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I let my son take the Z28 for a ride last night to go get his girlfriend. He was driving on a street downtown that doesn't have protected left hand turns. Some young girl in a Chevy Cobolt turned in front of him and BANG.

I tried to attach a picture, but it's too big. It would make you sick anyway.

Everyone was OK, but the front end of the car is hurt pretty bad. I'm sure it's repairable, especially since it's an original engine car. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif

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Sorry to hear this. Hope you can get it fixed quickly and correctly.

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------Oh Tim,,,So sorry to hear. Glad there was no human damage though........Bill S

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Main thing is that everybody is O.K. You can replace the car but not the occupants.

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"Some young girl in a Chevy Cobolt turned in front of him and BANG."

Was she texting? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/mad.gif
On coming traffic has the right of way.It's up to her to yield,not your son.So sorry to hear this happened. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif

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I let my son take the Z28 for a ride last night to go get his girlfriend. He was driving on a street downtown that doesn't have protected left hand turns. Some young girl in a Chevy Cobolt turned in front of him and BANG.



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what is a "protected" left hand turn? a left turn arrow for the clueless that can't tell when it is ok to turn? ie no traffic? or is it one of those angled lanes especially for left turns?

I sure hope SHE got a ticket for failure to yield right of way ...

as stated above, sheet metal doesn't bleed (only $$$), fortunately everyone was ok

Now comes the grueling task of dealing with insurance companies. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif

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This street downtown only has green lights, no left turn arrow or left turn lane. Being a young driver, she was used to turning left with a green light thinking the oncomming traffic would stop.
The Austin police don't ticket after an accident, I asked them to do it, but they refused. The girl admitted to turning in front of him and two witnesses stated that both directions had a green light and she should have yielded.
If she has minimum limits, it won't cover the damage.

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Send me the photos Tim. I'll gladly post them.
Some young teen girl hit my e28 BMW... when will they learn?

-Dan
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So sorry to hear that Tim. Glad everyone is ok though. Don't post a pic, I don't think my stomach can take it.

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I think I just threw up; I remember seeing the feature on that car and could not beleive how nice it was. I am real sorry to hear about the car but, it could have always been worse.

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Thanks for posting guys. You all got a double dose of nausea for Monday morning. If the car is totaled, I don’t have an interest in the salvage, if not I’ll probably take the money and sell the car as is. I would hope that it will be repaired and put on the road again, I just don’t have an interest in doing that.

That's my son filling in the information for the report. He feels horrible even though he wasn't at fault.

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Sorry about the car, but like everyone said, glad nobody was hurt!

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Glad everyone is ok, man thats a real shame.
Brings tears to my eyes.

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What a bummer. If they salvage the car it would even be more of a bummer. It looks bad, but not terrible.


Jason

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Oh lord I just saw the picture. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif

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Wow! Glad everyone is Ok Tim. The poor car. Im sick. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif

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The Austin police don't ticket after an accident, I asked them to do it, but they refused.

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WTF? So do they ticket before an accident, then?

I would call the Prosecutor's Office and bring it up with them. Based upon the interviews of the victim (your son) the witnesses, and the other driver, it's an obvious failure to yield right of way violation.

Based on the value of this car and the damage done to it, this is quite a serious situation and it will save a lot of hassles in the insurance debate to follow.

I would also go around to all the businesses there immediately and see if they have any surviellance video of that intersection. Given the locality I can bet the accident was caught on someone's outside surveillance camera. If there is a bank at that corner you can bet there's a camera, even an inside camera can catch the street action through the window. But do this fast as sometimes they recycle their tapes and don't save them.

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glad your son is okay/the car looks bad but im sure youll figure what is rite for you/fixing selling ect/im just real glad were not talking about your son being hurt/skin isnt repaired as easy as sheet metal/good luck friend

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Tim - I'm curious, was yr son wearing his lap belt AND shoulder harness? Do you know the approx. closure rate?

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I would have cried... hell I think I did just shed a tear....

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wow - not much to be said here that hasn't already been said... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif

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Wow, I can't believe a Cobalt did that much damage to a solid old car! But looking at it, it could just be front subframe damage which can be swapped out(hopefully). How are the doors and firewall? And I'm glad nobody was hurt.

