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Offline SFRT - Frenchy

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« on: February 14, 2006, 02:37:28 PM »
Dat jugs bro.

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Offline Airscrew

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« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2006, 02:42:35 PM »
"Hey Earl, order more Bondo"

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« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2006, 02:43:50 PM »
Better like that then rotting in a paddock somewhere...

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« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2006, 02:57:02 PM »
Famous last words  "I knew I shouldn't have lifted mid-corner"

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« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2006, 02:59:13 PM »
this is evidence enough that vintage cars should be in museums and not flo... i mean driven at all. :mad:
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« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2006, 03:12:00 PM »
What a shame! Some restorer is going to be busy for a long time!
Its better to burn out then to fade away.

Sooner or later everything returns to dust.
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Offline BlueJ1

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« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2006, 03:15:37 PM »
Atleast the exaust survived.
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Offline RightF00T

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« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2006, 03:51:26 PM »
The new hatchback conversion. :rofl

Offline BlueJ1

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« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2006, 03:53:32 PM »
Furball was later seen quoting "'It said 163 on it, I thought it could fly."
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« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2006, 06:13:47 PM »
At least he only broke one end of it.  And it's only a 275 GTB.  :rofl

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« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2006, 06:45:29 PM »
I kinda like this compact version better;)
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Offline john9001

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« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2006, 07:58:06 PM »
it'll buff out.

Offline crowMAW

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« Reply #12 on: February 14, 2006, 08:31:35 PM »
Well...that's one way to cause your insurance agent to drop dead of a heart attack!

I remember when those things would bring $1M+ at auction.  At least now days they can be had in the $250k-400k range.

20 years ago I helped restore a '67 330GTS that had taken a telephone pole through the snout dead center...pushed the engine back so hard that the torque tube punched a hole out the backside of the transaxle.  After all was said and done, the owner shelled out $90k in parts + labor to put it back together.  Took 2 years to find or make all the parts.  

This guy is going to have a hard time finding another transaxle for that car...the case is the same as on the 330 and I think I got the last one available in the world.

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« Reply #13 on: February 14, 2006, 10:07:52 PM »
Those Fiats are a dime a dozen.

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« Reply #14 on: February 15, 2006, 09:09:31 AM »
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Originally posted by texace
Better like that then rotting in a paddock somewhere...


I agree.  He can put it in a museum just like that and draw just as much attention from casual visitors; probably more so now, since everyone likes to stop and look at a car wreck.