Shawneebear93
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If i can save it i think i will put on a Fiberglass hood, and maybe a "cobra" front bumper as long as i can get one that doesnt actually Say "cobra" on it.. I have a set of spare good fenders though and as much as fun as a tube suspension would be.. its not in my budget.. just getting the car back the way it was will be hard enough on the wallet.4bangen said:all i can tell you is use this as an excuse to do a tubular front end with a fiberglass front clip. I know I guy with a 5.0 rx-7 on the dfwstangs board and he posted up one night and said "good news I recked the rx-7 at the track." We asked what the good news was and he said now he had a reason to front half the car. so use this as a reason to make the car bad ass!
just my 2¢
Willy0314 said:having worked in a body shop, i would say that you shouldn't fix that car. It will definatly need some time on a frame machine, and the gaps are never going to line up perfectly. Even if you get the car fixed your going to have to sink a ton of money out of pocket, and when it comes time to sell it, it wont sell because its a salvage title. Also, if things aren't seriously out of wack, the car will track straight for a while until the tires begin to wear, thats why when someone buys a used car and it develops a front end problem after a few months, if you ask them the car prolly came with brand new tires. My car was a total over the summer after my accident, I ended up with a check for $1400 and a car with a salvage title. I fixed most of the damage myself, aside from a small wrinkle in the hood and a tiny crack in the bumper cover and im driving the car through the winter. What i would do if i was you, buy a junk winter car and watch for a real nice cheap 4cyl mustang. Buy one thats never had a winter and never been dinged up and then swap over all your parts. It will be alot cheaper, you'll have an entire parts car when your done, and you wont be stuck with a salvage title and a car that will never be quite right.
probably true, But ill have to pay shipping from a catalog too.. The junkyard has 3 foxes... all hit in the frontmr_woodster said:You have a junkyard near you? most of this stuff is pretty commonly found there, plus it would cost more to ship most of the stuff you listed than they are worth
That would be awesome, let me know if you find any of that stuff, even if you dont wanna ship the bumper, i could still use the hinges, impact absorbers and whatever else you got.. Let me know what you find..SVO1 said:I will look in my parts bins and see what I have.
I am pretty sure I have most of my 88 leftover, I will check this weekend and see what I can find.
I know I have the header panel (still on my spare nose) I can drill the rivets out of it, I am pretty sure I have the hood hinges and bumper absorbers in my basement, and the fiberglass impact bar in one of my storage garages.
Dr_EluSivE said:The junkyard has 3 foxes... all hit in the front
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Red_LX said:You can thank those awesome Fox front brakes for that