Full pictures here:
http://kitsunedev.com/stuff/shell_arrival/index.phpFirst, I took more out of the black shell. I got the hatch off, and some other interior parts off.
http://kitsunedev.com/stuff/shell_arrival/IMG_1522.JPGhttp://kitsunedev.com/stuff/shell_arrival/IMG_1523.JPGhttp://kitsunedev.com/stuff/shell_arrival/IMG_1527.JPGThen, my new shell arrived. I now have a title, and a new VIN plate to replace the old one on the dash.
http://kitsunedev.com/stuff/shell_arrival/IMG_1529.JPGI pulled the motor out of the black shell, and ended up having to drop the front suspension. So I called a friend up who had a flatbed to tow the car to someone else’s house where it would be stored while moving the parts over. Sadly, the trailer he provided wasn’t even big enough to carry a gutted shell:
http://kitsunedev.com/stuff/shell_arrival/IMG_1549.JPGSo, we ended up throwing the front end of the black shell onto the back of his trailer, and having 4 people sit on the front half to balance the weight out.
http://kitsunedev.com/stuff/shell_arrival/IMG_1563.JPGhttp://kitsunedev.com/stuff/shell_arrival/IMG_1598.JPGhttp://kitsunedev.com/stuff/shell_arrival/IMG_1571.JPGhttp://kitsunedev.com/stuff/shell_arrival/IMG_1591.JPGSo, here the black shell rests at Andrew’s house:
http://kitsunedev.com/stuff/shell_arrival/IMG_1603.JPGhttp://kitsunedev.com/stuff/shell_arrival/IMG_1604.JPGAfter that, we went back and dragged the red shell into the garage:
http://kitsunedev.com/stuff/shell_arrival/IMG_1607.JPG...and the next day we bolted the front subframe, control arms, hubs, and steering rack on:
http://kitsunedev.com/stuff/shell_arrival/IMG_1612.JPGhttp://kitsunedev.com/stuff/shell_arrival/IMG_1615.JPGhttp://kitsunedev.com/stuff/shell_arrival/IMG_1616.JPGhttp://kitsunedev.com/stuff/shell_arrival/IMG_1618.JPGhttp://kitsunedev.com/stuff/shell_arrival/IMG_1619.JPGSurprisingly, the black panels on red shell thing doesn’t look too bad. This picture doesn’t really do it justice though.
http://kitsunedev.com/stuff/shell_arrival/IMG_1621.JPG