Thread: How to wreck a car

My son purchased this ED Falcon for a paddock basher.



After a week end in the paddock with his mates and about seven other cars it now looks like this.







When he got it the water pump was leaking. We put a new one on. The pump has now been removed and is sitting on my bench waiting to be disassembled for its bearing to go into my TDI for the fan.

Dave

Originally Posted by mick88

I am confused!
That Falcon doesn't look to be the same vehicle!
The one in the first pic does not have the black and red rubber door strip whereas the vehicle in the later pics does!

Cheers, Mick

Mick, Believe me it is the same car. The pic below will shed light on it. He took to it with a couple of $2 cans of pressure pack paint. Why I don't know, it is something us oldies won't understand.
Apparently there is a thing about rocking up with the best looking car even though the intention is to destroy it.

The number plates are now gone as they were returned to the person he purchased it from. This was so he could drive it home.

Some have suggested not a bad effort in a week. If you read my first post it says week end. The below photo was taken about midday Saturday just after the new water pump went in. The above pics were taken Sunday evening. The reason for so much damage at the rear is because, at the end of the day when all was finished and all his mates commodores were dead, he tried to drive it through a dam. When the water went up to the distributor it died. The property owner has a back hoe and he just used the bucket rammed into the roof to pull it out.

It arrived back home and yesterday we pulled the diff lock out and the water pump. And guess what, after three days to dry out the thing started and drove.

As for the bonnet, these things in short bursts are being pushed to the limit and they tend to get a bit hot. So they took to it with the angle grinder to let some heat out.



Dave.