Pakrat 1,043 Report post Posted September 13, 2012 Good luck bro and glad you are OK. I can totally sympathize with you, I may have not been racing but some careless idiot F*d up my shit too and it just plain sucks. I making lemonade out of the lemons but it still has taken way too long and way too many lost years of enjoyment that I can never get back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SM69Mach 68 Report post Posted September 14, 2012 SM69Mach: What wheel size/tire combo is it on the car in your sig pic? The stance is unbelivable! Thanks man. I am running 18X10 and 17X8. 305/35 out back and 245/45 up front. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Powershift 19 Report post Posted September 14, 2012 Very sad to see the pics, and hear the news. Looks to have been a beautiful car, with great modifications. I'm really glad you weren't injured. Best of luck in the rebuild. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gsxrken 21 Report post Posted September 17, 2012 Thanks for the info on the oil cooler. The Mocal is real nice piece- the built in thermostat is a great way to tidy up the plumbing. I will be adopting your setup this winter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fvike 173 Report post Posted September 17, 2012 Cool, I used AN -12 lines everywhere. I had a tread about it over at Corner-Carvers when I built the system. http://www.corner-carvers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46230 Hope it helps. The MOCAL is an SP1T, as it says in the tread. I bought it at http://www.racerpartswholesale.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fvike 173 Report post Posted October 6, 2012 I've tested if my Crane HI-6 survived the crash. It did. Pretty good stuff, it was located in the battery pocket, so it took the impact head-on. Still works. Had it running for like 5 seconds. I had a major leak in the oil cooler. :whistling: You can see it in the bottom right corner in the video. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
70Nightmare 20 Report post Posted October 6, 2012 Thats good ur motor is running fine even if it was just for a few seconds. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fvike 173 Report post Posted October 6, 2012 Yep, signaled my brother (in the car) to shut it off because of the oil leak. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
70Nightmare 20 Report post Posted October 6, 2012 o ok Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trav_450R 10 Report post Posted October 11, 2012 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH XD :death: Such a gorgeuos ride smashed! I would hate to be in that situation with my moms car, I would've come ungluded and ended the day in handcuffs! Glad your ok thought and so is the car. Car parts can be replaced and although we can now replace body parts, we would like to keep all our limbs :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fvike 173 Report post Posted October 14, 2012 Thanks Trav_450R. I removed the engine the other day. But still don't want to do to much before the insurance stuff is out of the way. I've also gotten some new parts off ebay a while back. Manual pedals. My FMX might not make it back into the car. NOS front buckets and a chrome grille! I'm not sure if I'll use it yet. Depends on how it looks on the car. I might go with a standard black grille. I've had a new repro front bumper lying around for years. So I just had to get it out of storage at my parents' house. :biggrin: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prayers1 153 Report post Posted October 14, 2012 Glad you weren't hurt and saying "it's only metal" is much easier when you have insurance. It's a beautiful car, too bad I never saw it whole before. Is that a Ford Merlot red, it's hard to see? Is it a 3 stage paint? If you have anytime, can you post a picture before the accident. Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trav_450R 10 Report post Posted October 15, 2012 Whats different about the NOS buckets? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigDuke6 17 Report post Posted October 15, 2012 (edited) Frode: I am so sorry to hear about your car. It seems you and I run parallel to each other. We built almost identical cars. I wrecked mine back in 2006 and now you have crashed yours. It took 5 years before it was fixed. The only real difference is that mine was not covered by insurance. You are lucky to have coverage for a track incident. I don't think such coverage is not available in Germany. I know it wasn't back in the NL. Good luck with the rebuild and just be happy you were not hurt. Edited October 15, 2012 by BigDuke6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fvike 173 Report post Posted October 15, 2012 Glad you weren't hurt and saying "it's only metal" is much easier when you have insurance. It's a beautiful car, too bad I never saw it whole before. Is that a Ford Merlot red, it's hard to see? Is it a 3 stage paint? If you have anytime, can you post a picture before the accident. Thanks! The color is Ford Chestnut Pearl. It's a really nice color that looks very different in different lighting conditions. I went deep into my harddisk and found some pictures of it. On these pictures it looks very purple. Here it's brown. Here it's more red. This is how it usualy looks. A dark brownish purple. A Couple of action shots from the track Lastly, a shot where it's cooling down from a track session. