My 1500.00 project vette
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From: Bartlett Illinois
The mystery harness you pictured was used for an aftermarket radio.. looks like it had a duplicate of the CDM connector
As for giving up.. was the floor worse then the pictures in your other post?
As for giving up.. was the floor worse then the pictures in your other post?
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From: Deland FL
He has another thread about fixing the floors. I am betting he will fix the minor damage and move on. Would be a shame to salvage the car for this, like you said, most of them have some damage from either a stupid driver running over something, or some moron trying to put a floor jack under the floorpan.
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yes the floor is cracked pretty good and daylight can be seen in several areas. Used a camera phone thats why pictures dont look so good.
about a 8 inch crack is in the fiberglass right near the rocker panel. I haven't pulled the metal shield to look under it yet. the damage a combination of crushed and crack fiberglass extends about 10 inches in from the door sill area.
another member I have bought from before has offered me a large piece for a patch panel if needed.
It's just everything about this car that finally got to me. After I pulled the drivers side hush panel under the dash I was blessed with another suprise. The remains of a clifford alarm system that looks like a monkey wired it all in. Thats a whole mess of wires in itself, I truly would have been better of fixing up my 82 vette then this thing. But like I said early on in this project it was a great buy regardless and if its a drivetrain & suspension donor so be it. I'm sure my 82 would be nice with that stuff from this car.
about a 8 inch crack is in the fiberglass right near the rocker panel. I haven't pulled the metal shield to look under it yet. the damage a combination of crushed and crack fiberglass extends about 10 inches in from the door sill area.
another member I have bought from before has offered me a large piece for a patch panel if needed.
It's just everything about this car that finally got to me. After I pulled the drivers side hush panel under the dash I was blessed with another suprise. The remains of a clifford alarm system that looks like a monkey wired it all in. Thats a whole mess of wires in itself, I truly would have been better of fixing up my 82 vette then this thing. But like I said early on in this project it was a great buy regardless and if its a drivetrain & suspension donor so be it. I'm sure my 82 would be nice with that stuff from this car.
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Only if you want it to be. The floors are repairable. I think for Jeff, it was the last straw. When you take 2 steps back for every step forward it will get you down. A man can only take so much. My 2 cents, anyway.
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When doing some front end work he noticed the hole in the passenger tub floor about 12" x 10", covered only by the carpets and padding.
He found a body shop who R & R'd with a replacement floor piece for about $2,150.00. It looks perfect now.
I don't think that makes this car wrecker-bait, but sure is adding to the total to fix it up.
