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I have daily drove it from the day I bought it. It is unknown to me whether or not the PO's daily drove it. The car had a Illinois plate underneath the old one so I am assuming the rust is due to the salt from winter driving.Originally Posted by sdg3205
Location: Orlando, Florida
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Does it really need a whole new frame? It looks like just the crumple zone is bad. Those can be replaced pretty easily in a weekend. Is it bad anywhere else?
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There is some visible rust on the rear but I have seen much worse. Toby recommended the frame be replaced and I trust his expertise. If you just wanted to drive the car you could probably get away with just replacing the front extension.
Last edited by Massaku; 03-26-2012 at 11:21 PM.
Location: Fernandina Beach Fl
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I'm curious as to how that is done.
Location: Orlando, Florida
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You chop the old one off and weld a new one on. I did it the weekend of the 4th of July last year. I did it in a day; took about 15 hours.
Only thing that sucks is that 8 months later I ended up doing a body frame separation. Had I known at the time that was on the horizon I would have just waited. In it's current state, I'm pretty sure I could have done the job in about 3 hours easy.
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Price is now 10,000 firm
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Did this car ever sell?
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