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Lets not make it too obvious who the real idiot is.....Don't know to how many races you've been to, but this damage, although it sucks and it is a pain in the *** to fix, is not serious at all. QUOTE]


LMAO......your probably right, I know nothing.

thanks for making my point clear that its NOT a easy/fun/feasible project to do in your spare time in the garage....as the original poster made it seem. Obviously a professional frame shop will/should be employed to aid in the rebuild.

As for my experience.....thanks for the assumption that I was a total dimwit. I wont waste my time with a rundown of actual racecars and teams that I have been involved with and helped rebuild completely when demolished. Rest assured, I know what it will take to do the job properly.

-nick, common moron

 

wow, OUCH is right... glad you guys are okay.. that ITR looks very fixable, considering it must be very malleable by now

 

looks like junk to me, give it to the NC boys to light on fire and buy an Accord


Morgan - who know's Nick knows what he is talking about

 

Pictures like those make me glad I drive a car that can be reshelled for $200.

 

Glad you are ok.

Wow.

 

lol Well I'm glad you got a laugh out of it because for a moment I thought my post was a tad too politically harsh, confrontational (whatever it's called).

We both agree that it does not look at all like a hard job for a body shop. Still it is a major inconvenience for Warren. I'm sure he could have been happier if this had not happened. But hey, $hit always happens in racing.

But I can't say that we both agree on your other comment (below), since I have nothing to agree with. I don't know you, so that's why I did not pass judgment on you even in the previous post. That's what: "Don't know to how many races you've been to" means, at least to me. I do not like people who judge before they know, about as much as I don't like those who make up stuff or distort the truth, and you can rest assured that I'm not one of them. But seeing someone get called an idiot by someone else who doesn't know anything about other person definitely fits this profile, won't you say? Just because I mentioned that Tim (who I do know because I've seen him at the tracks) has been racing for a while does not make *you* any more or less competent. What you think of yourself is really not my business. If dimwit or common moron is what you see fit, that's fine with me. I don't know you well enough to either agree or disagree with you on that one. Anyway sorry Warren to dirty your thread with such a pointless off topic post but I couldn't help it. Good luck with your car.

 

Warren's car has a krinkle-finish paint job.

Seriously, hook a chain to the LF, find a good oak tree, presto. A little white racer's tape and a bit more JB Weld and you're at VIR!

Hope you get it all back together, man. Do hope you can get it to the track next month, and most of all, glad you and Tom are both OK.

 

Sorry to see that happen, at least no one was hurt.

 

Before by Sima.

Warren

 

Tell us the hunter orange mirrors and wing are not damaged!?

Greg ~ who actually thinks that looks pretty trick...


*seriously, glad to hear there was no driver injuries*

 

FWIW, the damage looks a little less severe than when a confused octogenarian ran his Fleetwood through a redlight and nailed me in the right rear. They had to replace most of the rear suspension, the right rear quarter panel, and a lot of the rear subframe bits. The insurance company paid around $8k to restore it to brand new condition, so I would think Warren's repairs should total less than that, even if he had it all done by a shop.

 

I'm shooting for <1k. Repairs on the cheap. Dirt cheap. I know too many scummy IT racers to pay that much to fix this car Just get my shock towers in the right place, and the engine sitting in the right place. The rest is just decoration.

Warren

 

Warren's right. Fixing a racecar is a whole lot cheaper than fixing a street car. The parts can be aftermarket and there is no time wasted in trying to make everything fit perfectly. It's a racecar!

 

Yeah, and I'll be damned if I'm paying for new decals

Warren

 

JB Weld ownz joo

 

Glad to see your O.K.

Those are the most important things: making sure the engine mounts are in the correct postion and the shock towers are even. Unless you like the engine vibrating the car to hell!

 

it should pull straight, no doubt. my car was hit (6 months after i drove it off the lot, grrrrrrr!) by a woman who ran a redlight and tagged my front left bumper. my frame was pushed inward so it touched the engine pulley and crushed my beloved a/c. well, 1 month of driving a mitsubishi galant, 4 body panels, 1 frame straightener, and almost $8k of her insurance money - my car runs straight and true.

 

Progress report

I'm not really sure how you're supposed to remove a radiator core support, but SGT and I just air chiseled the fawker off. Not exactly pretty, but it's off. The body shop guy will probably ask who did this, and then put us on his list to NEVER hire us

Much to the dismay of Scott and Karl, all original body panels will be used. They really aren't in that bad of shape. A few tweaks here and there, and some touch up paint, errr, well... maybe a lot of touch up paint, and it'll be great at 100mph/100ft! Funny, that number keeps going up. I think it was about 50/50 at the start of the season.

edit: SGT w/ an air chisel is scary. He gets this evil ear to ear grin as the metal moves like butter.

Warren


[Modified by Warren, 2:43 AM 9/16/2002]

 

so does this mean you will make it to vir next month.

 

insane. i am glad both of you are okay and your car was spared from a fire. hope to see you out on the track soon again.

 

Unknown yet. I still have to get the car pulled, and find some way to mangle on the new core support. Err, we kind of mangled one hole that the bumper bolts to, so we have to figure out another way to mount it.

Toasted at least 2 motor mounts.

Warren

 

Hope it goes well. BTW, you take off a radiator support/core by using a drill. You need to drill out all the tack welds.

Good luck Warren