Headlines "SHARK BITES VIPER...SNAKE WILL LIVE!"

[hemibeep]

Nothing like a little project to make time go by.....


Of course the wound is not just superficial


Is anyone familiar with this car?
I will have PICS soon of the restoration. I do my own work to stay out of trouble. It takes longer, but sure makes one appreciate the car a lot more. Thanks a ton for the help from all during the process. This board and an owners manual have made it possible.

[Supercharged Vipermad]

I think I threw up a little in my mouth......

Good luck....should be interesting to watch the progress.

[Bill B]

Cool, I would love to do one myself.

[got one]

wow

[Donzi]

Wow, that looks like it might take a month to fix that!!
JK, very interisting project.......keep us posted.

[FE92]

wow, in a topic started a few above this one, a car was missing a hood (at $16,000).
This car is missing everything. I can't even imagine the co$t of this project

[Craig 201 MPH]

so you're going to spend 30-40K on top of what you bought the car for to have a car worth 35K tops?

does not compute.

[REDSLED]

wow, in a topic started a few above this one, a car was missing a hood (at $16,000).
This car is missing everything. I can't even imagine the co$t of this project

Where does one buy a $16K hood? Never seen one. Are these $16K hoods the same that can be had on ebay all the time for $4-5K?

[STUGOTS]

I think I threw up a little in my mouth......

Good luck....should be interesting to watch the progress.

me too I still taste it.

honestly seeing something like that makes me want to cry.
but then again I have ALWAYS wanted to restore one, so I can call Chuck every 5 minutes and harass him with questions

[ViperJon]

Most of that is cosmetic, it will Zaino out.

[Donzi]

Where does one buy a $16K hood? Never seen one. Are these $16K hoods the same that can be had on ebay all the time for $4-5K?

Those hoods are almost the same, except they have $11,000.00 in cash taped
to them in an envelope underneeth!

[Gerald Levin]

I would love to restore a car like that if life was eternal. Looks like a 1000 hr project to me.

[Anaconda]

Wow, that looks like it might take a month to fix that!!

I was thinking more along the lines of "about 5 years." That is, if I was doing the work...hahaha

[Casey]

That was a Big ASS shark!! lol

Good luck!

[viperrt96]

Not to add to the list but by the looks of the valve cover and busted up intake (missing throttle body).

Add a new (used) motor to that list

That motor took one heck of a hit. I hope the motor did not ingest anything. If it didn't I would be surprised.

Cool project nonetheless. Good luck!

[Russ M]

Wow my guess is 60k worth in parts if done properly. Good luck on the project, you will need it.

[Z06J]

[BigCarrot]

I think you should sell it and buy a '69 Camaro or something that will actually be worth what you put into it.

[SnakeEye]

Err hemipeep, good luck on this one it looks like it'll come in handy. The restoration pics no doubt will be interesting...

[Anaconda]

Does the radio still work?

[STUGOTS]

did anyone survive the accident????

[HighlyFanatic]

Im curious as to where your going to find parts (at a reasonable rate)??

[hemibeep]

Car is now near completion....
To answer some comments.
Cost is not as bad if you are not in a hurry..
example, repairable hood + front bumper $1500.
frame + installation (within 1MM) $4100.

VIPERRT96..good guess. swallowed a ton of intake. bent 6 intake valves + 1 exhaust...stage 2 ported heads + valves $1700. had to pull the pan and remove aluminum...

Craig 201...price compute...nah, its about loving to work on cars....and a good challenge..

BIG carrot...have the 69 HEMI roadrunner for the value thing

Stugots..do not know about survivors..auction car...

[BLUESNAKE367]

I think you should sell it and buy a '69 Camaro or something that will actually be worth what you put into it.

Good idea maybe if the 69 Camaro was a "YENKO", them cars bring in north of 100K. but, the SS, RS, and Z28 prices are soft right now. Years back I sold a 69 Camaro RS and a 67 RS/SS, both cherry, got just enough to buy my 97 GTS...and I still believe some day my GTS will be worth more then a 60s or 70s muscle car..just my opinion though.....

[Hirohawa]

Any updates?

[womsterr]

Wow quite a hit. I don't understand "frame and installation" are you saying you bought a new frame??

[hemibeep]

First PICS of wreck are from 12-03'
Then 4-04'

May-June 04'

SEPT 04'

NOV 04'

[viperrt96]

Man you had me going there. I thought there was work to be done!

COOL!

The car is looking top notch. If the real thing is as good as the pics you could silence the critics with that one. All I can say is great job!

[Hirohawa]

Really impressive. Is that an exact match or slightly darker than Viper Blue.

How is it going to drive?

[viper spray]

Very nice resto..........I knew you were doing the right thing.