Well here she is.

Called insurance today.
Seems like they are going to cover it.
And wont effect my rate.

 

its not fair!!!!

 

Saw Simon and the car today at his house...... its terrible to see such a nice hood smashed up like that. And not to mention the damage to the cross-beam over the windshield and the windshield itself. But on a positive note I have no doubt that Simon can get her back to the original condition with a bit of time and $$ (hopefully the insurance will cover that part).

That must have been some experience......

Stay positive Simon, it'll be back to new by next spring

Danny

 

I must've missed it earlier, but what happened?

 

please excuse me while I break down :cry:

 

That really urns my stomach, I hate to see thing slike this happen. I really hope you get it back together soon before winter although if you dont you wil have all winter to work on it and many other things. I wish I could have seen the project before this happened but I look forward to seeing what you do next

 

Condolences :cry:

 

Well I gotta say, that's terrible, who the heck would do such a thing. Man alive!

One thing I thought of, for the future maybe you could have a bungee cord safety of some sort that you release by reaching in under the front bumper, not sure it would hold at highway speeds though.

Or if you can connect some high-current wires to the hood pins

 

that really sucks man...

I hope you get her back on her feet soon...

 

Oppps sorry:
From another post


Seems that someone thought it would be funny to unlatch my hoodpins.

65km an hour and BAMMMM

Now i have no hood, no windshield and the top rail is all banged up.
All that fickin work for nothin. Not to mention $$$$

I wish i seen who it was.

Don't know where to start.

 

Man that blows, I sure hope they can fix that hood as good as new there was a lot of time spent on that one

 

Not only is that something that only a disrespectful donkey named jack would do, that could've been really dangerous. If you were driving down a highway and the hood flipped up it could've been worse. But that really sucks anyways dude. Some people just make me sick.

 

Took her into the bodyshop today.
He is more concerned about the top rail than the hood.
But says its fixable.
He might bondo the hood to a clean surface , then do a fibreglass mold.

PLease keep your fingers crossed.

 

ea thzt would suck if he'd just patch it up...why doesnt he just buy a new rail and spray it??

 

The problem with cutting the old rail out and welding a new one is that the new weld will most likey rust.

 

Best thing & I hope nobody was hurt ! and yes most disturbing indeed , but materials can be repaired or replaced. Maybe in future hood pins can be locked ? as if we have the need before we set out to do a walk around inspection.

 

Insurance called today finally.
THEY ARE COVERING THE WHOLE SHOT FOR THE HOOD.!!
Now back to square one. hopefully they can get this hood done quicker than last time.

 

Good news simon, hopefully they'll get her done before the spring

 

Glad to hear Simon , if you can try and make a fiberglass cast of the steel one once its finnished .You never know it could be good for backup or selling a few to those who might want the same.

 

I thought of that, but then again, do i want to see other cars with the same hood? naaaa