We won 1st place at the car show in Fairfield, Iowa. It was awesome. The trophy was over 3 feet tall. The following weekend, we took the car to the Pzazz car show, at Catfish Bend in Burlington, Iowa. We again won 1st place in the convertible category. Winning was awesome! It was such a neat feeling to go to the shows, and show off all of our years of hard work. To be with other car enthusiasts.
When we were leaving the car show to go home, we had to get on Highway 34 (a divided highway in southern Iowa). Immediately after getting on the highway, there was a truck and trailer on the shoulder. As everyone does, we got over to give them space and to be safe. But, that is when a huge problem occurred. There was a young man travelling at a high rate of speed, not paying attention and on his cell phone. He didn't even see out car. He smashed into the back of our convertible going very fast. Our car was demolished. All of our years of hard work was gone in the matter of a few seconds.
The young man that hit us only had minimal liability insurance and it would not pay for the full value of the car. So they let us keep our car (how nice of them). Our car was totaled out because it is so difficult to find parts. Some parts are virtually impossible to find.
Looks like I'm late to the party.
ReplyDeleteDefinitly should have sued him. The same thing happened to my no rust excellent condtion 1991 Camaro Z28; it had an aluminum 350TPI engine, 4 wheel disk brakes, the 3.27 posi rear end, 16inch alloy rims and 245/60ZR16 tires (tires probably not factory)all stock from the factory which happend to be one of 175 cars built the same way(I may have miss-calculated). The accident bent the whole frame and snapped the seat frame of my seat. They totaled it for the same BS reason you guys got. They even threw a ludicrisly high price of $3,000 for one piece of window glass that really costs only $300 used in good shape. The final offer taken was $2,600 (didn't give up the car for the lame offer of $2,900) because my old man butted in and told me it was better not to argue like I typically do (BIG MISTAKE). The engine itself was worth more than the offer. I learned my lesson, I'm going to court the next time this happens to me. The funny part is I drove that car home after the accident, it ran and drove great(except for the rear brakes locking up every time I used them)
BTW: I had a Chevelle the same year as yours but that threw a rod and I then sold it due to lack of funds at the time (stupid move on my part).
I'm sorry this happened to your car. All that work taken away because some body wasn't paying attention. I have a '66 Chevelle also. I've had mine for over 17 years now. It is a big part of my life, so I know how you must feel. Just makes me sick to see those pictures of your car.
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