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August 2001: Finding Stella a Donor 2002 Body
| If you've read this far, it's easy
to tell that Stella's body is really not the kind of 2002 you want to
put a bunch of bucks in swapping out fenders and giving it a repaint. No,
her beauty is in her soul, not in her skin! She looks pretty good at
50' away, but up close, you know there's a bunch-o- body cancer there. And
under the trunk lid, well the shock towers are gone down pretty deep. I
honestly didn't expect to really dump a bunch of money into new steel. At
this point, it's best to start over. It's not like I'm going to sell this
thing in six months... I'm in this for the long haul. If it weren't
for the total lack of reusable floor pan steel and perforated front frame
rails, I might be ready to weld it back. But seriously, this would be a
lot of work, money and hacking. |
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ABOVE: She's got the
kind of Rear Fender where you don't get on your knees to see the
Bilstiens! |
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Rusty and crusty... does your car look this bad? |
I previously looked at the possibility
of getting another tub from California. A tub was like $500, but the
killer was the $750-$900 to haul it back. A fellow KC 2002 team member
Bruce had another 74 2002 he got that was from Colorado Springs that was
truly rust free. Hell compared to Stella it was clean enough to eat off
frame rails. It's been gutted already because he used the majority of the
mechanicals to rebuild his 76. Well, he and I worked out a great deal and
I landed this 74 sunroof tub that will be the new shell for Stella to live
out the 21st century in.
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ABOVE: Stella's transplant partner, Brownie from Colorado. |
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