Well, it has been an interesting week or so..here's a quick rundown ( for cliff-notes, read the bold areas):
- I sold my white '88 to Ben (TurboFreak) last year, and had my eyes on his old '89 7mgte dark blue metallic hardtop :love::love: I remember saying that I wish this thing was still for sale (again, over a year ago).
- Two weeks ago, I notice that EdgeSupra, who purchased the '89 from Ben, was now selling the Dark Blue '89!! I knew I had to have it, so two personal loans later (from good friends LOL), I was down in VA Beach (~3.5 hour drive) buying the car.
- The original plan was to caravan back, with both of my supras :biglaugh: that Sunday, but my buddy had to flake on me so I left my 1J '88 at his place. So to resolve the issue of having multiple cars in multple towns, this past weekend on Friday 12/19 I headed back down to Newport News (where my buddy lives), to get my light blue '88 and caravan back with him this time around.
- Side note: I met an awesome and beautiful girl down in VA Beach when I bought the car from Justin! Just had to throw that out there to see if anyone reads all of this stuff haha.
- I am driving on 295 South, getting onto 64 East, which is a huuuge elongated onramp....it had just rained an hour or so before, but was now clear and everything...when I transitioned from concrete bridge to asphalt (see pic below), there is a "ba-bump" to where I bounced up, on a slippery surface, on a curved road, and before I could blink, my rear end was to the right side of me, and I was sliding sideways, looking at a guard rail that was on the left side of the road. I tried to recover as best as I could, braked here, steered there, but still spun around once or twice and smashed ass-first into the guardrail. I was wearing my seatbelt, and am happy that my seat too most of the impact! It could have been much worse, I walked away with a small bump on my head from hitting the top of the window opening upon impact...The Supra definitely had my safety in mind for this one haha.
You can get an idea of what happened, sorry for the MS Paint quality! The box with the dots on the front (headlights haha), is a shitty representation of how the car spun around.
And here is the result:
EDIT (7pm):HERE ARE BETTER PICS FROM FRIEND'S IPHONE:
What you CANT see is the damage to both rear quarter panels, to where the doors don't close correctly....I will post better pics when I get back down to the car, and I have a video of the onramp too.
These areas are F'd:
- Driver's rear quarter panel crumpled slightly
- Passenger rear quarter panel smashed up a good amount
- Passenger rear quarter window is shattered
- Both tails are smashed, but the bulk of the damage is on the right rear corner of the car.
- Rear bumper is pushed down a bit
- Right rear wheel well (rear side) is pushed very close to the tire (about a quarter of an inch to half inch clearance)
- The hatch is in good shape! I have not had a chance to get it up in the air to check for frame damage, but the car rode pretty good on the way back to my buddy's house (with him following closely behind, due to lack of tail lights!! lol) where it is sitting right now, waiting for a rescue :aigo:
UPDATE 12/31:
So I took a train from D.C. to Newport News, with a sack of tools and a set of '88 tail lights in my bag, slapped them on the car (after beating on it for a while with a hammer...) and drove it back home without ANY problems. BUUUUUT, apparently I did not get a good enough look at the car the day I crashed it...because she is definitely totalled beyond REASONABLE repair.
EDIT: uploaded from cameraphone...
Before tail lights
After tail lights :naughty:
The Good News:
Thanks to Pogoism, I purchased my '89 White/Blue cloth targa 5-speed shell yesterday, and got it delivered. The car had been repainted in the last 5-8 years, and has sat for the last 4 or so years. She is VERY dirty, but when you wipe down past the grime, the paint is actually in great shape, besides a few trouble areas (rear bumper, center piece of wing, hood, gas door, passenger side headlight cover, and that's about it). So the plan is to make one BAD ASS '89 targa from my wrecked dark blue and this new white shell....and then I am going to put it up for sale. I need to get on the phone with Champion ASAP to start ordering OEM stuff (7M gaskets, body seals, etc.)
All in all, this new shell is in really good shape, with only one noticeable dent (passenger front fender, right above the wheel). The interior has it's trouble areas, but nothing that I can't pull from the dark blue car.
