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R.i.p.

Reply #30
What happened with the douchebag that caused it all?
93 Festiva L, 193k miles, BP+T/G25MR swap, T3 50trim .48/.42, SRT FMIC, Capri electronics/Rocketchip, 2.5" exhaust
bests: ET 12.86, MPH 110.25, 1.92 short
02 Subaru Impreza WRX, 129k miles
97 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport, 236k miles

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Reply #31
Quote from: bhazard;342107
What happened with the douchebag that caused it all?

Drove away in his nice shiny 300.
95 Ranger Splash 2.3
88 Tbird Sport :ies::ies:
5.0 SO, stainless shorty headers, w/ Magnaflow lers. KYB struts, KYB shocks. 5lug conversion from sn95 Mustang, subframe connectors, drilled and slotted rotors, 03 Mach 1 wheels. sequential taillights.140 speedo

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Reply #32
Quote from: Haystack;342058
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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Here's a pic of the drivers side rail, supposed to be straight.
95 Ranger Splash 2.3
88 Tbird Sport :ies::ies:
5.0 SO, stainless shorty headers, w/ Magnaflow lers. KYB struts, KYB shocks. 5lug conversion from sn95 Mustang, subframe connectors, drilled and slotted rotors, 03 Mach 1 wheels. sequential taillights.140 speedo

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Reply #33
Ironic that it was a Cobalt.... It must have been "cursed" too!
2017 Subaru Outback
2007 Lincoln MKZ
1990 Ford F250 / Banks turbo diesel

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Reply #34
Quote from: BadTriumph;342111
Ironic that it was a Cobalt.... It must have been "cursed" too!

Yea, the wife and I thought the same thing...lol. Watch out for Cobalts!!!!!!!
95 Ranger Splash 2.3
88 Tbird Sport :ies::ies:
5.0 SO, stainless shorty headers, w/ Magnaflow lers. KYB struts, KYB shocks. 5lug conversion from sn95 Mustang, subframe connectors, drilled and slotted rotors, 03 Mach 1 wheels. sequential taillights.140 speedo

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Reply #35
Quote from: cougarman;342112
Yea, the wife and I thought the same thing...lol. Watch out for Cobalts!!!!!!!

I must have missed that inside joke- did you have dealings with another cobalt?
CoogarXR : 1985 Cougar XR-7

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Reply #36
Herb owns a Cobalt and he calls it the "cursed" car.  Check out his signature...

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Reply #37
It's probably still fixable but more pricey.....
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #38
That'll buff out.  I would start with the more aggressive rubbing compound though.
My car is a gravity hybrid.  The gasoline engine gets me up the hills, and gravity gets me down.

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Reply #39
Quote from: cougarman;342108
Drove away in his nice shiny 300.

You're kidding....nobody knows who he is or anything?
93 Festiva L, 193k miles, BP+T/G25MR swap, T3 50trim .48/.42, SRT FMIC, Capri electronics/Rocketchip, 2.5" exhaust
bests: ET 12.86, MPH 110.25, 1.92 short
02 Subaru Impreza WRX, 129k miles
97 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport, 236k miles

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Reply #40
Quote from: cougarman;342108
Drove away in his nice shiny 300.

 
You're kidding....nobody knows who he is or anything?
93 Festiva L, 193k miles, BP+T/G25MR swap, T3 50trim .48/.42, SRT FMIC, Capri electronics/Rocketchip, 2.5" exhaust
bests: ET 12.86, MPH 110.25, 1.92 short
02 Subaru Impreza WRX, 129k miles
97 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport, 236k miles

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Reply #41
Nope.:beatyoass:
95 Ranger Splash 2.3
88 Tbird Sport :ies::ies:
5.0 SO, stainless shorty headers, w/ Magnaflow lers. KYB struts, KYB shocks. 5lug conversion from sn95 Mustang, subframe connectors, drilled and slotted rotors, 03 Mach 1 wheels. sequential taillights.140 speedo

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Reply #42
I didn't notice the frame rail under the battery. Mine stayed straight. let us know what you end up doing.
Quote from: jcassity
I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
lilsammywasapunkrocker@yahoo.com

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Reply #43
Sorry to see this happen to you guys. I lost a t bird and a cougar as well and both times sucked.

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Reply #44
Quote from: SirChirpAlot;342214
Sorry to see this happen to you guys. I lost a t bird and a cougar as well and both times sucked.


Thanks, yea really sucks. :punchballs:
95 Ranger Splash 2.3
88 Tbird Sport :ies::ies:
5.0 SO, stainless shorty headers, w/ Magnaflow lers. KYB struts, KYB shocks. 5lug conversion from sn95 Mustang, subframe connectors, drilled and slotted rotors, 03 Mach 1 wheels. sequential taillights.140 speedo