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Red Iso Grifo in Vegas about 30-40 years ago

Discussion in 'Other Italian' started by bitzman, Aug 11, 2016.

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  1. bitzman

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    #1 bitzman, Aug 11, 2016
    About 30-40 years ago an official of the Iso Bitz club took me to a middle class house in Vegas where the owner of a short nose Grifo lived. The owner was a tough card dealer, who was really P.O'd
    that he had taken the car to a shop for some work only to find out later that two employees of the shop took it out for a joyride and crossed a railroad track at speed , catching air, and twisted the (unitized) frame. I was wondering what he sold it for and how you can fix a car with a unitized frame that's tweaked?
     
  2. velocetwo

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    #2 velocetwo, Aug 12, 2016
    Understanding how these cars are built I would guess the front shock towers would rip out , the center sections are built like a tank. You fix it like any other car you put it on a straightening rack and pull the car to the correct dimensions. It's done hundreds of times every day by body shops.
     

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