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Reply #15
Quote from: Tbird232ci

ive been hearing that for months...its not being painted black

you could paint it red like your v-6(soon to be 5.0?) and only have to register one or the other ;) . I do rather like that shade of grey though. Also nothing wrong with keeping it origonal.
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I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
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Reply #16
Quote from: Haystack
old man with two canes is worth 100 point if you can keep him on your hood for 10 seconds



two canes! thats a 100 point bonus, though you lose the bonus if it is in a crosswalk.

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Reply #17
Quote from: Thunder Chicken
So you never did give us your father's explanation for hitting your car. Stationary targets aren't worth any points at all...


basically, my cars were shuffled around the driveway, its hard to explain it if you havnt been in my driveway, pictures dont explain it well either

but anyways, my driveway goes downhill, then banks to the left, well, he was my TC wasnt parked in the normal spot, so he assumed i was gone, he came partway down the driveway, and saw my red bird off to the left down the driveway and focused on it while turning left, then hit my car

his vision isnt the greatest, and he's slowly getting tunnel vision (some of it is him not paying attention), so he just didnt see my car
It's Gumby's fault.

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Reply #18
Ahh... That's still not as funny as my ex girlfriend that tore the door off her car while backing out of her driveway with her father watching. She had her door open and was looking back, and so nervous about her father watching, that she failed to notice she was too close to the house. As soon as the door made contact she panicked and floored it. The door was peeled right off. Luckily, it was only a Hyundai Pony...
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1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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Reply #19
Quote from: Thunder Chicken
Ahh... That's still not as funny as my ex girlfriend that tore the door off her car while backing out of her driveway with her father watching. She had her door open and was looking back, and so nervous about her father watching, that she failed to notice she was too close to the house. As soon as the door made contact she panicked and floored it. The door was peeled right off. Luckily, it was only a Hyundai Pony...


Don't tell me. You duct taped it back on, and the car still runs today. :giggle: Good ol' Korean Chevette.

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Reply #20
Oooo that sucks big ones. If my dad did that to my car, he'd be owing me a new paint job. If you get the new door painted only, it will be soooo obvious that it will look rediculous. Get the whole thing painted the original color. Your interior is in great shape and the  engine bay looks great. Slap paint on that thing and it would look awesome.

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Reply #21
he's trying to dick me around now

if this shiznit doesnt get fixed, i will end up fighting him, he's ****ed me over so many times, my own father has screwed me over, i have ****ed up credit, lost two cars, didnt go to school, and a bunch of other shiznit because of him, and if he doesnt fix my car, i will seriously fight him, he's ****ed my life over enough, and a little corner light on his beloved 89 Tbird isnt the only thing that will need to be replaced after this incident
It's Gumby's fault.

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Reply #22
Looks like he didn't even try to stop.


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Reply #24
After this is all and done.
What do u plan on getting him for fathers day?

Just kidding sorry to see the car messed up.
Hope things work out for u.

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Reply #25
Quote from: SirChirpAlot
After this is all and done.
What do u plan on getting him for fathers day?

Just kidding sorry to see the car messed up.
Hope things work out for u.


I vote on a baseball bat!  :hick:
One 88

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Reply #26
Quote from: 88turbo
sounds like its time to start a "fix Shawns TC" fund


this is why he's at my house on wed. and sat. :deal:
So you have a V8.......isn't that cute.

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Reply #27
Quote from: CougarSE
I vote on a baseball bat!  :hick:

it might come down to something like that sadly...

my dad is trying to go cheap on me, he wants to rattle can my door and call it done

if i bring the insurance company into this, which i dont want to do because of the rates jumping up, but theyd see that no matter what, the door will never match, no matter what professional does the car, and almost every panel of the car is a slightly different shade since it sat out for years before i got it

well, the car looked fine, while it didnt look great with clearcoat peel, it didnt look like shiznit, and if he rattle cans the door, which he's horrible at anyways, it will look like shiznit, and its his responsibility to make the car look right, just as it did before he hit it

he ****s up MY car, and wants ME to take a loss? no way in hell is that going to happen, he even says "i wasnt paying attention", put that on a police report, send it to the insurance company, and it would be all his fault, especially since my car was parked

this might be the last straw, if he tries to screw me over like he has been for the past 20 years, i might end up picking up and leaving, going somewhere,  i dont know where, but he's helpless without me here, and i wont come and help him, because he wont fix what he needs to, he's more wrapped up in his firebird

my car has a fubar'd door, and all he's concerned with is installing a radio in that POS firebird, a car that isnt driving, and isnt road worthy, but he doesnt want to fix a car that is road worthy and a daily driver that his dumb ass ****ed up

i really pissed off, and this might be what makes my mom and I move out of here
It's Gumby's fault.