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Old 08-21-2010, 08:10 PM
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After getting the car scaled and a downpipe rebuilt, I had a terrible mishap when I got home...... Took the straps off the car and left it on the trailer for a little. Went into the house and gave my daughter a bath. When I went back out to unload I got in the car and realized the battery wasn't turned on. Got out of the car and left the door opened to pull my battery on. When I pulled the switch the car started moving and I wasn't able to stop it before it rolled over the dovetail. It rolled off the trailer and the door hit the trailer fender coming back and completely F***ED my door up!!!!!! The door skin is cracked and pulling off and the hinges are bent......

Lesson learned....never unstrap the car until you plan on taking it off and always check to make sure it's in gear. I'm lucky it didn't roll off when I wasn't out with it. Someone could have been seriously hurt!!! I was able to stop it before it hit anything behind it thank god!!!!!!
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well...damn...that royally sucks bad...

I recall someone local selling some manual doors on here not that long ago...should be able to swap the power stuff in
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***edit***

just found the post...they were black doors too...

https://ls1tech.com/forums/eastern-c...-firebird.html
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Thanks Brian! I sent him a pm
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Yeah at least it didn't roll off the trailer and over an embankment behind your house like mine did last year
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Originally Posted by dschmittie1
Yeah at least it didn't roll off the trailer and over an embankment behind your house like mine did last year
This is true
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I'm thankful it was a flat driveway and not on a hill. Or it would have been bad!
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Originally Posted by dschmittie1
Yeah at least it didn't roll off the trailer and over an embankment behind your house like mine did last year
Wow the turbo guys letting cars roll of trailers.. Sorry about your mishap...
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Have a new door already....just need to put it on.
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I did the same thing coming off a set of ramps except a rock crushed my door
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Thats like the 3rd one this year I've heard of locally. sucks man.
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mine did that last year at MIR...was winching out of the trailer and the line slipped off and the car came flying out
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That sucks Chad. Glad you got a door already and nothing else was damaged.
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Fixed it today. Just need to get it adjusted right. The project sucked!
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With all of the replacement parts on that car we should call it Frankenstein. LOL
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There isn't much left of the original car...It may be ugly but it's gonna be fun!
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Originally Posted by 1fast bird
There isn't much left of the original car...It may be ugly but it's gonna be fun!
I wouldn't say that its ugly by any standard and it will look damn good at 150+. LOL




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