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First Post: Disaster, crashed my '75 yesterday |
Whitney Mic |
Jul 24 2016, 12:45 PM
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What sort of chicanery is this? Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 29-June 16 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 20,157 Region Association: None |
I had hoped that my first post would be to show off the cool new sound system I hoped to put in, but life had other ideas.
As far as accidents go, it was good, everyone walked away okay. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Earlier, I had a case of food poisoning and was on the way home from the hospital (already a really fun Saturday), and didn't make it back... and because I was ill when I left for the hospital, I forgot my phone, so I can't post the grisly damage pics. I will update tomorrow with pics after I get a ride to the body shop where the car was towed after the accident. I swerved to avoid deer around a corner on highway 9, instead, I hit a Jaguar parked on side of road. Almost no damage to the Jag, my front end is pretty well crumpled up. If the car isn't salvageable as a whole, I want to see that as much of it as possible can get put to use on other 914s. The problem is that I am living in an apartment and don't have a place to store the car. If "totaled" I will need to sell it; if so, I really want to sell to someone with an interest in parting it out in the local to Santa Cruz/ San Francisco bay area. If anyone local is interested, the car is a White '75, L-jet, 1.8 liter engine. I bought it from my brother (mechanical genius, he will be part of the team building the giant Tesla Coil at Burning Man in a month or so), who had updated to a stiffer suspension. I was not only upgrading the sound system, but was just starting to get after the always ready to attack rust monster, but I think the body parts not damaged in the accident are in fairly good shape. Doors, windows, rear trunk all fine. one of the rear Targa top latches snapped it's pin off, I think the right front fender is straight as well. The engine and tranny are well used, but serviceable. There are a lot of stock interior parts, some in better condition than others. Mostly in good shape except the seats and upper console, both of those are worn. I had been planning on getting replacements from 914 Rubber. If anyone needs something from my car, you can email me. Once I have an idea of the damage, I can let you know if parts are available from the car. Also, anyone in the area that can help me make those decisions is welcome to contact me as well. I am out of my knowledge zone here, this was my first accident, and frankly, am not the best mechanic. osyryousartis@me.com Wish I had better news for my first post to the forum. If my 914 is done, I will be looking for another one. I am very impressed by the way this one took the damage but kept me safe. --Whitney Mic |
6freak |
Jul 25 2016, 09:35 AM
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MR.C Group: Members Posts: 4,740 Joined: 19-March 08 From: Tacoma WA Member No.: 8,829 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
sorry man! but you swerved to miss a deer and hit a parked car (IMG:style_emoticons/default/slap.gif) glad your ok but god damn....thats almost as bad as hitting the brakes for a duck ROB .no wait its worse you actually crashed...glad your ok hope you learned something from it
Mike (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
Whitney Mic |
Jul 25 2016, 09:48 AM
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What sort of chicanery is this? Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 29-June 16 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 20,157 Region Association: None |
sorry man! but you swerved to miss a deer and hit a parked car (IMG:style_emoticons/default/slap.gif) glad your ok but god damn....thats almost as bad as hitting the brakes for a duck ROB .no wait its worse you actually crashed...glad your ok hope you learned something from it Mike (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I could have been a lot worse off if the deer decided to jump in front of the car as I passed. I've seen pics of moose through windshields in accidents that killed the driver; maybe over cautious, but I figure the mass of my car is enough smaller that if I hit the deer, I could end up the same way. Safer to bang a nice wide bumper with mine than risk a skittish deer jumping the wrong way at the right moment... But yeah, I can see your point... I would much rather have hit a duck, and I like ducks... --Whit |
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