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| This is what the car looked like before the accident |
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| Another view before the accident. |
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| OUCH!! The front end is pretty smashed up. |
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| We've removed everything down to the radiator core support. |
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| Passenger side fender apron is trashed. |
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| The radiator core will absolutely need replacing. |
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| Both fender aprons need replacing. |
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| Another view of the front before we cut out the radiator support. |
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| We've removed the radiator support. Now we can really see all the damage. Amazingly the frame is totally undamaged! |
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| Here we've cut out the drive's side fender apron. |
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| Another view of where the driver's side fender apron used to be. |
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| Now we've removed the passenger side apron too. |
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| We've cleaned up all the remaining metal and primed it with a weld-thru primer. |
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| Another view of the car just about ready for welding. |
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| A view from the passenger side. Hmmm maybe we should paint the eninge while we've got it all apart. |
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| A front view of the engine compartment primed & ready. |
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| A nice coat of Ford Blue on the engine will brighten things up! |
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| That block sure does look mighty pretty now! |
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| We decided on a silver "hammered" finish on the harmonic dampener and the water pump. |
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| We put that same hammered finish on the a/c & alternator bracket. |
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| WOW! What a difference a little paint makes!!! |
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| We just welded in a brand new driver's side fender apron. It's starting to look like a car again! |
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| A front view showing how nice the new engine bay is starting to look. |
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| Here's the passenger side fender apron welded in |
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| Next we got the radiator support welded to the new fender aprons |
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| And we put a nice coat of paint on the entire engine bay - looking good! |
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| Here's a veiw of the battery tray. |
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| Here you can see that we routed the wiring inside the fender instead of inside the engine bay. |
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| The horns are in and the engine fan is bolted in place |
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| The Aluminium radiator bolted right in with little difficulty. |
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| The new stock style hood bolted right up. |
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| The passenger fender took a little work, but eventually we got it bolted in perfectly. |
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| See how nice that hood lines up with the fender! |
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| The driver side fender went on without a hitch! |
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| The A/C lines are in and the rest of the engine is very close to complete! |
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| Hood latch installed |
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| View of hood latch & support |
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| Front headlight buckets installed. Also grill temporarily in place. |
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| Stone guard installed, also closer view of headlight bucket. |
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| Driver side stone guard & headlight bucket |
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| Passenger side bumper brackets installed. |
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| Driver's side bumper brackets installed. |
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| Front valence is now on the car! |
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| View of license plate holder in front valence |
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| Driver's side of valence. |
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| Passenger side headlight door installed on bucket. |
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| Driver's side headlight door installed on the bucket. |
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| Wow! What a project. We're FINALLY ready for PAINT!!!!!!! WoooooHooooo! |
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