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Subframe damage? Really? It looks like sheetmetal to me from the picture.


Jason

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My brother's 73 Z was sitting in a parking lot and a lady hit the gas jumped a curb and Tboned it above the rocker... it put the pass door all the way to the console, back then we just stripped it and took it to the crusher.
That car is easily repairable, just negotiate the return of the vehicle with the settlement.
I'm astounded that min coverages wouldn't be 75-100k.

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Do you have an agreed value policy on the car? Who is your insurance carrier for the Z?

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Do you have an agreed value policy on the car? Who is your insurance carrier for the Z?

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Yes, now that the dust has settled and everyone is OK, this is what classic car owners need to know. If you could share the process of the claim with us it will be helpful to others who may need to reevaluate their coverage. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/flag.gif

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Wow Tim, Sorry to hear about the car but at least nobody got hurt. My wife and I were in Austin last weekend- she had to work at the convention center while I checked out your lovely city on Saturday https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif The building in the background looks like the Residence inn where we stayed- and is that Eddie V's restaurant just in front of it?

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My son had on his lap belt only and was going about 30 to 35 when he colided with the little Chevy. It appears that the other carrier is ready to accept liability, they took both drivers statements and the young girl admitted to turning in front of the Z28. The roof is buckled a bit and the passenger door isn’t bent, but it has no gap between the rear and the quarter panel. The drag link is bent, but the controll arms look good. All the bumper braces are shot and the radiator is shoved into the engine. The engine is fine and didn’t move.
Good idea about the surverlence cameras. I’ll check. Thanks for all the support, I appreciate it. I would rather be paid for the car and move on, there appears to be lots of interest in the car as is.

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Lots of interest as it is a very solid numbers matching piece.
Much rather start with that car and pull it than to piece together a rust bucket project with new metal.

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ouch, a RS too ... expen$ive to repair properly

with the amount of damage $$$$ wise that occurred, I am surprised they didn't ticket her

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Sad picture to look at indeed...glad your son is OK.
That car can and should be repairable,don't let them screw you!

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I don't know your plans for the repair, but if you need a roof, I have one in the garage (original Chevy) you can have. All you have to do is come get it. LOL...us 2nd Gen guys have to stick together.

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You guys are great. I spoke with a Corvette restorer in Houston that's interested in the car and he said the roof would be a fairly simple repair. He knew just what needed to be done. He and his brother have restored hundreds of Corvettes and they'd like this project as they started out in the body business about 40 years ago.

Someone requested pictures of the crease in the roof and the door, but I deleted the message by accident. Sorry, if you send me the PM again, I'll respond.

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OHCH I HAD SOMETHIG SILMILAR HAPPEN TO A 69 427/400 HP CORVETTE THAT I HAD INSRURED FOR A DATED VALYE WIHT STATE FRAM I FOUND THEN TO 2 BE QUITE FAIR THEY SEN 3 SERPRATE APPASIER FROM THERE COMPANY AND THEY ALLGREED TO BRING THE CAR BACH TO THE LEVEL THAT WOULD MAKE ME HAPPY THAT THEY WOULD RATHER PAY THE STATED VALUE WHICK WAS ALOT FOR 12 YEARS AGO AND BENIG IT WAS 69 NOT A 67 BUT I LOT OF ORGIANL PAPER WORKN AND LOTS OF PIC OF THE CAR GOING THRU A FRANME OFF RESTO. THEN I FOUND THEN VERY RESONABLE WHEN I I WANTED TO BUT THE CAR BACKNI HAD A BUDYY WHO HAD A CORVETTE REPAIR SHOP AND THER WAS NO FRAME DAMAGE BUT THERE WAS BIRDACAGE DAGE BUT HE FELT HE COULD FIX IT SO I BOUGHT IT BACK MADE MORE THEN I HAD I EVER BEEN OFFERED TO SELL STRAIGHT UP AND MADE A LITTLE EXTRA ON THE SALE TO MY FREIND CAR WAS A HIGH OPTION CAR WITH ORGINAL TANK STICKER CAN YOU COULD STILL TALK TO THE 1 ST ONWER AT THAT TIME. I MEAN 427-400-4S9M21-P/S P/B TILT/TE;L WHEEL SIDE PIPES-MA-FM POWER WINDOWS I AM SIRER I AM MISSING OME OT TWO MOPRE GREAT COLORS LEMANS BLUE WITH BRIGHT INT. . WAS TAKE THE MONEY AND BUY A BIG BLOCK MID YEAR LIFE HAS GOTTEM IN THE WAY LIKE IT ALWAYS DOES. BUT I AM 45 THIS YEAR AND COME HELL OR HIGH WATER I GOING TO DO MY BEST TO ONE DOES NOT HAVB TO BE HIGH H/P AND DO NOT A OVER RESTORED CAR THEY ARE LOVELY WORKS OF ART BUT YOU NEVER DRIVE ANY MORE IT SEEMS LIKE. GOOD LUCK HOPE YOU HAVE AS GOOD AS;UCK AS I DID

