'68 GT500KR convertable

[big gear head]

Did this car ever get fixed?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32N4wzXr1AY

[the427king]

At some point you just have to say goodbye to the car , no matter how rare it used to be.

[iluv69s]

Cannot believe they would fix that without a rebody. I had a 69RS vert that was burnt to a crisp when the car next to it was firebombed outside a body shop. The remaining sheetmetal left on my car was so weak that the car buckled in the middle when we went to pull it out.

[MosportGreen66]

Hard to see... That's one where you pray everyone involved is safe/healthy. The car is just a car.

Dan

[SS427]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRRj6PSK1FA

[big gear head]

I watched all 4 of the videos on this car but didn't see any information on it after the epoxy coat. I just wondered if they were able to save it.

[the427king]

Wonder what the Shelby tags and vins/vin plate looked like after the fire ?

[tom406]

When the shock towers buckle and squeeze the engine, its past time to call it a day. Its a UNIBODY car, how could you ever trust any of that structure to reliably perform in the future? I have a customer who redid a Ford Thunderbolt that was in a garage fire. He did a heroic job of retaining as much of the original car as he could, and I wouldn't call it a rebody. He did have a hell of a time getting paint to stick to the overheated sheetmetal. I think he ended up using some kind of aircraft epoxy primer.