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Old 11-02-2020, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Tempest View Post
after looking at the pics again, I see a 'kink' in the drivers side rear quarter as a result of the firewall being pushed back, but I wonder if the body/shell of the car could be saved? fixed, and put on a replacement frame.

The A pillar/ front door jamb would have to be pulled forward. ...if that is possible, the cost just became a lot less. ......... 4004spd would know if that can be done.

Good Luck,
A friend of mine has three or four El Paso TX frames stacked like cordwood. I know of yet another in the East side U Pull it - 66 Cutlass 2 dr HT with AC. All are next to no rust, absolutely no rot. I have a Firewall / Cowl cut out of a 66 Malibu just before the yard crushed the car.
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