Pictures:
Looks like it's dancing
Ahhh what happened to the suspensions!!!!
Poor sawblade lost its edge...
The telephone pole side
The brick wall side
The front (curb/bushes/plowed down tree side)
Antenna was bent against the brick wall, shows the angle the car was at while going between the wall and the pole. I am damn lucky!
Engine bay before:
Engine bay after:
At least the part I put the most work and $ into is fine =) I may be able to transfer the interior but if I can get a nice one with the shell it will be for sale.
I'm selling off all the Supra stuff I have to get money for a new shell =\ If you see anything you like on the car just shoot me a PM.
Frank Rizzo;990518 said:
What movie were you gonna see?
We have a quest to see all the Rambo movies (again, we're young enough that the ones we've seen before are faint memories) and we were on #2.
Keros;990519 said:
Can always rebuild a car... can't rebuild your body or your friend.
That's what I am very thankful for, it's amazing that neither of us were hurt. It helps that the drivetrain is fine too, the body itself only cost me $400 and it had tons of problems. Looking at it from a positive perspective, I can put this drivetrain into a better shell and fix a lot of problems by getting a proper body this time.
Clip;990522 said:
its the what-ifs that hurt the most (first wreck or two my mind was racing with 'what if i had done this', etc). dont worry bout what happened, glad you guys are alright and hell, this gives you an excuse to do a little more wrenching
Yeah, I think I tried too hard not to jerk the wheel back to the left. I've actually tried to practice avoiding cones and keeping myself from breaking the rear wheels loose in a parking lot before and found that it was better just to keep the wheel whatever way it was and let off the gas smoothly. Unfortunately this time it might have been better just to jerk it to the left, I was too close to the side of the road already. I have a feeling I would have lost traction but not crashed since I wasn't going very fast. The darkness/no street lamps didn't help in my judgement of how far away the edge of the pavement was either =(
mkIIIman089;990860 said:
That's the first thing I noticed too. That looks like a much more severe wreck than mine though, sorry to see it in such twisted shape =( I'm very glad I decided to go with a smaller IC and kept my bumper brace, it definately absorbed the bulk of the impact. I knew there was a plus to having a dinky little IC =)