not really a build thread......

[RICK LAKE]

Indianamoon Hey Mooney This car has been smacked. Rack mount is cracked frame is bent. Did you buy this car as is? and how long ago was this?? Was the title as is?? THink you better have a talk with the seller and tell him what happened. If he is the original owner and didn't disclose the car was crashed, he has a big problem and you have a day in court. That creek noise could be the frame is crack and you can't see it. You sure can hear it.
Geting back to the alignment, what was the camber readings on the front and most important the thrust angle of the car. You could be dog walking down the road. This car is bent. You have done repairs already. You could feel free to send the old owner the bills and want partial or complete payment or goto court. Ask Jamo on the finer point of this. I am not a lawyer but know the car bussiness for better than 30+ years. You might want to goto a chassic shop and have this car frame check for trueness. Body may have to come off frame. Good luck. Rick L. Ps I believe it's against the law to not disclaim an accident of an auto or for the auto to have a salvage title. This applys in NJ

[indianamoon]

Yeah, I think that the car smacked something, but probably just the left front tire, and that probably not too hard. Wouldn't surprise me if tht is a replacement wheel though. Body shows no sign of being repaired and I don't see any other damage. Didn't even see this until the alignment guys pointed it out to me, and they worked on the car for about an hour and a half before they saw it. Rack I think was broken because of the way it was positioned in the car. I couldn't get the new one bolted up without making some spacers to move it out from the frame and away from the A-arms. According to the alignment people the thing looked pretty straight and the only thing that wouldn't come in was the left front caster, and it's close. Car seems to drive fine now, but I WILL get it fixed. Where everything on the alignment started didn't mean a thing as I found so many loose nuts and bolts on the car. Upper left A arm hardware was only finger tight. Spose that was affecting anything? LOL