monkeyboy

It's been awhile. But I sold the car had to repo it and the frames twisted. The bodyshop said they could fix it if it isn't too bad. But I need to get an idea of what to base the measurments off of. I searched and found a thread with what I needed. But the photobucket account was deleted. I'm hoping the car is still salvagable. They didn't hurt much. Just cut the front off from the struts forward and welded the front off my '87 onto it. But now the car sits level up front but low on one side in the back.
By the way... the car is an '85 t-top GT.

AdderMk2

get another car

mjr46

doesn't the bodyshop have such specs??

monkeyboy

They better have the specs! It's a ford dealership. LOL! They're about the only ones that'll do frame straightening around my area with out having an insurance claim or to be doing the whole job. I'll call them tomorrow and see if they can give me a copy of the sheet. I was going to measure my frame first so I could tell the guy how bad it really is.
And (addermk2) They didn't wreck the car... They just went the wrong way about changing the front end. But I already have all my suspension under this car and all the bodywork is done from the windsheild back. That's the main reason I'm trying to save this car.
And I'm going to threadjack alittle... addermk2. Are you on supraforum.com also?

ALMOST STOCK

Made a mistake

AdderMk2

probably

monkeyboy

And yes.. I know I made a mistake selling to that kid. But oh, well. You live and learn. My brother has a'79 coupe that has no drivetrain. But I like the hatchbacks. I could also swap everything to my '87 convertible chassis and weld the radiator support onto it ( THE RIGHT WAY!) But the vert needs a top and dash.
I saw a foxbody with a tweaked frame sell on ebay for $1000 bucks this week. It didnt look to bad. I'm hoping that after I get my car straightened as close to where it ahould be. And then weld in my sub-frame connectors.... The car will be driveable at least. Anymore I don't care what this car looks like. Just as long as it's safe to drive.
Anyways... I'll call the dealership and ask about the frame chart tomorrow. And their prices were reasonable. Most heavy damaged frame were less than $1500 to fix from there. Anyone know how much it would normally cost?

AdderMk2

you could buy another for that much coin

monkeyboy

I can't find any around here for much less than that. There's an 85 vert 4cy auto for sale down the road. He's asking $1500 firm. I gave $600 for mine when i got it. Sure I had to clean out turkey feathers and alot of junk. but there were only to half dollar sized rust spot on the floorboards. And I'm just trying to get it driveable for now, at least until I can come across another cheap hatchback to swap everything to. I might not even get the frame straightned... But i need to know how bad it is before I continue working on it.
I did go to the dealership yesterday and he copied me all the pages for the frame measurements for the front subframe. He said there might be a chance of saving it. I told him abou the car. I had a m&m strut brace on the front before these kids cut the front off. And I told him that I haven't put in my subframe connectors yet. And he said that the fact that it's a t-top car with-out the braces in it... it could just look worse than it really is. So I'm off to measuring everything today. If I can remember my photobucket account I'll scan the frame charts.