wrecked SPF on eBay - Page 2

patrickt · #1 (**permalink**) 12-01-2009, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Got the Bug

Cobra CSI....

It must have been for sale on Cobra Country at some point?

Yes, it passed through Cobra Country a year and half ago. I knew I remembered it from somewhere and as the evening wore on it came back to me. The fella that sold it was Bob Q. from Houston, and he sold it to a fella in Phoenix.

Got the Bug · #2 (**permalink**) 12-01-2009, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by patrickt

Yes, it passed through Cobra Country a year and half ago. I knew I remembered it from somewhere and as the evening wore on it came back to me. The fella that sold it was Bob Q. from Houston, and he sold it to a fella in Phoenix.

Yep. Again, a bummer to see. And I know you'll agree...it's the only clear color choice for a Cobra.

RodKnock · #3 (**permalink**) 12-01-2009, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by patrickt

Yes, it passed through Cobra Country a year and half ago. I knew I remembered it from somewhere and as the evening wore on it came back to me. The fella that sold it was Bob Q. from Houston, and he sold it to a fella in Phoenix.

Patrick's new nickname is "Steel Trap." It sold through Cobra Country 1 1/2 years ago? Sheesh, good memory.

Doug, titanium with black stripes......oh, just forget it. No retort here.

D-CEL,

Good stuff.

thudmaster · #4 (**permalink**) 12-01-2009, 09:13 PM

Mine was only doing 30 when it hit a truck. It was totaled also. It does not take that much to move everything to the wrong spot. I am sorry to see this.....

madmaxx · #5 (**permalink**) 12-01-2009, 05:59 PM

Wow, that is pretty bad, I would think a fair price would be $10K at best, once you factor in shipping etc it may not even be worth that. You would almost have to own you own body shop to make that one worth while.

*13* · #6 (**permalink**) 12-01-2009, 06:07 PM

That's sad. Was it stolen? They seem to end up this way in a hurry when jacked.

Sharroll Celby · #7 (**permalink**) 12-01-2009, 07:15 PM

AAH, PatrickT, Does that mean you like Cobras in Titanium with black stripes and ONE rollbar??? lol !!! lll

Sharroll Celby · #8 (**permalink**) 12-01-2009, 07:17 PM

Did you just quote yourself???!!! lol !!!

Dangerous Doug · #9 (**permalink**) 12-01-2009, 07:33 PM

What a shame! Car looked nice in the "before" photo above.

What's wrong with the white letters out and a chrome roll bar?

"Hi! My name is Doug, and I'm a recovering Cobra purist..." (from the RCPA meeting: Recovering Cobra Purist Anonymous)

DD

Randy Rosenberg · #10 (**permalink**) 12-01-2009, 07:56 PM

$15k...phddt! It's worth barely more than $5k for the parts (plus labor to pull the parts). With the frame bent so badly and in so many places, its not "salvage". Honestly, no one would put the $$ into this wreck to fix it, and drive train would have to be pulled apart/reassembled before anyone would drop it into another vehicle. It's just a pile of parts now...

I sure hope that those involved with the accident are on the road to mend and that they get well soon...

Ven_M_us · #11 (**permalink**) 12-02-2009, 02:46 PM

Well, .....I must say that it's a small world! I've had two different people contact me today about this listing on eBay. I was the original owner of the car and had to "give" it to my divorce attorney to satisfy my "final" payment.....it's long story with a happy ending, .....but I was able to keep the Viper! Anyway, he sold the car to a guy in Phoenix and I've kept in touch with him. I must say that he too was surprised to get a call from me today when I wanted to find out what happened.
He said that he was driving the car (approximately 40 mph) and suddenly the car went sideways off the road and into a tree. He doesn't remember much about the crash.
There were no skid marks on the road and he wasn't "hot rodding" the car. The insurance investigator determined that the bolts or bolt on the driver's side rear control arm broke. When this happened, it the turned the car sideways and launched him into the tree.
He received 180 stitches to the head, had a skin graft on his leg and was in the hospital for 5 days. He's okay now. (So....that very well may be blood on the rear quarter!)
Guys, if you have a Superformance.....check or replace the suspension bolts. I understand there have been some recent issues with this. I also heard there is a suspension modification to "beef up" a bracket to avoid these issues.
Bob Q.

patrickt · #12 (**permalink**) 12-02-2009, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Ven_M_us

Well, .....I must say that it's a small world! I've had two different people contact me today about this listing on eBay. I was the original owner of the car and had to "give" it to my divorce attorney to satisfy my "final" payment.....it's long story with a happy ending, .....but I was able to keep the Viper! Anyway, he sold the car to a guy in Phoenix and I've kept in touch with him. I must say that he too was surprised to get a call from me today when I wanted to find out what happened.
He said that he was driving the car (approximately 40 mph) and suddenly the car went sideways off the road and into a tree. He doesn't remember much about the crash.
There were no skid marks on the road and he wasn't "hot rodding" the car. The insurance investigator determined that the bolts or bolt on the driver's side rear control arm broke. When this happened, it the turned the car sideways and launched him into the tree.
He received 180 stitches to the head, had a skin graft on his leg and was in the hospital for 5 days. He's okay now. (So....that very well may be blood on the rear quarter!)
Guys, if you have a Superformance.....check or replace the suspension bolts. I understand there have been some recent issues with this. I also heard there is a suspension modification to "beef up" a bracket to avoid these issues.
Bob Q.

