highperformanceamc

by **Anonymous** on Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:35 pm

.....was the day this happened. :cry:

shdwmsk · by **shdwmsk** on Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:54 pm

almost made me puke up my dinner... when did this happen?

by **Anonymous** on Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:54 pm

Happened October '01. The car sat untouched until the winter of '05, when I started taking it apart. The drivetrain is out, as well as the front end, and that's as far as I got before the "Cheap ass 360 on nitrous" project took over. I hope to get it apart the rest of the way this spring, and have it media blasted.

69Rebel · by **69Rebel** on Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:21 pm

Damn...is that a '70 Jav?
That sucks, and on one of my all time fav body styles ever.

by **Anonymous** on Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:31 pm

Yup, and a Donohue at that. :cry:

BADASS74GremlinX · by **BADASS74GremlinX** on Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:44 am

That still hurts lookin at that after all these years.Don't you have some tear down shots Rob?

tubbedamx · by **tubbedamx** on Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:28 am

what are we looking at?? I don't see anything...

Nevermind it loaded....OMG WTF Happened there??

by **Anonymous** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 10:03 am

It happened at the track. Long story short, I was against a faster car(mid 60's Belvedere) that was out on me several car lengths. He lost it, and spun in my lane. We hit almost head on. If there was anything good about it, it was that I drove mine back to the trailer, while his was towed. As bad as my car is/was, his was MUCH worse. He had to replace just about the whole front end, including part of the bent firewall. I do have some pics of it torn down. I'll post a few later.

by **Anonymous** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 10:10 am

Here's one of the few I have on the digital camera. The rest are on print pictures.

spudster · by **spudster** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:39 pm

that doesn't look too bad drag... I guess I can't see too much though. hey cool old school garage.

by **Anonymous** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:55 pm

Luck for me, the damage is mostly cosmetic. The area behind the headlight was bent back pretty bad, but I got it looking pretty good.

Heh....like that garage huh ? :lol:

It's just storage.....dirt floor and a couple light bulbs. It is actually getting torn down sometime this year, and will be replaced by this when it's done.

tubbedamx · by **tubbedamx** on Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:21 am

I just can't imagine taking a head on at the track??? I think I would had cut one loose down both pant legs!!
Did you have any time to react ?? I realize all bets are off once your on the track?? But did the other guy make any attempt to make restitution?

Earlier this past year I saw a '70 chevelle scrape the wall around 1000ft mark. Gave me a gut ake!!

Cool Shop too!!! Are you doing the work yourself?

by **Anonymous** on Sun Dec 30, 2007 9:53 am

Yeah, I saw him start to loose it out of the corner of my eye, and jumped on the brakes. I guess it could have been worse, and the main thing was that neither of us was hurt, physically anyway. I wanted to POUND his ass in the ground, but though better of it.

The other guy is a welder, and he offered to do any that may be needed if I had to replace any major panels. It was good of him to offer, but I still thought it wasn't shit, considering the damage. It ended up that a good friend of mine nows the guy, and told me about all the damage his car had. MUCH worse than mine.

Thanks. I didn't build the shop, or do the floor, which has been done since that picture, but am doing all the finish work inside.....insulation, electrical, etc.

BADASS74GremlinX · by **BADASS74GremlinX** on Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:42 pm

How old is that garage? Its almost a shame your tearing it down.It looks pretty old.it may be historical?

by **Anonymous** on Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:00 pm

It's as old as the house.....built in 1954. The problem is that there's a big tree behind the garage, that is pushing up the corner of the foundation. From the road, it looks like it had to much to drink, and is leaning over. It also needs a roof. I was actually going to re-do it and make it a workshop, but with the tree problem, among other things, it ended up not costing that much more for the new building.

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