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[Nemesis]

This is an awsome build log, guy takes an old mercedes and rebuilds top to bottom in his garage.

he does a great deal of the work himself like it aint no thang.

oh...

http://cripple.hioctanedesigns.com.au/

he's in a wheelchair... crippled from the chest down.

[dfry10]

my neibour is crippled the same. i seen him do 3 re-builds and build a drag car from ground up

[Pantera999]

Well MY neighbour is Stephen Hawking.

[Nemesis]

Well MY neighbour is Stephen Hawking.

all he can do is smile and type

[Pantera999]

And give theories on how the universe works etc . You know, nothing major . haha.

[dfry10]

my cousins Ivan intchysack

[Matti]

And give theories on how the universe works etc . You know, nothing major . haha.

Can he rip skidz?

Edited by Matti, 22 April 2009 - 10:07 PM.

[jubes]

yeah only the ones in his pants hahaha

[CRIPPLE]

yeah only the ones in his pants hahaha

I am the guy that is building the Mercedes....When you see a Merc next year up there, throwing 650HP and 2 tonnes of car on the burnout pad just think about HOW I am doing it....I cant use my legs, so hand controls are the way to go. That means 1 hand on the hand controls, controlling BOTH brake AND accelerator and the other hand throwing the steering around.

Before you start poking sh!t at people in chairs, think about this.....I was once like you....I was injured at age 23 and I had built my first car at age 16 - probably around the same time some you guys were still sh!tting in your hand and rubbing it in your face. It could very easily happen to you...The blink of an eye and you become like me and DONT FOR A SECOND think it couldnt happen to you...I thought the same way....

Anyway, cheers for the ups to the original poster, you're a champ, thanks for bringing my project to peoples' attention

Grant

Check out my project - CRIPPLE - Twin Turbo 350 Chev Powered 1968 Mercedes - http://cripple.hioctanedesigns.com.au

Edited by CRIPPLE, 23 April 2009 - 12:52 AM.

[DJ-WAR]

yeah only the ones in his pants hahaha

I am the guy that is building the Mercedes....When you see a Merc next year up there, throwing 650HP and 2 tonnes of car on the burnout pad just think about HOW I am doing it....I cant use my legs, so hand controls are the way to go. That means 1 hand on the hand controls, controlling BOTH brake AND accelerator and the other hand throwing the steering around.

Before you start poking sh!t at people in chairs, think about this.....I was once like you....I was injured at age 23 and I had built my first car at age 16 - probably around the same time some you guys were still sh!tting in your hand and rubbing it in your face. It could very easily happen to you...The blink of an eye and you become like me and DONT FOR A SECOND think it couldnt happen to you...I thought the same way....

Anyway, cheers for the ups to the original poster, you're a champ, thanks for bringing my project to peoples' attention

Grant

Check out my project - CRIPPLE - Twin Turbo 350 Chev Powered 1968 Mercedes - http://cripple.hioctanedesigns.com.au

Sic ride mate, nice work, im rebuilding a vl turbo commo myself, done a vc before but theres nothing like the next challenge and i enjoy doing it, im no mechanic and dont have any knowledge.. all i needed was a book and some friendly tips and im getting there once again!!!, i hope you woop all there arses out there mate!!!

ps. im doing mine in about 6 months, done the vc in 1 year but ive learnt abit!!

Edited by Goon, 23 April 2009 - 01:19 AM.

[jubes]

yeah nice ride cripple. mate I wasnt having a go out at you at all. Its good to see you out there enjoying what you do even though you are crippled. My smart ass comment must of just been out of place and It was aimed at matti's answer of can he chuck a skid. So if it offended you I apologise.

[lxtorrie]

Its funny how someone posts something in QSS, and then all of a sudden the owner of the car is posting info, having a crack, or whatever in the EXACT SAME THREAD.

No intro, no other posts, nothing.

Im not saying it isnt the guy...but 99% of the time it probably isnt.

[Pantera999]

I fail to see how anyone was "poking fun" at someone in a wheelchair however.

Its a very nice build up but, looking forward to seeing it ripskidz.

[CRIPPLE]

OK, to start off with, let me try and prove that I am who I say I am......If you google my name, Grant Boxall, you should come up with around 7-8 pages of google results. There is also sorts of info in there about me, but I will try and give you some of the more obscure stuff. I was married until the end of 2004, my wife cheated on me with her kickboxing instructor whie I was away playing in the Athens paralympics. I had a role in the movie - Thunderstruck, an Australian movie featuring Steven Currie from The Castle, I was in another documentart called Murderball (the name given to wheelchair rugby up until around 1990) and I have been on 60 Minutes for a story on the Australian Wheelchair Rugby Team.

