As much as I hate it, my 86 GN got wrecked Thursday morning. I got a REAL CLOSE VIEW (about 4 inches away from my head) of the rear tire of the 18 wheeler that hit me at about 45 mph. The truck's load ticket listed 60,000 pounds of cargo, so once he hit me I was just along for the ride. My car got pushed into 4 k-bars, which I pushed off the edge of the pavement in the construction zone where the accident occured. Needless to say there is a nice black stripe on the k-bars and several sets of skid marks from me and the truck/trailer.
I was extremely luckly to walk away from this accident. I got a cut on my thumb from the side glass shattering (luckily the tint held most of it together). I have no broke bones. But, I have a sore left knee, ribs and shoulder (anti-inflamtories and muscle relaxers are great) and a few bruises. Several people who have seen the pics or the news traffic footage have said that God knew my daughter (that is being born this coming Tuesday) needed a father.
The body shop says the car is fixable. The body lines and gaps are still lined up perfect on the passenger side, so I'm assuming there is no frame damage. No damage in the engine compartment. The raditor support is still straight. The rocker panel below the drivers door is not damaged. I think the passenger rear spring and shock got broke since the car is sitting low on that side. Bent both passenger side rims. The A-piller damage is what concerns me the most. I have had 3 friends who know about the accident offer me access to their supply of parts and parts cars to repair the damage to my car.
Link to the pics album
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/si....dnm=Driver%27s+side+view.jpg&.src=ph&.view=t
I was extremely luckly to walk away from this accident. I got a cut on my thumb from the side glass shattering (luckily the tint held most of it together). I have no broke bones. But, I have a sore left knee, ribs and shoulder (anti-inflamtories and muscle relaxers are great) and a few bruises. Several people who have seen the pics or the news traffic footage have said that God knew my daughter (that is being born this coming Tuesday) needed a father.
The body shop says the car is fixable. The body lines and gaps are still lined up perfect on the passenger side, so I'm assuming there is no frame damage. No damage in the engine compartment. The raditor support is still straight. The rocker panel below the drivers door is not damaged. I think the passenger rear spring and shock got broke since the car is sitting low on that side. Bent both passenger side rims. The A-piller damage is what concerns me the most. I have had 3 friends who know about the accident offer me access to their supply of parts and parts cars to repair the damage to my car.
Link to the pics album
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/si....dnm=Driver%27s+side+view.jpg&.src=ph&.view=t