Holy Cow. That is quite a story. Thanks for closing the loop on this for us.

Got the Bug · #13 (**permalink**) 12-02-2009, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Ven_M_us

Well, .....I must say that it's a small world! I've had two different people contact me today about this listing on eBay. I was the original owner of the car and had to "give" it to my divorce attorney to satisfy my "final" payment.....it's long story with a happy ending, .....but I was able to keep the Viper! Anyway, he sold the car to a guy in Phoenix and I've kept in touch with him. I must say that he too was surprised to get a call from me today when I wanted to find out what happened.
He said that he was driving the car (approximately 40 mph) and suddenly the car went sideways off the road and into a tree. He doesn't remember much about the crash.
There were no skid marks on the road and he wasn't "hot rodding" the car. The insurance investigator determined that the bolts or bolt on the driver's side rear control arm broke. When this happened, it the turned the car sideways and launched him into the tree.
He received 180 stitches to the head, had a skin graft on his leg and was in the hospital for 5 days. He's okay now. (So....that very well may be blood on the rear quarter!)
Guys, if you have a Superformance.....check or replace the suspension bolts. I understand there have been some recent issues with this. I also heard there is a suspension modification to "beef up" a bracket to avoid these issues.
Bob Q.

Bob,

Thanks for providing us with some background regarding the car. Sound like the guy had some serious injuries and I'm happy to hear he's recovered.

Do you happen to know if the rear shock mounts were upgraded on the car? There was a Technical Service Bulletin (080718-TSB) issued where they recommended that the bracket be replaced on cars up to chassis number 1670.

http://superformance.org/bulletins/S...-080718tsb.pdf

I was curious when you described the accident, as the shock mount might have failed.

puppster · #14 (**permalink**) 12-02-2009, 03:57 PM

Wow! This is the 3rd thread about SPF in the last couple of weeks that points at some serious saftey issues.

Got the Bug · #15 (**permalink**) 12-02-2009, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by puppster

Wow! This is the 3rd thread about SPF in the last couple of weeks that points at some serious saftey issues.

Nice. What are the other two threads.

*13* · #16 (**permalink**) 12-02-2009, 07:28 PM

Seriously scary! Maybe someone should post a bulletin on this site to inform those owners who aren't reading this. I'd want to know if this "could" happen to my car.

madmaxx · #17 (**permalink**) 12-02-2009, 04:49 PM

"give" it to my divorce attorney ,

You have to be laughing your A$$$ off, I know everything that goes around comes around but this is too funny. Sometimes life can be a real biatch.

I know it is a tastelss comment I just made, but every once in a while everything lines up in the universe.

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Originally Posted by Ven_M_us

Well, .....I must say that it's a small world! I've had two different people contact me today about this listing on eBay. I was the original owner of the car and had to "give" it to my divorce attorney to satisfy my "final" payment.....it's long story with a happy ending, .....but I was able to keep the Viper! Anyway, he sold the car to a guy in Phoenix and I've kept in touch with him. I must say that he too was surprised to get a call from me today when I wanted to find out what happened.
He said that he was driving the car (approximately 40 mph) and suddenly the car went sideways off the road and into a tree. He doesn't remember much about the crash.
There were no skid marks on the road and he wasn't "hot rodding" the car. The insurance investigator determined that the bolts or bolt on the driver's side rear control arm broke. When this happened, it the turned the car sideways and launched him into the tree.
He received 180 stitches to the head, had a skin graft on his leg and was in the hospital for 5 days. He's okay now. (So....that very well may be blood on the rear quarter!)
Guys, if you have a Superformance.....check or replace the suspension bolts. I understand there have been some recent issues with this. I also heard there is a suspension modification to "beef up" a bracket to avoid these issues.
Bob Q.

PJ4myboo · #18 (**permalink**) 12-02-2009, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by madmaxx

"give" it to my divorce attorney ,

You have to be laughing your A$$$ off, I know everything that goes around comes around but this is too funny. Sometimes life can be a real biatch.

I know it is a tastelss comment I just made, but every once in a while everything lines up in the universe.

The way I read that was that the attorney sold the car to the poor fellow in the accident.

Woodz428 · #19 (**permalink**) 12-03-2009, 05:28 AM

I haven't read the 3rd page of this( probably not all of the second) but our MKIII is 1726, it was delivered in 2002/3. So with that VIN, it is likely close 10 years old. If something failed,although there has been no certainty, it could be that it wasn't maintained/inspected as regularly/well as it should have been.
It is said, often, that these cars are really refined 60s cars and still need that type of attention, they are not Lexii. That is sometimes forgotten.

PANAVIA · #20 (**permalink**) 12-01-2009, 10:08 PM

I do hope that is NOT blood on the back qtr. -- poor form on the behalf of the photo guy if it is.

bottom line, this thing should be disassembled and sold for parts, and the parts marketed sepp.

15$ maybe 15K no-Fn-way.