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OHCH I HAD SOMETHIG SILMILAR HAPPEN TO A 69 427/400 HP CORVETTE THAT I HAD INSRURED FOR A DATED VALYE WIHT STATE FRAM I FOUND THEN TO 2 BE QUITE FAIR THEY SEN 3 SERPRATE APPASIER FROM THERE COMPANY AND THEY ALLGREED TO BRING THE CAR BACH TO THE LEVEL THAT WOULD MAKE ME HAPPY THAT THEY WOULD RATHER PAY THE STATED VALUE WHICK WAS ALOT FOR 12 YEARS AGO AND BENIG IT WAS 69 NOT A 67 BUT I LOT OF ORGIANL PAPER WORKN AND LOTS OF PIC OF THE CAR GOING THRU A FRANME OFF RESTO. THEN I FOUND THEN VERY RESONABLE WHEN I I WANTED TO BUT THE CAR BACKNI HAD A BUDYY WHO HAD A CORVETTE REPAIR SHOP AND THER WAS NO FRAME DAMAGE BUT THERE WAS BIRDACAGE DAGE BUT HE FELT HE COULD FIX IT SO I BOUGHT IT BACK MADE MORE THEN I HAD I EVER BEEN OFFERED TO SELL STRAIGHT UP AND MADE A LITTLE EXTRA ON THE SALE TO MY FREIND CAR WAS A HIGH OPTION CAR WITH ORGINAL TANK STICKER CAN YOU COULD STILL TALK TO THE 1 ST ONWER AT THAT TIME. I MEAN 427-400-4S9M21-P/S P/B TILT/TE;L WHEEL SIDE PIPES-MA-FM POWER WINDOWS I AM SIRER I AM MISSING OME OT TWO MOPRE GREAT COLORS LEMANS BLUE WITH BRIGHT INT. . WAS TAKE THE MONEY AND BUY A BIG BLOCK MID YEAR LIFE HAS GOTTEM IN THE WAY LIKE IT ALWAYS DOES. BUT I AM 45 THIS YEAR AND COME HELL OR HIGH WATER I GOING TO DO MY BEST TO ONE DOES NOT HAVB TO BE HIGH H/P AND DO NOT A OVER RESTORED CAR THEY ARE LOVELY WORKS OF ART BUT YOU NEVER DRIVE ANY MORE IT SEEMS LIKE. GOOD LUCK HOPE YOU HAVE AS GOOD AS;UCK AS I DID

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Wow my eyes hurt https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif

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myne twoo

think Evelyn Wood ... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

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Gentlemen, please. The man has poor eyesight, and has stated so here in the past.

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Well, the Allstate adjuster just met with me and wrote an estimate for $5,500 (parts and labor). Bent frame rails, creased roof, radiator shoved into the engine, damaged suspension, wiped out windshield, inner and outer fenders, hood and damaged firewall.

That sounds about right for repairs, right?

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$5,500 parts and labor? Tim, thats a joke right? I assure you my cosmetic restoration shop would not touch that car for anything short of $20,000.