Oh, some photos.
Things have been moving slowly on the crawler (fitting, huh?) since the accident, but here's the latest:
Me near the ass end with the chosen color:
The newly-trussed rear axle. Should hold up to a lot more beating:
And some shots of the accident. Doesn' look so bad from here:
The seat frame bent and the front seat mount broke off the floor:
But the hatch is smashed all the way through to the inside. And all the panel-mounting screws ripped out of the fiberglass:
And a good close-up of the bottom part of the hatch. All mashed up. Used to smooth and shiny. At least the bumper is in relatively good shape!
And, here's the best part. The passenger-side frame rail is crumpled about 3/4". That shoved the whole rear passenger quearter panel about that far forward. The door almost hits it when it closes. Nice:
Overall, it doesn't look that bad. But the frame being bent, and 2 big ripples (not shown) in the quarter panel, the floor in the rear is rippled, the seat madness, a new rear hatch and lights....it all adds up for a 16 year old girl. Estimated speed of impact, regardless of the total lack of skidmarks (they never tried to slow down) is 35-40 MPH. I was stopped at a light. They then pulled away and left me, only to hit another car and a curb, then try to run away. Nice shit. OK. Nite again. I am really off to bed.
-Rich
Me near the ass end with the chosen color:
The newly-trussed rear axle. Should hold up to a lot more beating:
And some shots of the accident. Doesn' look so bad from here:
The seat frame bent and the front seat mount broke off the floor:
But the hatch is smashed all the way through to the inside. And all the panel-mounting screws ripped out of the fiberglass:
And a good close-up of the bottom part of the hatch. All mashed up. Used to smooth and shiny. At least the bumper is in relatively good shape!
And, here's the best part. The passenger-side frame rail is crumpled about 3/4". That shoved the whole rear passenger quearter panel about that far forward. The door almost hits it when it closes. Nice:
Overall, it doesn't look that bad. But the frame being bent, and 2 big ripples (not shown) in the quarter panel, the floor in the rear is rippled, the seat madness, a new rear hatch and lights....it all adds up for a 16 year old girl. Estimated speed of impact, regardless of the total lack of skidmarks (they never tried to slow down) is 35-40 MPH. I was stopped at a light. They then pulled away and left me, only to hit another car and a curb, then try to run away. Nice shit. OK. Nite again. I am really off to bed.
-Rich
posted by Rich at 8/29/2005 09:45:00 PM
1 Comments:
bent frame huh? When I was younger (long ago in a galaxy far far away...) My dad got into an accident and the frame got bent... Did he give up?? NOOO.... He tied some rope to a BIG tree and the other end to the frame of the car and proceded to gun it..yes thats right ladies and gentlemen my dad fixed the frame of a car by shear brute force...ahhh the good times..and crazy shit that always went on in my household..so far so good on your little blog here..back to reading more!
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