In this first installment I am going to show few pics of the car and talk a little bit about the tools you will absolutely need and some that you will probably need but are not considered 100% mandatory.
Well here it is Eriks (aka Sidwayz6.0) GT. While at first glance it might not look too bad, the only "good" thing about the body is that it is 100% rust free, and that is a HUGE deal, in fact it is the only reason he bought this car. At one point it was put into the ditch which pushed back the core support a bit, it also ruined the front bumper cover, and both fenders were messed up quite a bit. The car was taken to a body shop were it was straightened out by a pro ( I highly recommend that you never attempt to straighten a frame at home) the front was not far off so only a little was needed. While the car was there we also had them hang the new fenders and bumper cover. Erik will be able to chime with the costs involved if he feels comfortable giving out that info. At this point I would also like to point out that the old fenders were fixable but given the amount of time they would take to fix right, a set of repro's was deemed a better (ie cheaper) alternative.