Project Envy STRUCTURE COMPLETION!
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Project Envy STRUCTURE COMPLETION! NEW PICTURES!
ok folks new pictures as of today!
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w00h00! Finished up the last bit of structure work to the T/A last night. Old rail is done away with, all supports and such are straightened, donor rail is welded on strong and has been gone over with seam sealer and rubberized undercoating to seal it up from any water and paint is layed down over it.
Heres pics so far, now its time to start putting everything back together, the first of which will be all the fuses, and ABS block. New radiator is gonna be order today also so it wont be to much longer before I can have a video of the car running for more than 10 secs. (Video of us cranking it the first time will be posted if anyone wants but it is a cell phone video)
HERES WHAT WE STARTED WITH:
The front swung over 7 INCHES! needed a rail, strut tower was back, A-Arm got bent to hell, and obviously all the other little things..
Heres a quick pic of how far we had to cut...
And jsut a few of how fucked up the railing and such was
MMk, heres the newest pictures!
<Cleo was very tired after a few hours of hard work
>
ok folks new pictures as of today!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
w00h00! Finished up the last bit of structure work to the T/A last night. Old rail is done away with, all supports and such are straightened, donor rail is welded on strong and has been gone over with seam sealer and rubberized undercoating to seal it up from any water and paint is layed down over it.
Heres pics so far, now its time to start putting everything back together, the first of which will be all the fuses, and ABS block. New radiator is gonna be order today also so it wont be to much longer before I can have a video of the car running for more than 10 secs. (Video of us cranking it the first time will be posted if anyone wants but it is a cell phone video)
HERES WHAT WE STARTED WITH:
The front swung over 7 INCHES! needed a rail, strut tower was back, A-Arm got bent to hell, and obviously all the other little things..
Heres a quick pic of how far we had to cut...
And jsut a few of how fucked up the railing and such was
MMk, heres the newest pictures!
<Cleo was very tired after a few hours of hard work
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no thats my grandpa. he would always say before he died hed make me into a body man, and i think hes done it all that work was done by me, with some help with the welding from gramps sicne im slightly dangerous with fire
all that work was done by me, with some help with the welding from gramps sicne im slightly dangerous with fire Trending Topics
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well I can plan all day long, but only 1/3 of it will probably ever be done. However...I would like to start off witht he basics (lid, cat-back, headers, ORY, mail order tune), and once I got a job, and a daily driver isntead of my other gas hog Z a heads/cam package
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well we buy cars from Adesa Impact. its basic jsut one massive salvage sale. if a car gets totalled in ana ccident, chances are that it will end up there. So we will buy them totalled, fix'em up and re-sell them. the trick to the sales are is getting the car for the right price, and have money to reapir it and make a profit. we managed to get the T/A for 3409 all said and done.
As far as what happened. poor guy had the car parked out on the street and some dumbass ran into his car. thats why the airbags didnt pop
As far as what happened. poor guy had the car parked out on the street and some dumbass ran into his car. thats why the airbags didnt pop
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Thanks 
My camaro was also brought backf rom the dead, but some dumbshit rear ended it, but its still driveable, jsut not exactly very pretty in the back sicne my bumper is all sticking out lol. Oh well I'll get to that after the T/A is done
My camaro was also brought backf rom the dead, but some dumbshit rear ended it, but its still driveable, jsut not exactly very pretty in the back sicne my bumper is all sticking out lol. Oh well I'll get to that after the T/A is done 
That's awesome how the trade is getting passed down through generations. 
Good job man! Looks like a might fine turn around you've done. Keep up the good work!
BTW- If you dont mind me asking, where you from? Just curious cause there is an Adesa about 15mi from my house. That is If its the same kind of business. I know they run a crap load of cars in and out of there.
BTW- If you dont mind me asking, where you from? Just curious cause there is an Adesa about 15mi from my house. That is If its the same kind of business. I know they run a crap load of cars in and out of there.
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adesa has several major places all voer the USA but the noe we go to is in Clayton NC which is bout an hour from my house.
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