Finally, here's a pic of me that you cannot find on the net, I just posted it on Modified Car Forums...You will be able to match up my face to other images you can find on me by googling.

Me at Powercruise Perth



@ LXTorrie, the only reason I replied in that thread was because my hit counting software on my website listed the thread as one of the top 5 referrers to my site, so I like to check them out. I guess the net does some pretty interesting things to poeple's minds......

OK, now that has been sorted out....

@ Jubes...no dramas mate, I think I jsut had a worse day than most yesterday, which is why I had such a knee jerk reaction. I get a little sick of people telling me what can and cant be done, either in the chair or on the car...so I push on and try to prove them wrong but some days are a bit more of a struggle than others.

@Goon...that is the best way to learn I think, just jumping in, getting dirty and learning in a hands on way. I think you have chosen some great cars to do. The Merc is a bit of a pain because its not built like a lot of other cars of its time and, being European, parts are MUCH harder to get and A LOT more expensive. The commys are by far more common so parts are readiy available and cheaply, a lot of people know abut them so info is easier to find and they are a little simpler in their mechanical design so there is less chance of screwing it up. Good luck with your build Goon, im sure your prior build experience will help you no end in the VL build.

[lxtorrie]

You must have pretty good webstat software, as the thread was only posted for a few hours before it became top 5 for your website.

Web stats are only usually compiled together once every 24 hour period. Sometimes even less for wordpress sites which dont have any metadata for bots.

Welcome to the site anyways. Maybe you should post an intro thread so ppl can follow your progress on QSS.

[Erics]

yeah only the ones in his pants hahaha

yeah nice ride cripple. mate I wasnt having a go out at you at all. Its good to see you out there enjoying what you do even though you are crippled. My smart ass comment must of just been out of place and It was aimed at matti's answer of can he chuck a skid. So if it offended you I apologise.

Seems someone is suffering a bit of foot-in-mouth syndrom. Very un-tasteful comment.....

[CRIPPLE]

You must have pretty good webstat software, as the thread was only posted for a few hours before it became top 5 for your website.

Web stats are only usually compiled together once every 24 hour period. Sometimes even less for wordpress sites which dont have any metadata for bots.

Welcome to the site anyways. Maybe you should post an intro thread so ppl can follow your progress on QSS.

Thanks LXTorrie, yeah the site has only been up since the Feb 26 so it hasnt seen a truckload of hits. The counterize module i have for the site stats just shows the top 5 referring sites and this one was on it. The reason it came up after this was posted so quickly is because the 3 other refferring sites above this one account for about 85% of all the sites hits so any other site only needs a few people clicking onto my site to make the top 5 refferrers.

Anyway, yeah I will head on over and intro myself. I will try and get some more pics up today but Im really trying hard toget this Jaguar diff built and put back in the car - at the moment its stripped down and in primer so i gotta paint it and then reassemble it, hopefuly by the end of the day

G

[Fabz]

Good luck with the build, will be a bit of a challenge for sure! Gotta ask tho, why the pink engine? and blue front end? What colour is the car going to be when complete? So will you drive it across to cairns to compete in the burnout comp?

[CRIPPLE]

Yeah the engine came out really pink in the photos but its actually quite a deep purple. The gearbox is the same, I think it turned out that way because the flash was quite harsh so yeah. The anodised blue I just like and I think it will provide a good contrast to the deep purple the colour is going to be. Ive used some chrome on the diff centre and on all the nuts and bolts, the steering rack and some other bits and pieces (brake and fuel line brackets etc).

I just think that people who paint the undercarriage and running gear on their cars all the same colour as the body and engine bay make it look like they are trying to hide things. If I have all my nuts and bolts bright and my running gear in a contrasting colour, it makes me able to highlight the fact that I have actually pulled every single nut and bolt from every component, reconditioned and replaced parts and then put it all back together again. Its very easy to hide that fact when you paint everything one colour. Im not saying that heaps of people do it, it's just my personal take on it.

This is a similar colour to what the car will end up with:



I'd love to come up to Cairns with it!! Ive been there a couple of times before, but ot with my car. Ive been there for some wheelchair rugby games and a training camp. Its an amazing corner of the world

Edited by CRIPPLE, 23 April 2009 - 11:59 AM.

[ohbaby]

Very inspirational your site and build project is !