Sorry to hear about your misfortune, are you alright? Congrats on the new paint
job, they won't be able to match the old paint to well so you need to push for a
complete job and contact Shelby America for a up to date estimated value for
your Mag cap. You are forced to have insurance by the state, now it is time to
put that to use. Brad
Glen Byrns wrote:
> Looks like my new paint job may be coming sooner than I thought.
>
> Today, one the way to lunch a teenage girl fresh off her learner's permit in
> a new Accura Integra just couldn't wait for through traffic any longer and
> pulled out into me as I passed by. Luckily, I saw it coming and took enough
> evasive action to limit the damage. Struck in the right rear fender/wheel.
> Fairly minor sheet metal damage, possibly rear susp. misalignment. The
> worst damage was the plastic cap from the center of my vintage Shelby mag.
> Crushed! Her insurance will probably be good for a paint job, but how do
> you replace the Shelby mag cap? Ironically, I had been missing the fourth
> cap since I towed it home for the PO's place. He found it recently and
> mailed it to me. Guess what was sitting on my front porch when I finally
> got home after completing the accident report? I STILL only have three
> Shelby mag caps. AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!
>
> On the bright side the damage to the Accura was pretty bad. It looks like
> my wheel took/delivered all the force to the left front of her car.
> Thousand or better in damage to her car. The City of Davis just gained
> another bicyclist once her mom sees the car and sees the police report.
>
> One thing to say about light little cars, on a glancing blow they tend to
> break loose and get shoved around without absorbing much force from the big,
> nasty, mean, modern cars.
>
> Glen "wainting for the estimate" Byrns
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