Does anybody out there know this 2004 CE Coupe or have contact info for previous owners, please PM me any info you have. Thanks

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You could run a carfax on it and get some basic information.

Where is this located? Is this in New Orleans? Was the car damaged in the storm?

 

Carfax will only tell me what I already know, it doesn't give any owner info.

The car was destroyed by the storm and is almost finished being put back together, I'd like to get ahold of the previous owner to see if they have any pictures of the damaged car or any of the original documentation.

BTW here is the most current picture, I'm in the process of painting it.
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That's quite a project.

 

That is exactly what I was thinking. Was it flooded with water in addition to being smashed up?

 

 

Wow. Good luck.

 

 

Yes it was.

I could point out what I have replaced on the car but it would be much easier to point out the 3 or 4 things that I didn't have to replace.

For example, the passenger side door was undamaged, the drivers side door needed a slight bit of work and every other body panel is new. all of the wiring is new, all of the modules are new and 99% of the suspension is new, I rebuilt the engine, replaced the torque tube and transmission. etc. etc. etc.

 

Just curious: May I ask what you paid for the car in the state it was in?

 

Hey Robert:

Glad to see project is progressing nicely - what color are you going w/, the yellow (per hood), the white (per rocker panels) or the blue

I can understand your desire to contact the former owner - good luck, and keep us posted on your findings.

Any chance you can go back thru who you purchased it from to find the original owner? Sometimes the salvage place won't directly give out that info to you, but if you tell them why you want the info, they might notify the prior owner and then hopefully the prior owner will contact you. I know if this was formerly my car, and I found out you rebuilt it, I would be most anxious to talk w/ you.

Bill.

 

WOW now thats a labor of love there, don't forget to post up pics when it's complete, good luck.

 

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What did you have to do to get it running and driving? I imagine you're an expert on the vehicles electronics by now. Did you have to tear down the drivetrain?

It sounds like it would of been good for spare parts, i'm surprised it's getting repaired with prices on C5s as low as they are.

 

Good job on rescuing it. That's a big project.

 

Nice recovery. I hope you got a heck of a deal on it, that is the only way I would have taken on such a huge project. Good Luck.

 

What did they do, leave it outside while the hurricane hit?

 

I'm painting it the original Le Mans Blue, the passenger door and both front fenders have been painted in that picture and as the car sits right now both rocker panels and the B-pillar cover have been painted and I'm waiting for more adhesive from www.gmpartshouse.com my main supplier for this project.

I can't find the original owner by back tracking, after the hurricane it was sold as a large lot of vehicles to a company called Ride Safely, from there it was purchased by a guy in San Antonio who had plans on rebuilding it but let it sit for a few months before deciding it was more project than he was willing to take on> Of course trying to get any info out of Ride Safely is impossible, that is unless I'm calling to buy something from them

TraceZ: I was hoping to be able to reuse alot of parts but that didn't happen, as a matter of fact the first lot of parts I purchased after getting the car was a little less than $5k and at that point if I would have resold what was good on the car and the parts I bought I might have gotten half my money back, it basically turned into a money pit, but this is my fifth car that I've rebuilt and I'll do it again with something else.

ZOSick6: I paid $7600 for the car and I got a car that was virtually brand new except for the slight damage , the current odometer shows 38 miles. Now with that said, that doesn't mean I'm trying to hide anything the car will always be branded a flood car by agencies like Carfax and I've completely documented the rebuild with pictures and receipts, plus if I ever decide to sell (I'm to upside down financially to sell anytime soon) all of the pictures and paperwork will go with the car.

 

WOW It will be like brand new when you are finished!! Got to see pics. when you are done

 

that car had some interesting wheels...what happened to those?

 

Nice job, does it run?