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fvike 173 Report post Posted October 15, 2012 Whats different about the NOS buckets? Nothing. They're just NOS - New old stock. Unused original parts. Not repro. Frode: I am so sorry to hear about your car. It seems you and I run parallel to each other. We built almost identical cars. I wrecked mine back in 2006 and now you have crashed yours. It took 5 years before it was fixed. The only real difference is that mine was not covered by insurance. You are lucky to have coverage for a track incident. I don't think such coverage is not available in Germany. I know it wasn't back in the NL. Good luck with the rebuild and just be happy you were not hurt. Jerry, it's amazing, isn't it? Anyway, I hope to have the car back in action within 2 years. Hopefully 1 year. :thumbup1: 2 AgpixMuh and zapedVem reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prayers1 153 Report post Posted October 15, 2012 (edited) Love that color! Was it a 3 stage paint or BC/CC. Edited October 15, 2012 by prayers1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fvike 173 Report post Posted October 15, 2012 Love that color! Was it a 3 stage paint or BC/CC. Sorry - don't know. It was painted that color when I got the car back in 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trav_450R 10 Report post Posted October 29, 2012 So whats new with the repairs? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fvike 173 Report post Posted October 29, 2012 Well, the insurance claim is handled. The car was totaled, so I got some cash out, but kept the car. So I'm about to order parts. They will take some time to get here, so I'll be starting to disassemble the whole car soon (tomorrowish). I've been working on a time plan and budget to try to organize this whole project, as it is my first restoreation (I'm only 31), so I try to plan ahead. And a whole lot of bench racing/dreaming. Which is the fun part of any project. Thanks for asking! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trav_450R 10 Report post Posted October 30, 2012 Bench racing is always a must! Its good to hear its going to be fixed! If I wasn't working on getting my 66 F100 into its shortbed form, I'd be getting my moms purple coupe fixed and then would be finding my own Coupe! It sucks being in college and being poor! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fvike 173 Report post Posted November 4, 2012 Finaly started on the car! It feel good. I've removed the rear glass, wing, emblems, sidemarkers, rear mounted battery, accumulator, and rear seat and panels. I'm trying to not unbolt to much at once, so that I can store it away, and not just pile it up somewhere. Before you ask; the '70 is a friends car. It's a Mach 1, 351C, Toploader, a lot of options. It's original color is Grabber Orange:excl: I had some rust bubbles in this location, but it turned out not so bad. I was pretty sure this corner would be just rusted away, because water was getting into the car here. Turns out the water went around the window gasket, so I was real happy with that. Same thing here, but there's a little surface rust. not bad. This is where "all" Mustangs rust, and mine was no exception. There is a tiny hole, but a lot less than I expected, given the size of the bubbles. Passenger door. Got major rust here, but if I'm lucky, the door edges is still intact. Got some work here. I'm real happy with how intact the rear window area is. I thought it would be rusted out in the bottom. The -12AN bulkhead is where the accumulator line is connected. The accumulator bottle brackets is below where the rear seat door is located. Rear seat area. I'm gonna replace the original noise mats with Dynamat. The 351W's got a long wait ahead of it. Gotta give it a wash at some point. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fvike 173 Report post Posted November 9, 2012 Testing out a blackout tail panel. Think I'll go with this. What do you think? Looks good? The blackout that is, not my twin brother.:clown: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
70Nightmare 20 Report post Posted November 9, 2012 The blackout tail light panel looks good with ur color combo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike65 475 Report post Posted November 10, 2012 :thumbup: Yes it looks good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites