Wish i stayed at home!

[freeman]

 Well as you can see my run of good luck with the old gal did eventually run out, this is what happens when i go for a gentle drive then bump into my brother.



 Because i got a "little" sideways coming of a roundabout then trying to turn into a T junction i swacked the curb a little bit and as you can see its pushed the whole rear end over slightly.






My baby returning home today, Thanks Nathan

[Fireball]

bad news frank, sorry to hear that. when will you have a chance to hoist her up and have a look what's going on under there?

oh and that is a seriously big lifting arm on that truck!

[massivewangers]

Ouch! Bet that hurt the neck a little...

Gotta be a reshell job that

[rstaaron]

Ah fudge!!! Does look like the easiest option would be a reshell.   

[FRS-Freeman]

Not My fault honest. . . 

I would like to point it out that i made it round the corner, We are still laughing about it know and the rebuild begins at the weekend.

[massivewangers]

The die hards won't like that, a Volvo getting round a corner that a Cossie couldn't 

Have you found another shell then?

[cozmeister]

Give us a shout if you need any brute force and ignorance!

That's a reet shitter mate - I'm sure you'll get the old gal back to spanking that Volvo into its rightful place.

[rstaaron]

The die hards won't like that, a Volvo getting round a corner that a Cossie couldn't 

Have you found another shell then?

This just goes to prove that Ford didn't need to bother with 4x4 on the Focus.... 

[cozmeister]

I expect that Frank was briefly distracted by a nice piece of totty and the car's completely blameless.

[freeman]

Not My fault honest. . . 

I would like to point it out that i made it round the corner, We are still laughing about it know and the rebuild begins at the weekend.

Right for a start thats aload of bull cos the VOLVO was about a minute behind and didn't get as far as the corner, infact the bloody cops got there quicker than him.

[freeman]

I expect that Frank was briefly distracted by a nice piece of totty and the car's completely blameless.

Yes the car is completely blamless it done bloody well to get were it did! I did one of those scandinavian flicks into the junction it nearly worked but not quite.

[RST-Steve]

Ah thats a gutter mate, sorry to see that!

You mentioned the police.......... did they give any grief about it?

Fingers crossed we'll see the ole 'gal back on the road asap

[massivewangers]

Yes the car is completely blamless it done bloody well to get were it did! I did one of those scandinavian flicks into the junction it nearly worked but not quite.

I was going to say maybe you need to practice some more, but perhaps not near a kerb in future 

Are building it into another shell then? Got one already? If so, that's bloody impressive!

[Emblem]

Gutted mate, gutted, Tbh i thought to my self when i was in the Gtr behind you on the way to Central day, ONE DAY, ONE DAY...............

On a plus side i have got some good videos of you showing how you normally do it, lol

[Fireball]

what's all this about re shelling?? i'm clearly missing something big time. i thought you'd just buggered the back axle? can some one give me a full technical, nut and bolt explanation please?

[rstaaron]

what's all this about re shelling?? i'm clearly missing something big time. i thought you'd just buggered the back axle? can some one give me a full technical, nut and bolt explanation please?

Look at the top of the nsr door, and the dent on the opposite side.  Looks like the rear end has twisted round a bit.

[Fireball]

Look at the top of the nsr door, and the dent on the opposite side.  Looks like the rear end has twisted round a bit.

oh crap i see what you mean. like the sub frame's moved inside the shell. very bad times. in terms of body structure, how different is a normal saff to a cossie? can you use a 1.8l for example? clearly you'd need to shift a lot across

[massivewangers]

Shells are essentially the same to be honest. Main difference is a 4WD shell has an extra bump in the transmission tunnel to clear the extra gubbins for 4WD.

Don't think there's much difference otherwise, except what it says on the logbook of course, which would have a big influence on value!

[NathR]

Gutted for you fran, what a bastard. 

[freeman]

 Mr Rainbird told me about a 4x4 shell at Harveys with a rear beam and diff, in white and is complete with dash and leather interia just got to try and sort out some funds, have been told it could be jigged straight but would in the end cost more than the other shell cos would need to be painted again.

[freeman]

Gutted mate, gutted, Tbh i thought to my self when i was in the Gtr behind you on the way to Central day, ONE DAY, ONE DAY...............

On a plus side i have got some good videos of you showing how you normally do it, lol

Haha your not the only one, i've been told my luck will run out one day by quite a few people.

 Never mind it's only money "i aint got".

 I'd like to see that video sometime

[freeman]

Ah thats a gutter mate, sorry to see that!

You mentioned the police.......... did they give any grief about it?

Fingers crossed we'll see the ole 'gal back on the road asap

Na they couldn't even be bothered to get the notepad out, think they just wanted to get home he was only passing thru.

 Brett keeps trying to sell me his shell with the cage in but i like my luxury's to much to go down that route

[massivewangers]

Ah I think I know the one you mean, doesn't look too bad in the pics I saw of it 

[rstaaron]

I shouldn't be allowed to think.     I know of a shell you could put the running gear in to...     

[Gavin E-Cos]

not good mate, hope you can get it sorted.

Gav