Started by smrtmblues · Thu 2009-10-15 (17 years ago) · in Wide Bodies
Ok...I promised you more today, however my system
is down and I can't access any of my pictures, soooo...
I'll have to leave everyone hanging until Monday. :+
It's a '73 Wide Body convertible...
For a sneak preview, a couple of picures are on another thread.
Porsche silver over Porsche charcoal, with dark blue interior,
nice car until...
To be continued on Monday...
The thread is officially open. :D
Last words in fatal accidents for 49 of 50 states are "Oh Sh*t!" Final words in Wisconsin are "Hold my beer, I'm gonna try somethin'..."
You definately need to change the NAME of those colors. the "P" word is a no no :+
"Randy"
Randy, I luv ya man!!! There is only one color that wil make a BBC go faster that Porshe silver...
Ford blue...:D
Ok...here we go!!! This car was a local car show my bride and I attended on Aug 2. We owned it by the end of the show!!! Picked it up on Aug 11, drove it until Aug 20 when...
Last words in fatal accidents for 49 of 50 states are "Oh Sh*t!" Final words in Wisconsin are "Hold my beer, I'm gonna try somethin'..."
I'm going to call those colors Corvette Silver Anniversary colors.
:+
Can't wait to see it in person, it looks like a great car!
On another note.... went to Tn for the corvette show this weekend, ran into some snow... thought about you guys in the frozen north!
"Randy"
This happened...
Blase broke...flew around a bit..destroyed a few parts.
changed the water pump, fan clutch, fan blade, upper radiator hose, and belts.
Hood took a hit...
Last words in fatal accidents for 49 of 50 states are "Oh Sh*t!" Final words in Wisconsin are "Hold my beer, I'm gonna try somethin'..."
Then...after the tow truck dropped the car at my place, I discovered towing damage 2 days later.
Cruched urethene bumper...
Broken center grill..
Last words in fatal accidents for 49 of 50 states are "Oh Sh*t!" Final words in Wisconsin are "Hold my beer, I'm gonna try somethin'..."
Got the car running after installing the new parts, took it to the towing guy to place a claim.
Drove the car 2 days, approx 125 miles, then this happened...
Last words in fatal accidents for 49 of 50 states are "Oh Sh*t!" Final words in Wisconsin are "Hold my beer, I'm gonna try somethin'..."
This is what caused about $1,700 worth of damage.
The flange pulled off the shaft...
Last words in fatal accidents for 49 of 50 states are "Oh Sh*t!" Final words in Wisconsin are "Hold my beer, I'm gonna try somethin'..."
And last but not least...
Rick this one is for you...;)
Last words in fatal accidents for 49 of 50 states are "Oh Sh*t!" Final words in Wisconsin are "Hold my beer, I'm gonna try somethin'..."
To date I have about 2 grand in this project. Will have another $800-900 in hood repairs. Hope to get some money from the water pump company (read good luck)...this rope will push hard uphill...x(
The car is in the body shop for the towing repairs to be done.
The claim against the water pump company is about 60 days old...was told that it will probably take 70-80 days before I hear anything.
Well, there you have it...
More to come...:+
Last words in fatal accidents for 49 of 50 states are "Oh Sh*t!" Final words in Wisconsin are "Hold my beer, I'm gonna try somethin'..."
smrtmblues wrote: This happened... Blase broke...flew around a bit..destroyed a few parts. changed the water pump, fan clutch, fan blade, upper radiator hose, and belts. Hood took a hit...
Randy, this weekend was good weather up nort...in the upper 40's.
It's good that you por folk git a leetle fun in the snow now and again...:D
Changed the coil in the '73 before taking it to the body shop on Sat. Put in my MSD. Now I can light those bad boys up!!! }>
Last words in fatal accidents for 49 of 50 states are "Oh Sh*t!" Final words in Wisconsin are "Hold my beer, I'm gonna try somethin'..."
smrtmblues wrote: Then...after the tow truck dropped the car at my place, I discovered towing damage 2 days later. Cruched urethene bumper... Broken center grill..
Marv-Love the plate (it's sooooo original). Does this mean that the "other" Can Am vert will be on eBay soon? ....Or will you be keeping her for parts? And whats the deal with the dark spot on the pass. side front fender? And, AND, whats the deal with you and revolving parts? (halfshaft on 'ol blue and now this)
smrtmblues wrote: Got the car running after installing the new parts, took it to the towing guy to place a claim. Drove the car 2 days, approx 125 miles, then this happened...
