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- May 13, 2010
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- Location
- Sulphur Springs, Tx.
- Vehicle Year
- 88,89,07
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Transmission
- Manual
Well the week started out good untill tuesday evening after work. Got off and was on the way to help a friend out with his car when an idiot pulled out in front of me from a stop sign. Locked my breaks down and tried to mis her but.... you guessed it KA-BLAM. Good news is that no-one was hurt to include her two very young children that were in the car with her. Really good news considering I hit her in the drivers side rear door right where one of her kids was sitting in his car seat.
Now my beloved project Step-child sits in the driveway with a mangled front end just 20 days after getting her registered for the first time in four years of actually owning her.
And the worst part of it
Yep that is a bent frame your looking at in the last two pics. Just the front 6 inches or so on both rails but it's still bent.
Now waiting on the insurance company to come look at it. Bad part is going to be keeping them from totalling it. I'm not getting rid of her or parting her out after all the work I've done to her. If they total her out then It will be a lot more work to put her back on the road because here in Ga. all the work has to be done by certified tech's and then state inspected in order to be "road-worthy" and able to get a tag again.
Any suggestions for the rebuild or dealing with the ins. company? Already know not to settle for anything less than replacement value and not "book" value.
Thanks
Paul
Now my beloved project Step-child sits in the driveway with a mangled front end just 20 days after getting her registered for the first time in four years of actually owning her.
And the worst part of it
Yep that is a bent frame your looking at in the last two pics. Just the front 6 inches or so on both rails but it's still bent.
Now waiting on the insurance company to come look at it. Bad part is going to be keeping them from totalling it. I'm not getting rid of her or parting her out after all the work I've done to her. If they total her out then It will be a lot more work to put her back on the road because here in Ga. all the work has to be done by certified tech's and then state inspected in order to be "road-worthy" and able to get a tag again.
Any suggestions for the rebuild or dealing with the ins. company? Already know not to settle for anything less than replacement value and not "book" value.
Thanks
Paul