Thanks, Howard! I am stuck in KS right now completing another year of teaching and it will be late May/early June before I can get down to the town southwest of Houston. I did not have time to really inspect the car, other than having that body shop owner come look at it (however, he did say his frame machine could absolutely handle the frame squaring and leveling process once I get usable axles on the vehicle...they have to mount their laser measurement gear to the area where the wheels bolt).
He doesn't need the body removed...and while I may be wrong, once I get a replacement rear differential housing I think I can probably get it mounted to the chassis. Once the frame is squared and level I can then get a dolly or trailer and tow it where-ever it needs to go for the remainder of the work...most of which I HOPE will be fiberglass body work, but at this point I've not been under the car except for behind the cockpit, so I still have to inspect the drivetrain forward of the driveshaft. It took one hell of a beating and I know I'll need new sidepipes...that will be the last thing I pursue because I have always wanted to switch the 5.0HO Windsor's heads to Cleveland style heads and as long as I have to replace the sidepipes that seems like the time to replace the heads, too...
Like I have said, I am prepared for it to be a long and expensive row to hoe, but I am also committed to the project as long as the drivetrain is intact. If the engine's reciprocating assembly took a beating and the short block is not usable, well, it may be time to reconsider that philosophy...I'm hoping I'll know once I get back down to Rosenberg.
Thanks, all, for the helpful responses on the forum and through the PM function. I need to get time to respond to quite a few PMs, but at this point in the school year about all I can do is try to get everything related to work done. Please, if anyone has sent me a PM and has not received a reply, do not think I am ignoring your message, it's just a very busy time of the year for a teacher.
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Originally Posted by G-Pete
Pictures?
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Yes...once I get down to where the car is stored. I was on the way back to KS, driving the car when the accident occurred, so I had to scramble to get it into safe storage and get a different vehicle to drive home to KS. I do have a few photos on my iPhone, but have not tried to upload them to Photobucket yet, so I doubt they will be ready to post on the forum in their present condition.
Cheers, all, and thanks, again!
Dugly
