Looks what the Mailman brought me!

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Scored it for $10 on Ebay!

 

Ok here are the damage pics I promised. Brings a tear to my eye thinking of the countless hours spent on it.


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Untitled by Edgethis, on Flickr

 

Is that an intake for the mustang or something?

Man those are some sad pictures... That kid sure did a number on the old zebra :[

 

Well its a 302 Fuel Injected intake manifold. I practically stole it as it cost the guy more to ship then I bought it for.

Yeah there are 2 problem areas that worry me on the Zebra.

1. The rear quarter panel is actually broken through to the inside of the vehicle. Anything short of a panel replacement is gonna be cutting corners

2. The A pillar may be damaged. i can't tell without pulling the door and fender, but the shattered windshield makes me think its been bent/tweaked.

Those two areas require alot of time/money to fix. Might be best to salvage what I can and bring another old Ford back to its Glory days.

 

That doesn't look too bad... mostly crumpled panels. How does the chassis look?.

 

Chassis is great, didn't even mess up the alignment. I'm only really worried about that A piller being messed up, thats the only part I can see not being easily replaced.

 

Not as bad as I thought Brett, still pretty bad tho...........

 

Yeah. It could be fixed, as long as that A pillar is good. Still waiting on responses from all the people I've emailed....

 

Yeah I was kind of thinking that the A pillar had gotten damaged from the glass being cracked as well. If that's the case, you *might* be able to tweak it back to normal but it could be risky..

 

I'm not a body man but I think a good man can fix it, good thing is it runs alright

 

Alright. I have the Zebra back. I drove it about 6 miles back to my shop. I had to reset the inertia switch but then that she fired right up.

I plan to start assessing damage here shortly.

 

Ok well I have begun taking broken pieces off. The entire headlight assembly on the pass side is toast, the core support is twisted like a pretzel.

The entire HVAC assembly is destroyed, the jack and tire wrench were actually where the blower wheel should be.

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The fender is actually pushed back behind the door and into the cab!!

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OK, well most all of the broken stuff is out. Basically everything on the passenrger side of the motor is gone. I am going to have to cut the fender in half for now. I am going to try and fab up a bar as a support in lieu of the fender and try to bolt the battery tray to it so I can at least move the truck around for the time being. I completely removed the HVAC assembly (pieces) and tucked the wiring harness into one of the holes where the blower was in the firewall. I need to get a cover for that area.

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I thought it was much worse.. Pull the front clip off and throw a new one on there.. New door or junkyard.. New windshield $150 with install.. I see $800 in parts.. Ain't too shabby

 

Hopefully. I am still trying to see how much damage to the firewall there is. I know the fender support on the pass side is pretty banged up. Not gonna try to mess with door until I can source a replacement as it'll prolly fall off or wont shut again.