[DMCForum] Re: Tech Session...(Joe O'Brien)

["Joe OBrien" <joeyoseppijoe@xxxxxxxxx>]

I thought all those Buy It Now auctions Dan had going on eBay looked 
familiar. =)

The old front fascia was taken home by Lawrence (Vin 538) for his 
other projects. I got all the hardware off it, and Lawrence took the 
rest.

My "New to me" impact absorber was just shipped today. It should 
arrive at Dan's place in 3-5 days.

Then I can start rebuilding the car. Maybe if I have the time I can 
also get around to installing that 3rd brake light and the nice 
louver support I bought from Steger.

I'll be talking to you guys soon,


Later,

Joe O'Brien




--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Stragand" 
<dave.stragand@xxxx> wrote:
> You're going to fix it?  I thought it was a parts car.  I just 
took a whole
> bunch of stuff off of it tonight. =)
> 
>  
> 
> Seriously though - where is your old fascia?  Dan and I can't find 
it.  Did
> someone else take it home?
> 
>  
> 
> -Dave
> 
>  
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
On Behalf
> Of Joe OBrien
> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 8:10 PM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [DMCForum] Re: Tech Session...(Joe O'Brien)
> 
>  
> 
> That's just me being smart, it is ok for the most part, just I ran
> into several hurdles installing the new front fascia and ended up
> leaving it torn apart at Dan's house, mainly after realizing that 
the
> impact absorber was too far gone to salvage since it was bent, and 
me
> not having a spare impact absorber on hand. :-)
> 
> Grady even told me that I could have made it fit probably, but 
later
> on I would run the high risk of damaging the fascia from the impact
> absorber pulling on it, and warping over time. When just replacing 
the
> impact absorber would fix the issue.
> 
> Instead of risking damage to a $700 part over a damaged foam 
block, I
> just swallowed my pride and parked my car in Dan's garage missing 
the
> front end and hood, till I get the impact absorber. I mainly 
replaced
> the fascia due to warpage, so I wasn't going to do it all again in 
a
> few years.
> 
> Hopefully within the week, I'll have the absorber, and can then put
> the car back together properly.
> 
> I just hitched a ride back to Ohio with Shannon. So in a week or 
so I
> should have 16851 rebuilt again, (hopefully).
> 
> 
> Later,
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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