Well thanks every one for all the support it's nice to have friends even if you haven't meet face to face. I'm checking all my options about the contour. my daughter says I can have her car until I find somthing else, but she said she wouldn't mind it if I found one for her too she really likes the way it drives. I found a hood, fenders, bumper on a 95 gl at the local pick-a-part junkyard and they look the same as the 97 gl and their straight as brand new. they are a differnt color and will need to be painted but the hole set is only $150, working on the radiator now. oh and Tour De Force you may be able to buy a tour with low miles(60k to 80k) in FLA for about $2k-$3k but out here in SOCAL (the land of the big bucks) that car is about $5k if its in good shape. I got lucky to get this car with 70K miles with a straight body that was bi-fuel (compressed natual gas/gasoline) with a motor that run so clean that when it was smog tested the tech thought his tester quit working right. well I'm off to find more parts online. again thanks folks
