Heh, first up is the accident pictures of my '79... I've actually tried to keep this one to a minimum, cause I've got alot... as anyone that witnessed the original thread could agree...
This here... taken from within my Coupe
was the intersection... my '79 was in pretty much the same spot as that silver car in the center, doing the same exact turn.... the Camry was heading in the same direction that my Coupe was facing, but in the far right lane (2 lanes heading stright IIRC, maybe 3)
Anyway, thats my Coupe... I put a silver hood ornament, cause I just couldn't stand the gold (car had gold badges) the gold one was in the glove box tho.... yes, that is my high school tassle hanging from the mirror... I put that on there the night I graduated high school and told my self I would never take it off, and it was never off until then. I had that car all thru high school (atleast my last 2 years of it) and thought it would be neat to look back in the future and have that tassle hanging from the mirror. My HS colors were blue and gold... tho the yellow (or blue?) was starting to fade.
The first time I saw my car after the accident... it was pretty bad, actually buckled the roof a bit. The way they hit me actually pushed the front of the car sideways, the bumper actually kinda wrapped around the tire.. that front left tire was stuck too as the bumper/frame was stuck in it. Engine still ran, but shifter was stuck and the steering box was crushed. Had I had the room, I wanted to keep that car and strip it of parts, besides the near mint d'Elegance Ceder Red velour (I think) interior, it had a solid drivetrain that would be a perfect swap into the '89, or alteast a great start to getting a 472/500 in there. There was soo many good parts on that car, but I had to let it go cause I had no room, and later found out the car was costing me $20/day to stay there! I do however still have those wheels/tires (origanally came on the '89 Fleetwood) and both outter headlights, the low/high beams were Silverstars... they both worked fine, and I took them, they are to be put in the '89... that was $40 I wanted back.
Car took a hard hit. It really saved me. I didn't know anything happened, I didn't see anything coming, I was just making my turn, next thing I know the huge yellow hood flew up, thats all I saw... engine was running rough, I tried to shut it down, ignition was jambed.. so I forced the key off... opened the door which was hitting the fender and got out... The accident sheared the hood latch pin right off, and the (brand new 80's Brougham style) hood ornament was sheared off right at the base I was going about 10mph making my turn..... yet their 1999 Toyota Camry was only doing 35mph
whatever, I am glad that is overwith....
If you look at the angle of this picture, the bumper looks to be facing stright on... yet look at the angle of the rest of the car.... the frame rails right in front of the tires were bent 90* the frame was damaged, I looked under the car and things weren't good... there wasn't any fixing that car, but it could have been used for soo many parts.
She was a d'Elegance, Laramie Beige with Ceder Red interior... to this day I haven't seen another like it.... not a common color combo either, and while I am not fond of either color seperately, on that car it just worked....
