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Sorry to hear about your wreck.
Not to seem like an opportunistic vulture hanging around the carrion; however, if you intend to get the car back from ICBC and strip the good parts to retrofit on your other 142 shell, I might be interested in any parts that you may have left over (particularlu interior parts). I am doing a restoration on a 1971 142E (looks to be the same color as yours). Let me know if you have any interest.
By the way. If you plan to move your B20E engine in to a non E body, you have to (amongst other things) transplant the fuel tank. The E fuel tank, relative to the S versions, has extra fittings (fuel return line)and extra internal baffling. You mentioned that your tank was leaking (in the photo it looks like it got pushed in). Definitely pull it out and see if a repair shop can fix it up. The alternatives are not cheap. There are no repro tanks on the market. I found a 'good' used tank from a Dutch supplier which would have been about $450 by the time it arrived in North America. If the used tank has any rust you have a problem because I haven't found a tank repair shop that will coat a tank with internal baffles. A custom fabricated tank would have been about $1100.
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