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Race car update (GM) after crash last year

Posted By: moparfan

Race car update (GM) after crash last year - 04/29/10 09:52 PM

I posted last July that I had an accident at Mission Raceway and got the car into the wall, the same weekend my truck was stolen from the motel overnight to make matters worse. Got the car apart and had to replace the front drivers frame rail from the firewall forward, fender and door etc.

Frame rail at the lower control arm

Posted By: moparfan

Re: Race car update (GM) after crash last year - 04/29/10 09:55 PM

More damage



Posted By: moparfan

Re: Race car update (GM) after crash last year - 04/29/10 09:57 PM



Posted By: moparfan

Re: Race car update (GM) after crash last year - 04/29/10 09:59 PM

Chassis repaired and going to powder coater

Posted By: moparfan

Re: Race car update (GM) after crash last year - 04/29/10 10:02 PM

Back from powder coater

Posted By: moparfan

Re: Race car update (GM) after crash last year - 04/29/10 10:04 PM

Way to paint


Posted By: moparfan

Re: Race car update (GM) after crash last year - 04/29/10 10:04 PM

Back from paint

Posted By: moparfan

Re: Race car update (GM) after crash last year - 04/29/10 10:07 PM

Starting to go back together





Posted By: cheapstreetdustr

Re: Race car update (GM) after crash last year - 04/29/10 10:09 PM

that looks expensive....

best regards
cheapst.
Posted By: moparfan

Re: Race car update (GM) after crash last year - 04/29/10 10:09 PM





Posted By: moparfan

Re: Race car update (GM) after crash last year - 04/29/10 10:14 PM

Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: Race car update (GM) after crash last year - 04/29/10 10:29 PM

Fortunately the frames are repairable(what maybe $75
to $100 bucks for tubing) but the other stuff COST big
time... glad to see you got it back together
Posted By: rickstershemi

Re: Race car update (GM) after crash last year - 04/29/10 11:31 PM

Good to see it coming back together....beautiful car

Rickster
Posted By: blown572dart

Re: Race car update (GM) after crash last year - 04/30/10 12:17 AM

Quote:

Good to see it coming back together....beautiful car

Rickster





sure is sweet looking
Posted By: Triple Threat

Re: Race car update (GM) after crash last year - 04/30/10 02:09 AM

Nice to see pics of all the progress you were telling me about Mike. Looking forward to seeing it out again. I'm liking the new paint scheme as well.
Posted By: Al_Alguire

Re: Race car update (GM) after crash last year - 04/30/10 04:23 AM

looking good Mike. Glad to see it coming together again. So tell us what you upgraded while it was down. Surely you made a few other changes to it as well
Posted By: moparfan

Re: Race car update (GM) after crash last year - 04/30/10 02:14 PM

No real upgrades other than the carbon interior, I got the car back from the chassis shop and it was kinda like peeling the layers of an onion back, the car was starting to get tired and I wouldn't be happy just painting the damaged area and moving on.

A little history, the car was built by Willie Rells for the Schribner brothers back in the early/mid ninetys, Kurt Johnson started his career in the car (Torco sponsored) and crashed the car at Phoenix in his second race, the car was repaired by Rells and then Schribner bros sold the car to Art Hodges who was waitng for his new car to be delivered. The car was then sold when his new car arrived to Alan Bowdish in California who ran the car in comp in C and D altered with a small block and liberty in it, they sold it to another comp racer in Tracey Calif who ran the car in B/AA with a 500 inch engine and a torqueflight, I bought the car 6 years ago after selling the challenger to a guy in Denmark. I guess after paying to repair the car etc I can't afford any upgrades anyway .

The car as it sits is difficult to run by myself and the family friends help deal isn't always that easy to come by with work and home lives etc.

The racing I primarily do the number 1 qualifier goes 6.50 so I don't really see the point in spending a bunch more money on power to still fall short of the number 1 qualifing position, after qualifing its just a bracket race; the faster car at that point is usually at a disatavantage in my opinion, 4 tenths pro tree, likely the person in the other lane isn't going red leaving first and the faster car ususlly isn't as constant on a non divisional level prepped track.

Posted By: moparfan

Re: Race car update (GM) after crash last year - 04/30/10 03:40 PM

Car first year us racing it



Car in Tracey Calif as we were buying it



Car after paint 2 years later



Car now
Posted By: topfueldart

Re: Race car update (GM) after crash last year - 04/30/10 10:30 PM

Looks good Mike, im sure it will be just as impressive as always. Good luck!
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