1970 W-31 frame off
October 28th, 2012, 02:54 PM
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1970 W-31 frame off
just wanted to share my progress with the car, few new pik's.
Still alot to do and alot of stuff to get yet
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Still alot to do and alot of stuff to get yet
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October 28th, 2012, 02:55 PM
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October 28th, 2012, 06:12 PM
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Yes it did. i was in the pass seat. we hit a tree heading. it hit right on the end of the frame (if u look thought the piks you can see how bad it folded thfrount). but hitting were it did probably save a lot more damage.
November 17th, 2012, 07:18 PM
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November 22nd, 2012, 06:55 AM
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the dash was from me. my mom was driving and is ALOT shorter than me. so i was already in the dash when we hit. All i got was a fat lip, my mom got really messed up though she is the one the hit the windshild.
November 22nd, 2012, 06:05 PM
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Wow...hopefully she is feeling better. How long ago did it happen? Hopefully, you have collision repair experience and a frame machine. Gonna have to do a lot of pulling and measuring before that body can be dropped on the new frame.....
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November 22nd, 2012, 06:27 PM
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Mom is fine now, this happened 20 years ago. The car has been setting in storage I finally got a place to work on it. as for the frame and body, they head to the shop in january. I can turn a wrench but no way could i fix that.
January 4th, 2013, 07:58 AM
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Found a dash in Iowa. man what a drive. but i got everything. the person cut it right out of the car. will post some pik's soon. It's not thru greatest but for the price and everything i got. one step closer!!!!
January 4th, 2013, 09:22 AM
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Do you have pics of what it looked like before you disassembled it? What do the body mounts look like? The frame is tweaked hard all the way back to the rear cross member! Mom must have been on it hard before hitting the tree! Whatd she do hit second at 6000rpm and loose it?
January 4th, 2013, 11:12 AM
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Most of the pik's from before i dismantled her are on the photobucket link. as for what she was doing. My dad told her that the car could not spin the tires in all 4 gears. she tried to prove him wrong. she lost control and was not smart enough to take her foot out of it. have a video of the road and tree. still have to up load that one. mom still denies that is what she was doing but video shows truth
January 16th, 2013, 04:43 PM
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had a busy weekend!!!!!
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she is setting on the new frame. next step off to body shop!!!
here is a pik of the dash i picked up. wrong color but could not beat the price.
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she is setting on the new frame. next step off to body shop!!!
here is a pik of the dash i picked up. wrong color but could not beat the price.
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April 30th, 2013, 02:38 PM
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Update. just got home from the body shop. bringing the frame home tomorrow so i can finish it. Kind of made me smile just a little to see that she is getting fixed. One day closer!!!!!!!!
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April 30th, 2013, 04:44 PM
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ok little lost on what you are talking about "Take a picture of the firewall and if there are any stampings put the pic in the firewall stamping thread." but if you can point me in the right direction and i will gladly do it.
April 30th, 2013, 05:01 PM
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June 1st, 2014, 05:40 AM
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It has been some time but work is still going on. Hoping to have some new piks up soon.
Although I am not as far as I hoped I would be it is vetting there. I am amazed at the time, money, and pain of finding parts has been.
Although I am not as far as I hoped I would be it is vetting there. I am amazed at the time, money, and pain of finding parts has been.
June 3rd, 2014, 09:53 AM
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So you said you have a vid of the crash and the aftermath? We all like to see the carnage. And its great ref for before and after pics. You're really going to town. Why the full floor replacement? Was it tweaked that hard?
September 26th, 2014, 01:19 PM
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http://s1247.photobucket.com/user/jo...%20body%20piks
finaly getttng around to uploading some new piks.
they came from the body guy this way, no real order to them. I hope you enjoy i sure did.
reminds me how much work has been done
finaly getttng around to uploading some new piks.
they came from the body guy this way, no real order to them. I hope you enjoy i sure did.
reminds me how much work has been done
September 26th, 2014, 06:02 PM
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Most of the pik's from before i dismantled her are on the photobucket link. as for what she was doing. My dad told her that the car could not spin the tires in all 4 gears. she tried to prove him wrong. she lost control and was not smart enough to take her foot out of it. have a video of the road and tree. still have to up load that one. mom still denies that is what she was doing but video shows truth
September 26th, 2014, 07:37 PM
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October 4th, 2014, 11:01 AM
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It is yellow. only have hood and stripes left then time to start putting back together. I also found what i think is the build sheet. If anyone could help me understand it that would be great
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October 6th, 2014, 06:37 AM
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So you said you have a vid of the crash and the aftermath? We all like to see the carnage. And its great ref for before and after pics. You're really going to town. Why the full floor replacement? Was it tweaked that hard?
October 9th, 2014, 12:35 PM
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there is a misunderstanding. i do not have a vid of crash. have of were the crash happened and the car right after.
I replaced the hole floor because there was rust in alot of small spots. So it was almost the same price to do the hole floor
I replaced the hole floor because there was rust in alot of small spots. So it was almost the same price to do the hole floor
October 9th, 2014, 02:33 PM
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