Yah, I told Rick that I would do the plate for him...now he has gone and got hisself a short tail...he probably won't ever drive the widebody anywhere again so that we can sit the cars together...
Maybe you should get one for New Joisy!!! Then we could be the 3 amigos...:D
Several people have suggested that I clean my garage out now that I have too many to fit...but it's tough being me...I plan to store the "other" vert for now. Too much money in it and not far enough along to let it go. However...time will tell.
Keith...give me more...what dark spot???
"And, AND, whats the deal with you and revolving parts? (halfshaft on 'ol blue and now this)?" Dunno...I guess that I'm just blessed. :+ It's been an expensive year...
Last words in fatal accidents for 49 of 50 states are "Oh Sh*t!" Final words in Wisconsin are "Hold my beer, I'm gonna try somethin'..."
smrtmblues wrote: This is what caused about $1,700 worth of damage. The flange pulled off the shaft...
On the two photos of the car 3/4 front there appears to be a dark spot on the upper fender behind the front wheelwell. I wouldn't have mentioned it otherwise, but it was on both pix. Camera trick? Aged eyes? Dymentsia?
smrtmblues wrote: And last but not least... Rick this one is for you...;)
Keith, I see it now that you have pointed it out, but I think it is just the camera angle and the angles of the body, as there isn't anything wrong that I recall seeing on the car. It must be that sneaky Porsche paint acting like a chameleon now that Randy has picked on it...:D
Last words in fatal accidents for 49 of 50 states are "Oh Sh*t!" Final words in Wisconsin are "Hold my beer, I'm gonna try somethin'..."
smrtmblues wrote: To date I have about 2 grand in this project. Will have another $800-900 in hood repairs. Hope to get some money from the water pump company (read good luck)...this rope will push hard uphill...x(
The car is in the body shop for the towing repairs to be done. The claim against the water pump c …
See??? I TOLD you porsche was bad.
:+
they are always out to get us....
"Randy"
smrtmblues wrote: Randy, this weekend was good weather up nort...in the upper 40's. It's good that you por folk git a leetle fun in the snow now and again...:D Changed the coil in the '73 before taking it to the body shop on Sat. Put in my MSD. Now I can light those bad boys up!!! }>
Okay Guys...I bit...I went and looked...
It's all your imagination...
There are no dark spots on either side...
But I did get a few more pix that I'll show
as soon as I get time to resize.
Last words in fatal accidents for 49 of 50 states are "Oh Sh*t!" Final words in Wisconsin are "Hold my beer, I'm gonna try somethin'..."
parkeracing wrote: Marv-Love the plate (it's sooooo original). Does this mean that the "other" Can Am vert will be on eBay soon? ....Or will you be keeping her for parts? And whats the deal with the dark spot on the pass. side front fender? And, AND, whats the deal with you and revolving parts? (halfshaft on 'ol blue …
Alright...just to explain...:+
I have a 2-car garage with 3 cars inside and absolutely no room to work on any of them inside because of all the parts I've collected in the past year.
The plan is to store the '73 & '75 for the winter and clean the garage, so that I can get to the 4-post lift, find my tools, and start work on something.
In the meantime, the '73 is being stored by the body shop for a combination of insurance work and work that I will pay for. The ins work will consist of the front bumper and center grill replacement for about $2,500 to replace, blend back, paint and pinstripe. Another $1,000 for repairing the hood, fenders, blending, painting, and pinstriping that I will pay for.
so, a few update pictures shot at the body shop...
These 2 are of the hood before and what they have done to date...
Last words in fatal accidents for 49 of 50 states are "Oh Sh*t!" Final words in Wisconsin are "Hold my beer, I'm gonna try somethin'..."
smrtmblues wrote: Yah, I told Rick that I would do the plate for him...now he has gone and got hisself a short tail...he probably won't ever drive the widebody anywhere again so that we can sit the cars together... Maybe you should get one for New Joisy!!! Then we could be the 3 amigos...:D
Several people have su …
Shots of the body work they are doing to repair a few stress cracks and prepare for blending back to the doors...
Last words in fatal accidents for 49 of 50 states are "Oh Sh*t!" Final words in Wisconsin are "Hold my beer, I'm gonna try somethin'..."
parkeracing wrote: On the two photos of the car 3/4 front there appears to be a dark spot on the upper fender behind the front wheelwell. I wouldn't have mentioned it otherwise, but it was on both pix. Camera trick? Aged eyes? Dymentsia?
Marv...................... lookin' good !!! How are the repairs under the front end going ? I figure you're having it all done at the same time. I look forward to seeing this one in person ! Rick
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