How do you fix this?

[Up0n0ne]

For as far as the guys on here go, Id like for you all to take a look and see what you guys think you can do, the only problem is I don't feel comfortable driving it the distance to DFW, 50 miles away from me.

If any of you are interested, I can take and send as many pictures as you need to see what you think it needs. LMK if interested..

Mike,
Send pics and contact Israel, he responded to you on here. I sent him pics of mine and he sent me 2 estimates, one for a full paint and the other for repair and blend. I'm 99.9% sure he will be doing my Mustang and probably the truck as well.

I mean he is on this board and obviously cares about his rep. and work he does. Just saying....

hey mike give me a shout or if im not too far from ya stop by one day. it can be fixed and done right, especially when you have the right under hood dimensions the car should have.
heres my contact info if your interested.

Israel
CCARS
4818 Vicksburg st
Dallas TX 75207
972-437-8331

[fordracing19]

I wouldnt put any more money in that car Mike. Buy a nice roller.

[dville_gt]

welding it up through the bottom, and making a plate for the top where the holes normally are and reenforcing it.

it actually would be stronger then before.

Cheaper and easier to fix it.

cheap, easy, good...pick two

note to self: do not buy this car (as if this was not already known)

[91CoupeMike]

For as far as the guys on here go, Id like for you all to take a look and see what you guys think you can do, the only problem is I don't feel comfortable driving it the distance to DFW, 50 miles away from me.

If any of you are interested, I can take and send as many pictures as you need to see what you think it needs. LMK if interested..

[91CoupeMike]

Just got back from the local body shop, they said they could fix it by welding it up through the bottom, and making a plate for the top where the holes normally are and reenforcing it.

He said to replace the whole "knee assembly" which I have a donor car for. I asked if that would hold alighnment over time, he said it actually would be stronger then before.

It's a reputable shop that I've heard good about.

The quote he gave me is ALOT less then what I paid for the car, and alot less then what it would sell for as it sits. So much for the "get a roller it's fucked crowd"

Cheaper and easier to fix it. Still wanting and waiting for different people to take a look at it, and see what idea they have on fixing it.

[Mark Preus]

I would try getting in touch with my bodyman 91coupeMike. His name on here is sickpony. And while hes fixing it I could fix those paint problems you pm'd me about

[broke again]

you could buy my roller coupe. cheaper and better in the long run.

[dangerous_sep]

hey mike give me a shout or if im not too far from ya stop by one day. it can be fixed and done right, especially when you have the right under hood dimensions the car should have.
heres my contact info if your interested.

Israel
CCARS
4818 Vicksburg st
Dallas TX 75207
972-437-8331

[JimD]

Nice going.

[91CoupeMike]

Depends on the body shop... I have helped replace literally the entire front end of a mustang from the firewall forward because of a head on collision... Car tracked perfect and unless told you would never know that anything was done.. I would venture to guess in this guys situation, yes buy another car and swap the parts over, haul this one off to the scrapyard...

The amount of time and work involved with a swap makes it less of an option.

The rest of my car is pretty straight, it needs work here and there but that's that.

To me, it would be easier to get this fixed.

It would be hard to find a clean enough 4cyl car.

[dumpycapri85]

Where's JamesB ?

[Blackpony]

this isn't a job for a body shop...........race car fabricator yes

Depends on the body shop... I have helped replace literally the entire front end of a mustang from the firewall forward because of a head on collision... Car tracked perfect and unless told you would never know that anything was done.. I would venture to guess in this guys situation, yes buy another car and swap the parts over, haul this one off to the scrapyard...

[Grape]

this isn't a job for a body shop...........race car fabricator yes

[Blackpony]

Oh and this is a great example as to why 4 bolt caster camber plates are a nice upgrade..

[Blackpony]

I wasn't trying to tackle this one by myself.

I was seeing if it was fixable, and being that you and 5 other people say it is. Then I'll go that route.

What I don't understand is why people are saying it's done RIP.. When it's not. WTF?

Some people don't have the know how to fix something of this magnitude or they don't care about a car enough to want to fix it.. Most would rather just swap the good parts. While there is nothing wrong with that, sometime its more expensive or is more work.. This is a easy fix, everything just needs to be done properly as not to have problems in the future.. Depending on the conditiOn of the rest of the car, that will be the ultimate deciding factor as to what is the best route..