them chained together). so it was at this point i decided to give up.
after the car was totally disassembled i noticed that my doors wher both broken from the shock of impact.
so now im looking at a body that will never be perfect. buying 2 new doors, a new windshield, a complete front end and knowing it will neve be right.
here is where i decided to get another car. i found my new car in orlando on craigslist for dirt cheap. so naturally i went and got it. its a 1991 4 banger 5 speed coupe. It shuts up so nice. Has ZERO road noise and drives so nice. its gonna actualy be hard to hack it up.
i forgot to take pics of when i bought it (im trying to get owners to send some). when i got it home the first night i had it the battery dies. i thought oh wel i got another one, and uppon swapping them out i found my first batch of bad luck.
RUST the battery had busted and apparently had been leaking for quite some time and rusted the end of the frame rail off and part of the core support and part of the apron. i thought this is great now i got to replace this crap anyways.
So the owrk begins. My body shop guy wayne has a wrecked 89 gt and we uased it for parts. We hacked it up and splice the font end off it to mine. but guess what. more gremlins his frame rail was rusted too. So we cut the one off the 90 coupe and used it.
This is the parts car..well sordoff a car
View attachment 334099
This is the new 4 abnger coupe
This is the rusted frame rail. and FYI the is NO rust anywhere else on this car. its the most rust free car ive ever had other than the frame rail part.
I didnt get any pics of the new core support going on but here she is with better fenders a better bumper better core support and all rust GONE.
View attachment 334113
All the body lines are perfect now.
This is the grafted frame rail. its stronger than it looks. it has angle iron welded inside of it.
I know this was kinda quick and there is much detail on everything but if anyone wants to know why i did something or what something is just ask. i will be back on tonight and will try to explain things a littel better and in more detail. i also will try and get more pics up. thanks for the help StangNet.