That is all for now, thanks for reading.
Patrick
- I sold my white '88 to Ben (TurboFreak) last year, and had my eyes on his old '89 7mgte dark blue metallic hardtop :love::love: I remember saying that I wish this thing was still for sale (again, over a year ago).
- Two weeks ago, I notice that EdgeSupra, who purchased the '89 from Ben, was now selling the Dark Blue '89!! I knew I had to have it, so two personal loans later (from good friends LOL), I was down in VA Beach (~3.5 hour drive) buying the car.
- The original plan was to caravan back, with both of my supras :biglaugh: that Sunday, but my buddy had to flake on me so I left my 1J '88 at his place. So to resolve the issue of having multiple cars in multple towns, this past weekend on Friday 12/19 I headed back down to Newport News (where my buddy lives), to get my light blue '88 and caravan back with him this time around.
- Side note: I met an awesome and beautiful girl down in VA Beach when I bought the car from Justin! Just had to throw that out there to see if anyone reads all of this stuff haha.
- I am driving on 295 South, getting onto 64 East, which is a huuuge elongated onramp....it had just rained an hour or so before, but was now clear and everything...when I transitioned from concrete bridge to asphalt (see pic below), there is a "ba-bump" to where I bounced up, on a slippery surface, on a curved road, and before I could blink, my rear end was to the right side of me, and I was sliding sideways, looking at a guard rail that was on the left side of the road. I tried to recover as best as I could, braked here, steered there, but still spun around once or twice and smashed ass-first into the guardrail. I was wearing my seatbelt, and am happy that my seat too most of the impact! It could have been much worse, I walked away with a small bump on my head from hitting the top of the window opening upon impact...The Supra definitely had my safety in mind for this one haha.
You can get an idea of what happened, sorry for the MS Paint quality! The box with the dots on the front (headlights haha), is a shitty representation of how the car spun around.
And here is the result:
EDIT (7pm):HERE ARE BETTER PICS FROM FRIEND'S IPHONE:
What you CANT see is the damage to both rear quarter panels, to where the doors don't close correctly....I will post better pics when I get back down to the car, and I have a video of the onramp too.
These areas are F'd:
- Driver's rear quarter panel crumpled slightly
- Passenger rear quarter panel smashed up a good amount
- Passenger rear quarter window is shattered
- Both tails are smashed, but the bulk of the damage is on the right rear corner of the car.
- Rear bumper is pushed down a bit
- Right rear wheel well (rear side) is pushed very close to the tire (about a quarter of an inch to half inch clearance)
- The hatch is in good shape! I have not had a chance to get it up in the air to check for frame damage, but the car rode pretty good on the way back to my buddy's house (with him following closely behind, due to lack of tail lights!! lol) where it is sitting right now, waiting for a rescue :aigo:
UPDATE 12/31:
So I took a train from D.C. to Newport News, with a sack of tools and a set of '88 tail lights in my bag, slapped them on the car (after beating on it for a while with a hammer...) and drove it back home without ANY problems. BUUUUUT, apparently I did not get a good enough look at the car the day I crashed it...because she is definitely totalled beyond REASONABLE repair.
EDIT: uploaded from cameraphone...
Before tail lights
After tail lights :naughty:
The Good News:
Thanks to Pogoism, I purchased my '89 White/Blue cloth targa 5-speed shell yesterday, and got it delivered. The car had been repainted in the last 5-8 years, and has sat for the last 4 or so years. She is VERY dirty, but when you wipe down past the grime, the paint is actually in great shape, besides a few trouble areas (rear bumper, center piece of wing, hood, gas door, passenger side headlight cover, and that's about it). So the plan is to make one BAD ASS '89 targa from my wrecked dark blue and this new white shell....and then I am going to put it up for sale. I need to get on the phone with Champion ASAP to start ordering OEM stuff (7M gaskets, body seals, etc.)
All in all, this new shell is in really good shape, with only one noticeable dent (passenger front fender, right above the wheel). The interior has it's trouble areas, but nothing that I can't pull from the dark blue car.
That is all for now, thanks for reading.
Patrick
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