frame repair at 3 NSX at one time

[austrian type-r]

#1 black NSX from Austria. Damaged all around. Trunk aluminium damage and front light housing incl frame out of center.

#2 red NSX from Sweden. Bented front frames and a light rear hit.

#3 red NSX from Austria. Bented front frames, the most frame damage of all 3.

Lots of used and some new spare parts are needed incl a donor car where we cutted the good front frame off to use it on #3 (http://www.nsxprime.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=3) . This pics today are just showing the rough work made to the chassies and see how the frames are off from factory settings. The fine work to get the frontlight mould in correct shape, bringing back a nice tail to the black NSX and all the other little stuff like perfect weldspots, paint job, etc... I will show you in some next postings.

Number 3 I bought back in 2008 and parted out the car, since repairing was not worth the money. The value of a nice NSX back in that time was just around 30000 Euro. Now in 2016 this prices has doubled and repairing that chassie is now right in time.

Each buyer of those cars will get the pics and a well documented story about how things were made. :)

Enjoy the pics, I think only a very few to non people here have ever seen such a work on our old NA1/NA2 cars. Thanks to the Chassie/Bodyshop who does the work to that cars. I know most are afraid when such huge frame work has to be done to an aluminium chassie.


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# 3 the worst frame hit. Thats how the pivot is attached to the frame! Another pics shows the fixing points from the suspension. Reminds me on that Terminator hand skeleton in the first movie. :p

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[goldnsx]

As far as I like the way of your approach and effort I'd never buy a formerly crashed car. Yes, the prices have gone up and now it makes sense economically to repair them. We would be glad if you published the VIN of the cars. Chances are high that it will be 'crashfree' in a few years when it has left your facility long ago. I'd better see them retired.

BTW on the markets are quite a lot of NSX with F-like milage after 25 years.

Don't get me wrong on this as I think you're an honest guy.

[austrian type-r]

i fully understand your thoughts. Too bad we have not that carfax thing the USA have where its reported if its accident free or not. In that case we as the nsx crowed who loves the cars so much, has to share some infos if someone buys an nsx and is asking forum members about infos.

I think a well repaired nsx is for many people no reason not to buy it. A collectors car is something with low milage, all stock and hopefully w/o accident, but for the pure driving and making something nice out of it.....why not with an repaired title. Nice and clean nsx with full service history are that hard to find for a good price and then you have still to take out the engine for LMAs, check clutch, etc. I give a **** when the seller or dealer telling me tb was done. Often the wp is not and when talking about LMAs they dont understand what you tell them.

I try to say that the black and the swedish nsx which get recovered are more than full serviced when i sell them, have a new oem paint, new tires, ned painted rims, all things overhauld what you can thin of, etc.

[goldnsx]

Ok. Please let me know what speaks against publishing the VIN of these cars? The US guys do publish them too.

It's ok if the cars are repaired professionally and fully serviced. They will find their buyers if the price is right. But the ones looking for unrepaired cars like to know the full history. For them they are no-go. A lack of maintainance can be eliminated on any car, a crash in the past not. That's not the same thing anymore.

But you know I've heard some horror stories like the one with 215k km leaving Switzerland around 2006 and one of the following two or three owners 'modified' the tach to sub 100k.

[hkz286]

I think publishing private information of any time on the internet is madness. VIN number included.

[austrian type-r]

But you know I've heard some horror stories like the one with 215k km leaving Switzerland around 2006 and one of the following two or three owners 'modified' the tach to sub 100k.

haha, that one was imported by me and I sold the car do a Doctor. The Doctor sold it to a guy in Vienna who is now in prison for adjusting the odometer. The storys short: When the actual owner contacted me, cause in the car papers my name was there, I helped him to add things up and I was then at the court as a witness. Cause some things were realy off from my story and some other stuff did not add 100% correctly, the Vienna guy got a punishment and some month he has to sit in the prison.

When I advertise the cars, I will provide the VIN number. I have no problem with sharing it.

[exiges1]

I admire your openness and honesty and your willingness to share this major repair build on the forum. I think it will be really interesting to watch the car as it returns to its former glory. Best of luck with the build. I imagine that there are some who have completed similar work but would never share that with anyone!!

I also hope the driver recovered fully from what looks like a major impact.

Keep up the good work supporting all things NSX.

[marknsx]

Hear Hear! The net effect is that I might slow down a little having seen that wreckage.

[goldtop]

+1 on thanks for sharing the scary photos and resto work.

I'd only buy a repaired car where the repair has been photographically documented and uploaded for all to see and criticize. At least you know what you're buying and can adjust the price as necessary.

On that, can someone with more know-how than me, explain what we're looking at in the photos?

[austrian type-r]

recover pics of the Swedish car. The frame is finished. The headlight housing and the radiator support will get black later (like it is oem). Now I have to put all parts together and when it rolls again with freshly serviced engine, new clutch, etc...it goes back to the body-shop and get all new R-77 painting. :D

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The black one is finished as well. Now both cars get the new ABS system, cause I will not reinstall the old one, it's too much out of time and known to get out of function any way. The black one will get same look with oem parts like the silver in the picture with ATR dry carbon hood and wing and real oem 2002+ side skirts. But first I will buy a sodium blaster to get the suspension parts etc as nice as new. :D

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[austrian type-r]

By end of last year, Chasie Nr. 3 was finished from the body work. :)

The red swedish Chassie is sold to Germany without engine, transmission and some other parts, cause the customer has a Honda Shop and some NSX spare parts in the shelfs. The customer will assemble it himself and safe me lots of work and doing the paint job and him lots of money. So we both are lucky and he get an NSX for just 2/3 the market price (when the car is finished).



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[austrian type-r]

Made some big steps in assembling the black NSX. Engine parts all cleaned and all o-rings, gaskets, bearings are new. Also new hone and piston rings. Of course all the filters, the timingbelt, water pump, LMA, etc. was changed. Look at the dirt inside the IM.... now it is shining like new!

Transmission and clutch only 27000km on the clock. The engine needs a break in, since it has zero km on it.

This car got some 1997 headers, cats and exhaust.

Here you see all the parts installed and it got also new ABS :) Tomorrow I will doing the 2nd start up and drive a few 100 meters until I begin with some more assembling work like installing AC condensers, trunk wire harness installation, disassembling right crashed door.....

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