What do you want for it and where is it ? Thanks, Dean

 

Spend the money and restore it.. Prices of fastbacks are going to the roof (out here anyway and i heard that they are getting hard to find in the states ...) . A car in good condition will bedouble in the following year. Even if you don't want it. I think its a good investment.

 

id part it out and scrape the rest theres not alot there worth saving firewall foward is gone and im sure the firewall and floor pan are smashed too.

 

well...it looks to me like it COULD be fixed. wont be easy of course....

body-wise it looks liek you would need to just get a new front end of aprons and rail on the driver side...right rear quarter panel...and right rear wheel well...plus small pieces liek grill etc but thats bolt on stuff...

id get it looked at by a body guy to see if its all tweaked and twisted or if its just smushed...

 

Hard to tell from the photos if the damage goes past the A post. Seems like thats the area of most concern provided the roof is not creased. Frame rails are not a problem. Try to picture the car with the panels cut away. I bet your mind willstart to mentally rebuild the car, seeing what it can be, insted of the crumpled metal you see now. Take by a reputable body shop or two and geta couple estimates. Yoiu may find this to be easier than you think. Being your first car, someday you will look back and say, "I'm glad I fixedit and am driving it now". There is only one first car, and all of us will remember it.

 

Even with replacing the body panels and all, I would be afraid that the uni body itself is warped. I think I would get as much money for it as it sits, and start another project.

 

i agree with that !!!!

arthur

 

Damn, you did a number on that!

 

My brother just about wiped out the entire front of his '66 vert fore of the firewall. It was fixed and looks great today. The only downside is that the repairs were done entirely by a body shop so it was just slightly tweaked, wearing tires unevenly. About a year ago or so he took it to a frame shop who put it on their rack and got it back into spec. The frame shop work wasn't even $500 so it wasn't too bad.

Before scrapping it, get some ideas what it will take to fix it. You may be surprised. Since a restored fastback routinely sells above $20K, you have a lot of room for repair before getting into the red.

Good luck,
Jeff

 

I really appreciate all the comments and input. I think, at this point, I will try to get a couple of opinions from body shops and frame shops to see what thay have to say and go from there.

Thanks everyone!