Just looked at the pics... damn that car has nice paint! And you can see why
it was important to
have the flex hose between the gas filler and the tank huh? Doesn't look like
it got into the rear
quarters any... they can probably get a new back plate and weld one in. The
bumper though... ouch.
Chroming is sooo damn expensive these days. Oh well, that is what insurance is
for!
Greg
Gordon Glasgow wrote:
> Yesterday afternoon I was going to drive the roadster down to Portland to
>watch
> some of our club members race at PIR. Just south of Tacoma on I-5, the traffic
> was really bogged down, like 5-25 mph with occasional stops. I was just about
> stopped when WHUMP! a Jetta hits me from behind and BAM! bounces me into a
>Ford
> F-150 in front of me. Damn!
>
> The good news on the car is that it missed the front bumpers and the Marchal
> lights. The bad news is that it took out the Hella halogen backup lights
>(which
> I haven't seen available for years) and it may have gotten into the rear
> crossmember.
>
> Nobody hurt, mostly sheet metal damage, and the car still runs, but I think
> that's it for this summer. Fortunately she has insurance. We'll see how good
>it
> is.
>
> The very odd part is that I was ambivalent about going, right up to the last
> minute. I was late making hotel reservations, I was rushed packing, everything
> just felt wrong. I told Joanne, "I shouldn't say this, but I feel like this
>trip
> is jinxed." Two hours later, I found out I was right.
>
> Pics are at:
> http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/Accident/FrontDamage1.jpg
> http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/Accident/FrontDamage2.jpg
> http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/Accident/FrontDamage3.jpg
> http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/Accident/RearDamage1.jpg
> http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/Accident/RearDamage2.jpg
> http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/Accident/RearDamage3.jpg
>
> Gordon Glasgow
> Renton, WA
>
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