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Tonyb

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« on: September 22, 2006, 12:48:57 AM »
My son was in an accident the night before and we took on some heavy damage! Some jerk in an F-150 was yelling out his window at someone he knew while my son waited behind him to move, as they started to move my son looked over to see who he was talking to and when he looked forward the jackass was stopped in front of him to turn left without a signal! When he hit the truck he was on the brakes but couldnt stop in time. The car looks so bad because the bumper went right under the truck and the grill section took the impact. If it was a car instead of a truck we would have much less damage. Nobody was hurt, but my son took it really hard for smashing up the car I rebuilt for him, but I told him I can rebuild the car but not him, so I already started to search for the parts. The bad news is that I dropped the collision on the car last year since it was a 1991 model and my son was 16. I can't swing full coverage on my Volvo and BMW.
Here are before and after pics. I'll post as we go.    New pics down below.
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« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2006, 02:57:31 AM »
Ouch. I hate truck drivers - one killed my last car because he thought i was going to run the red light....

Glad to hear no one got hurt, and best of luck getting it sorted mate!
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« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2006, 06:43:24 AM »
Quote from: Tonyb
My son was in an accident the night before and we took on some heavy damage! Some jerk in an F-150 was yelling out his window at someone he knew while my son waited behind him to move, as they started to move my son looked over to see who he was talking to and when he looked forward the jackass was stopped in front of him to turn left without a signal! When he hit the truck he was on the brakes but couldnt stop in time. The car looks so bad because the bumper went right under the truck and the grill section took the impact. If it was a car instead of a truck we would have much less damage. Nobody was hurt, but my son took it really hard for smashing up the car I rebuilt for him, but I told him I can rebuild the car but not him, so I already started to search for the parts. The bad news is that I dropped the collision on the car last year since it was a 1991 model and my son was 16. I can't swing full coverage on my Volvo and BMW.
Here are before and after pics. I'll post as we go.


Not trying to be a jerk or anything, but thats the reason why rubber necking is bad. Glad to hear your son is alright.
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« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2006, 07:40:46 AM »
dang sorry to see that, let me know if there is anything you need.
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« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2006, 07:59:28 AM »
Glad to hear your son is ok.  My son is 17 and has an E36 so I can relate.  Hope you guys can get this worked out.  Keep us posted and I will keep an eye out for parts.
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« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2006, 08:42:15 AM »
hey, looks worse than it prolly is... I have a kidney grill if you want it, just lemme know!

(admittedly, the least of your problems at this point, but its a start)
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« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2006, 09:49:21 AM »
I have some spare grilles for beside the kidney I can send ya.  Sorry but no hood/fenders.

Did the radiator take damage/get smashed into the clutch-fan?  I have a spare radiator and I think there is a fan somewhere out there.

Sorry to see this happen to another clean 318iS!  Glad everyone was OK.
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« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2006, 10:03:02 AM »
I just ordered a new driver's side fender for my cousin, you can have his, its in pretty good shape but there is there is some rust rot in the bottom by ther rocker panel.
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If you want them
« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2006, 10:40:32 AM »
I have the bumper trim I took off my car.  They are still usable. Buy me a beir and they are yours.
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« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2006, 04:54:24 PM »
Thanks for all the replies and kind words from everyone! My son is a boxer and he has a fight on the 30th, and I think this gave him some motivation cause I just got done holding the heavy bag for him and he made my liver move around!
As for the car, It still runs and nothing leaked out. I did the fan delete and I'm sure that saved the motor. If the clutch was still on it would have pushed the pump in. Not sure about the radiator yet, but I do know we can get it back in shape since the frame was not hit. I do have another set of grills and a kidney grill, but thanks for offer.
A friend of mine has a salvage certificate, so I'm gonna have him look for a donor car. He just got an e36 for 200.00,so I should be ok for parts. If can't find something I'll post it here and see if anyone has it.
Thanks again everyone!  Tony
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« Reply #10 on: September 22, 2006, 09:08:48 PM »
If I can pull this one off, I'll buy everyone a couple of beers!
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« Reply #11 on: October 31, 2006, 05:35:35 PM »
I got the car home, and wrapped up for the winter so I can locate the parts needed for the rebuild in the spring. I plan on doing everything except the paint. I already have the hood, fenders, grills and lights but I need to find the radiator support, bumper cover (not the black strips), and the lower valance. I want to buy these parts new, OEM or after market will do. Any help would be great. I don't want to cut the support off the donar car because it makes the job harder to line everything up and would take to much time.
Here's a pic of the hood and fenders on the donar car, they don't look that great but they have no rust and are straight as an arrow!
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« Reply #12 on: November 01, 2006, 07:34:31 AM »
Great to see the progress.  Sadly I do not have any of the parts you need but willl keep an eye open.  Good hunting.
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« Reply #13 on: November 01, 2006, 06:43:05 PM »
Glad your son is ok.

That looks like it will not be a huge hassle to fix. Could have been a lot worse, in fact had it hit the bumper it actually could have done more damage than it did by sending the shock throughout more of the car. As it was, it is mainly just cosmetic. As it was, this would put less stress on him in the impact as it all acted as a crumple zone rather than trying to minimise vehicle damage.

If nothing else, I bet your son learns from it, and it is a cheap lesson. Better to have learned this way than in a more expensive car, or more worse with him getting hurt.

It is also cool to see your son appreciates your effors on the car. I know a lot of kids who couldn't care less about their first car.
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« Reply #14 on: November 01, 2006, 06:49:56 PM »
glad to hear he is alright, thats a damn nice e30 for a 16yr old.
it looks like the roundel is still good haha. best of luck in fixing her up, glad your son appreciates the car.
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