SVO1
03-14-2011, 10:25 PM
This is the story of my "9 lives" 97 OB.
It was destined to be junked when a Subie tech friend of mine saved it. The owner did not want to deal with it having a broken water pump.
He fixed it and I bought it for my wife (oct 08), and it shared a stable with all of our Mustangs, and my 05 FXT.
My wife is a home visit nurse and it racked up a lot of trouble free miles.
It's only mod was a K&N drop in, and a in dash DVD player.
Enter august 09, and it got it's second life.
On a trip to KC we creamed a Buck doing 60 on I35. It came around a Semi and we had no chance.
The bags did not blow, it did break the condensor. It was getting dark and I could not see what was wrong. We got it towed to a small shop, and the owner was super cool. He let me come over the next morning and get under it to inspect it. I was able to borrow tools and get everything bent/wired up. Ended up driving the car the rest of the way to KC, and home (500 miles) without a hiccup.
Insurance totalled it out and I bought it back and fixed it.
Here are some pics
On the side of the interstate
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/080509_194000-1.jpg
at the shop
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/picnicandkctrip039-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/deer2-1.jpg
Back home just after they totalled it
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/deer3-1.jpg
Stripped for pulling- it was pushed back and down
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/deer5-1.jpg
I got lucky and found a green fender. I did all the pulling/jacking with a body mate, porta power, and come a long. (my dad was a body man and I inherited his tools, and luckily he taught me alot!!
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/deer7-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/deer8-1.jpg
Getting closer. More jacking/pulling needed
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/deer9-1.jpg
Going together for the final time!
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/deer10-1.jpg
Yay!
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/deer12-1.jpg
In all it was 2 weeks from the accident until it was back together.
Fast forward to Oct 10. My wife got a company car, and I had to sell my FXT back when I lost my job.
We put the OB up for sale, and after a couple people looked at it and made offers I had to think about it. I decided The OB has been way too good of a car to let it go, so it became my driver. I was starting to make a plan for it.
Then a kid decided to not turn a corner all the way.
It got punched.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/IMAG0062-1.jpg
It buckled the fender, broke the driver's headlamp. absorber, impact bar, fog lamp, grille, and bent the bumper re-inforcement.
So it got written off again.
Once again I fixed it.
(don't have pics of it).
Now I have an EJ22 in the garage I have gone through that is going in it, and a Turbo setup.
And I just bought some 04 STI struts/springs for it. I will post more pics as I get more done!
Now she's 192k miles young!
Thanks for looking!
It was destined to be junked when a Subie tech friend of mine saved it. The owner did not want to deal with it having a broken water pump.
He fixed it and I bought it for my wife (oct 08), and it shared a stable with all of our Mustangs, and my 05 FXT.
My wife is a home visit nurse and it racked up a lot of trouble free miles.
It's only mod was a K&N drop in, and a in dash DVD player.
Enter august 09, and it got it's second life.
On a trip to KC we creamed a Buck doing 60 on I35. It came around a Semi and we had no chance.
The bags did not blow, it did break the condensor. It was getting dark and I could not see what was wrong. We got it towed to a small shop, and the owner was super cool. He let me come over the next morning and get under it to inspect it. I was able to borrow tools and get everything bent/wired up. Ended up driving the car the rest of the way to KC, and home (500 miles) without a hiccup.
Insurance totalled it out and I bought it back and fixed it.
Here are some pics
On the side of the interstate
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/080509_194000-1.jpg
at the shop
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/picnicandkctrip039-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/deer2-1.jpg
Back home just after they totalled it
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/deer3-1.jpg
Stripped for pulling- it was pushed back and down
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/deer5-1.jpg
I got lucky and found a green fender. I did all the pulling/jacking with a body mate, porta power, and come a long. (my dad was a body man and I inherited his tools, and luckily he taught me alot!!
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/deer7-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/deer8-1.jpg
Getting closer. More jacking/pulling needed
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/deer9-1.jpg
Going together for the final time!
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/deer10-1.jpg
Yay!
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/deer12-1.jpg
In all it was 2 weeks from the accident until it was back together.
Fast forward to Oct 10. My wife got a company car, and I had to sell my FXT back when I lost my job.
We put the OB up for sale, and after a couple people looked at it and made offers I had to think about it. I decided The OB has been way too good of a car to let it go, so it became my driver. I was starting to make a plan for it.
Then a kid decided to not turn a corner all the way.
It got punched.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/IMAG0062-1.jpg
It buckled the fender, broke the driver's headlamp. absorber, impact bar, fog lamp, grille, and bent the bumper re-inforcement.
So it got written off again.
Once again I fixed it.
(don't have pics of it).
Now I have an EJ22 in the garage I have gone through that is going in it, and a Turbo setup.
And I just bought some 04 STI struts/springs for it. I will post more pics as I get more done!
Now she's 192k miles young!
Thanks for looking!