Your Coupe – Before And After

[Uncle Raggy]

Originally Posted by XA_GT351

After:

Daveman could fix it!

[Tony xa]

I have heard the story behind this crash once before and it does make you very angry both for the coupe and the people involved

[MrEL]

Well tell more.

[XA_GT351]

Originally Posted by MrEL

Well tell more.

it happend a few years before the australian ford forums was up and running about 2004, this car was found in the shed as in the first pic, had a very nice body no rust at all, was just a rolling shell 6cyl falcon 500, someone painted it with a xa left door and an xb right door ?? we bought 2 complete coupes an xb gs and an xa fairmont for $500 each, this car was built up using those and using a zg fairlane running gear, i think the only parts we ended up buying seperatly were the rear wheel arch moulds and the honeycomb strip, it was built on a very tight budget doing everything ourselves,

To keep a long story short, after heading back from sydney just out of goulburn we stopped for a full tank of fuel, after getting back on the fwy a semi rear ended us, was like a unexpected burst of speed, g force like nothing i have ever experienced, like going from 0-120 in 3 seconds, After sheering a few trees off there roots stopping on the median strip, we got greeted by the driver of the truck and claimed we didnt have out lights on, i was just absolutley furious at this guy, and then to make things better he said the car was fixable.... and then from there i pretty much went onto rage mode.

[gtxb67]

hopefully you were all okay - it is very sad for the coupe, it would break your heart and send you into a psychotic state

[JG65TE]

Cant be happy with the truckie. He really needed a punchin.


1992.... check the triangles someone cut in the rear quarters...... w4nk3rs






present day

[v8cars]

Before




After




I should finish it one day.

[JG65TE]

jeeze we have bought some clunkers in our time blokes.

[Coupes and More]

most people know my coupe from the projects section but here is mine

[Tha Jack]

Originally Posted by JG65TE

Cant be happy with the truckie. He really needed a punchin.


1992.... check the triangles someone cut in the rear quarters...... w4nk3rs






present day

GEEZ Doc!!!!!
WOW What a transformation
To get it so straight for a black paint job, I take my hat off to you
That is a Work of Art!!!!

[JG65TE]

Thanks Jack. I have poured so many man hours into these bloody things. Soon as Dannis and the capri are done , I am sellin my mig and buying a banana lounge and never climbing under a car again . Sent ya a pm too mate.

[landau460]

i know those (i think there called) centrelines are old outa date but they still look so cool.

[fordmfp]

[homegrown]

Found this old photo today. Also posted in show in shine. Hope people not getting sick of it

[krisdavid]

Gee towing the hardtop with a torana That’s not a good look for us

[JG65TE]

yeah, the poor old banana was the only thing we had with enuf grunt to do it, 308 4 pegger. she was a good old car really but was a bit out of her weight class with the falc on the back.

[buggerlugs]

[homegrown]

Anymore pics^^^. Thats nice.

[XB GS 351 Coupe]

Originally Posted by XA_GT351

To keep a long story short, after heading back from sydney just out of goulburn we stopped for a full tank of fuel, after getting back on the fwy a semi rear ended us, was like a unexpected burst of speed, g force like nothing i have ever experienced, like going from 0-120 in 3 seconds, After sheering a few trees off there roots stopping on the median strip, we got greeted by the driver of the truck and claimed we didnt have out lights on, i was just absolutley furious at this guy, and then to make things better he said the car was fixable.... and then from there i pretty much went onto rage mode.

Sad event, but the way you wrote that it sound like the accident was your fault, it not 100% sure but it reads like you either pulled out in front of a truck travelling on the highway or that you were stopped on the highway and hit in the rear and pushed off the highway onto the median strip, might be just the way you wrote it though.

Ok back on topic, before and after:
BEFORE:




AFTER (still not complete):

[GTP owner]

Before:



Middle:



Finshed:

[Ink308]

That is awesome, was only reading thatin the latest mag the other day

[cobra235]

beautifull

[Jon JGS302]

G'day,

here is a video of my coupe restoration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaWIaXNoYNo

A few photos of before, during and after.........like ALL cars though she is a work in progress!

Jon

[Jon JGS302]

[FORRD]

Hi,Guy's

Here's a couple of pic's of my XB coupe before and after the acid bath

Cheers Shane...