Looked down at my radio for about 2-3 seconds and had a wake up call.





What can you do. **** happens. Don't have Comp and Collision so it isn't going to be cheap. Good thing I have a parts car with 90% of the parts. I am going to get it painted black when all is said and done. You live and learn I guess.

 

damn that sucks *** badly, looks like you went under a truck how bad is the damage, any frame damage

 

Actually it was a old honda accord. I was shocked as the honda had next to no damage.... I went right underneath his car.

No frame damage, just the radiator support, hood, bumper, headlight assembly and passengers fender.

 

I memorized my stereo by hand so I don't even have to look at it. Yeah, stuff happeneds. This was 4 years ago, I did the same thing. Never again.

 

a 23yr old little girl hit me last yr while messing with her radio. She isnt around anymore to tell the tale. Scion vs. 90 crown vic.

 

Sorry to see that happened to yah.

That's sad,just 2-3 seconds of your eyes off the road.

 

damn man that sucks bro.. u still wanna sell her? like i said im looking for parts lol

 

Man that blows.. Weren't you trying to sell that thing on craigslist a while back?

 

wow aaron (aarons92maro) crashed his 1992 RS a few weeks ago too. too bad that was a clean car.

 

Same thing happened to my buddy Adam's camaro.

 

UPDATE:
Long time ago I began the repair. I am glad to say the only major damage was the radiator support. It needed to be repaired anyway as rust got a hold of it.

Front clip from the donor car and my father looking for frame damage etc:



Radiator support damage:



Hooking first pull up:

 

Pull progress pictures. I total of about 4 or 5 pulls:

 

Frame Pictures:

 

Well at least you get a chance to get rid of the ugly flames and skull thing on the hood. Looks like you are making progress!

 

Good progress so far. Thats crazy tho.

Random ?? Did you shave your radio antennae or do you just drive with it off? I can't stand the antennae and I don't have it hooked up to my radio because for some reason the adapter doesn't fit my stereo (first time this has ever happened).

 

that sucks. looks like it was a nice vert too. the guy i bought my 82 trans am off of said he went under a honda but didn't cause as much damage as what you have.

 

What the hell kind of A/C compressor is that?

 

Good luck with repairing the car. The guy I bought my car from hit a telephone pole with his and gave up on it...



Drivers fender, front bumper, front ground effect, hood, crash bar, and frame horn were toast. I ended up hammering the frame horn back into shape but the rest of the parts I couldnt save. I still need to put a hood (have a Harwood 3 inch cowl) on and find a good lower ground effect but I have a "new" crash bar, bumper, and fender already on the car...

 

I can't remember the last time I actually looked at my radio while changing it.

 

 

Well for those that are interested, I spent 6 hours on body work today. Here are some pictures.

Fender on:


Bad gap:


Fixed Gap:


Front with fender:


Side front fender:


Angle Fender:

 

Rusted radiator support bent back (mostly):






Bumper installed (Still missing bolts, have to go to hardware store):



Fiberglass work needed:

 

=( poor Camaro... my brother hit my Camaro with my Cavalier 30 days after i painted it... scratched the paint a little not to bad most can hardly tell but i still threw up 2 times when they showed it to me... hes lucky he left for work instead of waking me up, ida tore him a new one lol

 

So are you going to get it mostly straight, then weld in straight metal from the other clip? Or are you attempting to just straighten it out as best as possible and put the new fenders/bumper on?

Good idea on using the truck to pull it. When I wrecked my 87 I had my lifted Jeep with rock rails parked perpendicular in front of the trans am, and was using a steel cable come-along from the rock rails to the front of the car. It wasnt happening haha. Just started to drag the car. Using a truck, or even my Jeep to "bump" on the chain probably would have been a better idea if I had the room. Glad to see that worked out for ya.

J.

 

i was thinking the same thing

 

Sanden


It's amazing what we get away with in moments of inatentivenes. But sometimes you get bit.

 

I was cut off while looking at the radio in the middle of the night, guy ran the stop sign and cut in front of my right of way so i looked locked up my brakes and slid underneath his expedition. The insurance company wanted total it say it would cost too much to fix so I said no and took what money they did give me and repaired my car with a parts car from a local junk yard. So after a new front end and radiator support and a paint job and around $850 later it was as good as new.

 

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