I COULD JUST CRY, DAMAGED STANG

[TOM B]

WHEN THINGS GO BAD. I put up a garage door today and got called away before it was finished, so I put a vice-grip on the top track to hold it till I got back, WELL it got windy outside, and a big crash in the garage got my attention fast. I ran down and the track fell right on the right quarter fender,
bitc*ed it up real bad, and the stang was in the other bay. I feel sick, see ya all later.

 

[beanplant]

I've had that happen to TWO of my cars.... I'm sorry man. It sucks.....

-Shaun

 

[67GTA-FB429]

That blows.

 

[2nd Mustang]

Sorry to hear that, I guess s__t does happen. I'm having my share of problems too.

 

[65fastback2+2]

That blows.

actually, the wind that took my hood off blew


sorry about the accident tom, trust me, i know how it is to almost cry over a messed up stang, im on my second incident since starting college this semester

 

[Route666]

Hearing these stories makes me sad, I feel for all of you, and hope I don't have to go through something similar, although my first car got flooded - water up to the top of the trans tunnel, f'ed up the computer. I don't usually post in these thread because after reading it I just feel crap. Good luck.

 

[Darkhorse845]

I am sorry to hear of your loss! Hope you are able to get it fixed!
Good Luck

 

[geordie]

Since we are in the mood for fessing up about our bad luck and probably things that we regret we did. How about this one?

A couple of years ago I had the clutch replaced on my ’65 Coupe by a local shop. I drove the car home. It drove well, no issues, until I got near the house. I got the feeling that something wasn’t right with the pedal travel so I turned the car round and headed out for a spin around the neighborhood. The pedal didn’t feel right but I couldn’t quite detect what was wrong. As I brought the car home into the garage, I dipped the clutch as it came to a halt. Then it all happened in a second. The clutch pedal over centered and stuck to the floor with the car in gear. Not realizing what had happened, I momentarily lifted my foot off the clutch pedal, it released, the car lurched forward and slammed into my road bicycle.

I was feeling sick as I got out of the car to inspect the damage. Fortunately the damage to the car was restricted to the fiberglass front bumper which I replaced with a chrome steel one from NPD. The bicycle frame was damaged beyond repair and there was slight damage to the garage wall. Everything is fixed now and I can fess up to my bad luck and wrong decision to pull the car into the garage when something was obviously not right with it.

I feel your pain man! There is nothing as sickening. Time, wrenching, bodywork and paint are great healers. Oh…………as well as the cash to fix it. Good luck with your repairs.

 

[2nd Mustang]

Time, wrenching, bodywork and paint are great healers. Oh…………as well as the cash to fix it. Good luck with your repairs.

As my GF tells me, "It's still cheaper than a therapist".

 

[Pakrat]

Ouch sorry Tom, I know all to well how you feel right now. If it makes you feel any better though, while replacing a quarter is never fun, at least a 65' vert quarter is way WAY easier to get than a 69' vert quarter, I am having zero luck so far.

What's the extent of your damage?

 

[TOM B]

Well I slowly peeked into the garage tonight and looked at the Quarter again,
My blood pressure was back down But I still wanted to kill the garage door.
It looks like maybe some sanding and reprime, paint would work, guess I will get started, I bought a 3 inch cowl hood and a racing front val. so I will paint them also, THEN THATS IT, im done, no more mods for this car. Time to move on to my 69 vette and the blown 496 im building for it.

 

[Pakrat]

Well I slowly peeked into the garage tonight and looked at the Quarter again,
My blood pressure was back down But I still wanted to kill the garage door.
It looks like maybe some sanding and reprime, paint would work, guess I will get started, I bought a 3 inch cowl hood and a racing front val. so I will paint them also, THEN THATS IT, im done, no more mods for this car. Time to move on to my 69 vette and the blown 496 im building for it.

Oh, well that's more a massive inconvienience then, an unecessary pain for sure, but fairly easily repairable. Be thankful it doesn't look like this.