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Old 02-20-2012, 03:09 PM
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Default Another reason to keep bubba away from your car.......

OR, one more reason NOT to buy a car when you don't know what you're looking at.
What a mess. I'm in the teardown/repair mode waiting on the nose for this 57 restomod. The car has been "spliced". It came from TN.Titled as a 57 with correct vin tag, etc. 58 from the doors back. Holes in the trunk were filled. Look at this splice job. HOLY CRAP!!!! The next time you have a little "crack" to fix......think of this.
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Old 02-20-2012, 03:47 PM
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Dont have to worry about it holding water...
Old 02-20-2012, 03:57 PM
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How depressing for you to get a POS like that to redo Mike.
Or your customer that has to pay for it!
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what's the big deal, that will buff right out...
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seen that trick done before. that is why its best to buy a "unhit" car
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Somebody git a rope!!
Old 02-20-2012, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Nowhere Man
seen that trick done before. that is why its best to buy a "unhit" car
Old 02-20-2012, 04:31 PM
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seen that trick done before. that is why its best to buy a "unhit" car
Hey......this car IS "unhit". Maybe we should start looking at unhit AND "UNCUT"

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Originally Posted by Nowhere Man
seen that trick done before. that is why its best to buy a "unhit" car
What's wrong with you?

That car IS unhit!

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Wow...we posted the same thing at the same time....
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Originally Posted by mike coletta
Hey......this car IS "unhit". Maybe we should start looking at unhit AND "UNCUT"

Mike Coletta
well it may be but I am sure the other half of the bodies would tell a different story
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Oh the horror.
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Clearly whatever clown assembled that car did not put enough JB Weld in those cracks...very dangerous!
Old 02-20-2012, 05:27 PM
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I guess it is another case of " Split Personality"...........
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Originally Posted by Nowhere Man
seen that trick done before. that is why its best to buy a "unhit" car
Who says it was hit ? The pieces he has were likely the parts that were not hit,
No one uses hit parts, they use the parts that are left over

Show us the part of the RESTOmod that was RESTO;d please

Geezus, sure hope you got it for free?

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Old 02-20-2012, 06:13 PM
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I can feel the disappointment all the way over here in the land of Oz.

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