Unforgiven
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I finally pulled the trigger on a new project. The wife and I drove 800 miles from Michigan to Newport News Virginia ..... trying to stay ahead of the ice storm that spanned from Texas to Virginia. The trip was smooth all the way down until we got into Richmond Virginia, That's were we hit rain/ice conditions, (though not too bad
from what we are used to in Michigan) . An hour later we arrived at our destination at 4:00pm in what seemed like a full on monsoon. We quickly looked over the car and gave the man a $500 deposit as good faith. We were too tired and I did not want to spend the next 2 hours loading a car and the extra parts that came with it in the rain, with darkness coming on. The next morning around 7:00 am I discovered about 1/4" sleet on the trailer, and the rain had not let up all night. Lucky for us it let up around an hour later... The car does not run and had no drive shaft, and the trailer is 34" high...covered in sleet. He said we could push it onto the trailer.... (ha ha ),
I suggested that we just use the tow strap I carry, and he could drive along side my trailer with his truck and pull the car onto the trailer, saving us both from a possible injury. After the car was loaded... ( Knowing that I faced another 14 hour drive and through the mountains), I spent the next hour chaining down the car while laying in the sleet on the trailer. We went back to the hotel room and got a hot shower and changed into some dry clothes and were on the road headed back home by 11:00am. We had just heard about the pile up in Texas
and I was a little nervous, cause we were in the same storm when we left Virginia. We got lucky and drove out of it about 2 hours later, and had smooth sailing all the way home ( which was 2:30 am ).
The car is going to media blast this summer.. When they give me the steering wheel and Vin number back...
I will start ordering parts...
Here are a couple pics of what I'm starting with.
The last pic is what was posted on his post. I did not want to snap anther one in the snow while it's on the trailer. The rear window is laying in the back seat. I did not want to go down the highway with it just
sitting in place not attached to the car. The front window is sitting in place but I put rubber straps over it to firmly hold in in place... The seats are not original.. I think he mentioned they were out of a nova..I will be looking for originals anyway.
I'm planning a 4-5 year time frame for the rebuild..
from what we are used to in Michigan) . An hour later we arrived at our destination at 4:00pm in what seemed like a full on monsoon. We quickly looked over the car and gave the man a $500 deposit as good faith. We were too tired and I did not want to spend the next 2 hours loading a car and the extra parts that came with it in the rain, with darkness coming on. The next morning around 7:00 am I discovered about 1/4" sleet on the trailer, and the rain had not let up all night. Lucky for us it let up around an hour later... The car does not run and had no drive shaft, and the trailer is 34" high...covered in sleet. He said we could push it onto the trailer.... (ha ha ),
I suggested that we just use the tow strap I carry, and he could drive along side my trailer with his truck and pull the car onto the trailer, saving us both from a possible injury. After the car was loaded... ( Knowing that I faced another 14 hour drive and through the mountains), I spent the next hour chaining down the car while laying in the sleet on the trailer. We went back to the hotel room and got a hot shower and changed into some dry clothes and were on the road headed back home by 11:00am. We had just heard about the pile up in Texas
and I was a little nervous, cause we were in the same storm when we left Virginia. We got lucky and drove out of it about 2 hours later, and had smooth sailing all the way home ( which was 2:30 am ).
The car is going to media blast this summer.. When they give me the steering wheel and Vin number back...
I will start ordering parts...
Here are a couple pics of what I'm starting with.
The last pic is what was posted on his post. I did not want to snap anther one in the snow while it's on the trailer. The rear window is laying in the back seat. I did not want to go down the highway with it just
sitting in place not attached to the car. The front window is sitting in place but I put rubber straps over it to firmly hold in in place... The seats are not original.. I think he mentioned they were out of a nova..I will be looking for originals anyway.
I'm planning a 4-5 year time frame for the rebuild..
