Found donor body for red wreck

[bobs302z]

We did some looking at car once I arrived home .. After pricing out parts to repair the car and searching for a donor car .. I found a stock 69 mustang couple with a pretty good body .. It made more sence to move drive train , interior ,hood ect to the other car ..
It will be painted the same as the red wreck.
Any one that is on face book can check the rebuild out on https://www.facebook.com/groups/621510551222132/
It's a group that we started to tell the guido brothers story of drag week 2013

[poison gas]

That car looks good. It'll be the easiest way to fix your car. You'll be ready for drag week sooner than everybody elses junk.

[79camaro]

Just a suggestion but If I were you I would put a rear sway bar on the new ride.

[68scott385]

Just a suggestion but If I were you I would put a rear sway bar on the new ride.

Weren't you in the next lane when his trouble started? er, maybe I should say trouble escalated, seeing how his trip TO Drag Week went

[bobs302z]

I do have a rear sway bar .. Am doing some other changes though .. Will run skinny s on the front instead of my street tires .. Different rears with more air .. Drive down the center of the track. Might help keep the car off the wall as well. As week as a stronger shifter handle that doesn't break. ..

[79camaro]

Weren't you in the next lane when his trouble started? er, maybe I should say trouble escalated, seeing how his trip TO Drag Week went

Yes, I was next to Bobby. Hey Bobby I hope next years DW goes much smother for you. I read on Hot Rod the car had to trailered the last 50 or so miles what happened to the car?

[bobs302z]

Hitting the walls didn't far so well on wheel and axle bearings .. Passenger axle bearing gave out in Fargo. Caught in time and was able to replace it .. But 45 min from home drivers front wheel bearing gave out and wheel came off .. So car spent last bit of trip on a trailer .. No working at all on bearing.. Drag week was definitely an adventure .. Can't wait until next year ..hope to be there

[NewEnglandRaceFan]

how solid is the red wreck? other than you tweaking it..

[TheEngineWorks.com]

I do have a rear sway bar .. Am doing some other changes though .. Will run skinny s on the front instead of my street tires .. Different rears with more air .. Drive down the center of the track. Might help keep the car off the wall as well. As week as a stronger shifter handle that doesn't break. ..

I gotta say, I love your enthusiasm! Do yourself a favor this time, and DON'T drive down the center of the track, but DO stay in the center of the lane, or you might look to see if you can get another donor as a backup for 2014! Oh yeah, this just goes to show those that think wrecking in a slower car is not possible, it happens!

I wish you luck on the rebuild, that donor looks damn clean, hope you got a decent deal on it. Happy to hear you're already planning on a return in 2014, you for sure are Drag Week material, and even though you're in DD, you're welcomed back by me!!

I'll follow the build on FB..

[poison gas]

I watched the video and driving in the marbles wasnt a good thing. I cant imagine being in your seat OR in the 40 ford's seat.

[bobs302z]

(I gotta say, I love your enthusiasm! Do yourself a favor this time, and DON'T drive down the center of the track, but DO stay in the center of the lane, or you might look to see if you can get another donor as a backup for 2014! Oh yeah, this just goes to show those that think wrecking in a slower car is not possible, it happens!

I wish you luck on the rebuild, that donor looks damn clean, hope you got a decent deal on it. Happy to hear you're already planning on a return in 2014, you for sure are Drag Week material, and even though you're in DD, you're welcomed back by me!! )

Tires breaking loose at 110 mph. Isn't that much fun even in a slow car .. Can't imagine in a fast car lol.
I ended up 4 in modified class still though .. The fact that I finished helped .. The total control products suspension was a big factor in me finishing .. If I had stock suspension it would have been in a whole lot different situation ..
The car was probably repairable but the cost of all the parts and time to get things straight .. Would have been a lot more than the $3500. For the donor

[milner351]

I wish you weren't so far away - I've been collecting 69 mustang parts for almost a decade trying to make sure I have everything to put my mach1 back together again (bought it as a retired drag car, pretty much gutted) I may have some bits to help you along the way that could be shipped. Best of luck with the "re-body".