R.i.p.

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Reply #15 – November 17, 2010, 03:16:30 PM

I feel your pain, as i for one can most certainly relate. I hope you can bring her back from the brink.....best of luck!

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Reply #16 – November 17, 2010, 04:02:36 PM

we can fix that !!!! I just got in a donor car we can cut the apr0n and core support from, got everything else in stock to put her back together. let m eknow if interested Herb,

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Reply #17 – November 17, 2010, 04:54:44 PM

Quote from: RunninWild;341980

how did it happen exactly?

Well, I was following my buddy to school. We just had taken off from a stoplight when some kid in a Chrysler 300 goes blowing by us on the side of the road. He got between us, and then passed my buddy and the car in front of him. We were slowing down to turn into the school, when the 300 just jamms his brakes on and turns in, causing the guy behind him to stop short. My buddy locked his brakes on his Suburban and veere to the right, causing me to jam on my brakes. I had to swerve to the left slightly to miss him, and still sliding, seen the other car in the middle of the road. Had about a split second to either slam the car in front, hit my buddy or swerve to the left to miss them both. Unfortunately there was a Cobalt coming in the other lane, and through a series of swerving left and right we met in the middle. One bright spot was the Cobalt was dead, but I drove the Tbird into the Autoshop at school under it's own power.

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Reply #18 – November 17, 2010, 04:59:17 PM

Quote from: hcor;341990

we can fix that !!!! I just got in a donor car we can cut the apr0n and core support from, got everything else in stock to put her back together. let m eknow if interested Herb,

PM sent.

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Reply #19 – November 17, 2010, 05:51:21 PM

So you hit the cobalt head-on?

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Reply #20 – November 17, 2010, 06:02:39 PM

Sorry to see this happened but like everyone else I'm glad to see you're okay. Hopefully you can save the ol girl.

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Reply #21 – November 17, 2010, 06:45:30 PM

Wow. I hope you can rebuild her. It sounds like she's not dead yet!

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Reply #22 – November 17, 2010, 07:42:19 PM

That's a major bummer! :(

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Reply #23 – November 17, 2010, 07:51:23 PM

glad your alright Herb.

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Reply #24 – November 17, 2010, 09:04:35 PM

Good to see you posting about it, although the subject itself hurts to read...
With that said...maybe it'll turn into a labor of love.
I think I might have a few little pieces that I don't/won't need...if so, I'll donate 'em for shipping if you decide to rebuild.

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Reply #25 – November 17, 2010, 09:10:31 PM

Quote from: CoogarXR;342007

So you hit the cobalt head-on?

Hit the Cobalt right on the drivers side front wheel, as we both tried to turn away. The impact drove the Cobalt back and sideways.

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Reply #26 – November 17, 2010, 09:27:44 PM

Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;342044

Good to see you posting about it, although the subject itself hurts to read...
With that said...maybe it'll turn into a labor of love.
I think I might have a few little pieces that I don't/won't need...if so, I'll donate 'em for shipping if you decide to rebuild.

Thanks appreciate it.

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Reply #27 – November 17, 2010, 09:36:29 PM

I doubt you bent the frame. Do both your doors open up fine after taking off the fenders? At least your bumper bracket didn't just break off at the weld. It looks similar to what I did, just on the other side of the car. The only thing that isn't sitting right on my car is the bottom of the radiator support. Everything else was just pull off and put back on. After I re-welded the bumper bracket and bent it back in place, and pulled the radiator support bottom out alittle bit (I actually pulled it alittle bit too far, and now I can't bend it back, Just wanted the car on the road.) and swapped the cougar front end on, and good as new. I still have alittle bit of gap between the hood and the header panel, but that was because the cougar front end I swapped on. The guy who had it before me wrecked it and fiberglass the front end to the fenders, so I only had four good bolt holes, and they didn't quite line up from how he glued it back together. I did not bend up top where the fender bolts to either though.

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Reply #28 – November 17, 2010, 11:30:17 PM

Gentlemen, we can rebuild her. Better...Stronger...Faster....(ooo-weeee-deee-dooooooo.....)

Glad you are okay.

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Reply #29 – November 17, 2010, 11:31:42 PM

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ironically it happened right out front of the school, where i'm taking autobody repair

class project car!