Hey all, just thought I'd introduce myself! I just picked up my 2nd gen xb from a salvage yard in the middle of nowhere this week...and am waiting on parts to fix it

I love the car more than I thought I would, and have been contemplating all sorts of different ideas /themes to take the car in!

Anyway, Ive been trolling around for a few days, it looks like a great place and I hope to get to know you all!

 

welcome to SL. you'll find a lot of good peeps here. this forum is FULL of info. hope youll like it

 

Holler!

 

hello there, welcome!

so what made you decide on an xB? usually project cars that people dig out of salvage yards are more along the lines of like....older cars...hahah

 

Was it an 09 SW with an 08 engine?

 

 

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Welcome man.



Bahahaha

 

welcome

 

Well, I'd love to buy a beautiful old rustbucket for pennies to fix up...but Im an art major, and am scraping my pockets to get this thing together as is :D. I work with TBI patients, and we cruise around quite a bit (also, my commute is about 30 miles one way) so I needed something that would fit 3-4 guys and a crapload of art supplies (also, I've always had a secret obsession with xb's) .

Luckily, here in KY, charisma can go a long way! Chatting with the guy who owns the salvage yard got me a number for some "good old boys" who do bodywork....so I went and shot the breeze with them.....now Im getting the bodywork done for less than the body pieces themselves .

Soooooo...without further adeu, here she is:

The good..


The bad.....


And the really ugly.


All the pieces came in today, and these guys are QUICK (they replaced a rear clip in three days..its a father (75) and son (50) team who have been doing it for decades).

Hopefully more pictures of primered bumpers and fenders galore coming soon!

 

not that bad actually, the rear is actually worse than the front

 

Ooooffff.....

el oh el @ Matt's comment...... this ____ing guyy!!!

 

:D
all with .


Not too bad in the front... i had a similar encounter with my left front fender and bumper.
The rear seems like it will be more work, no?

I would hope that as an art student, we can expect some good designs/ something unique somewhere along the car?
Good luck!

 

i could of sworn i posted something on here.
w/e. anyways that 1/4 panel hit looks intense glw the build process

 

very cool man, well glad to hear everythings working out for you, and that you were able to get a car that you truly enjoy. looks like whatever bit that xB had a nasty bite but...well as long as it's in the right hands then you've nothing to worry about.

Enjoy!

 

welcome welcome!! sucks to see the start of it, but I know as it goes on, it will turn out to be amazing :D