dragonfire

Been a slow process. Finally got something set for the adjuster to come out. Now just wait. Yeah I will keep the sedan. If they total it or not what happens next with it. Who knows.

In Florida your car has to be 30 years old to get an antique tag. I will look into the Classic car situation. Thank you for that idea.

When I arrived at the gas station the guy in the picture with the cop car was in the driver seat. After I took a picture of his tag. And he said it wasn't me. I didn't come from your direction. I never told him where I lived. This other guy comes out ripped shirt and fresh cut on his hand. My gut told me then it was him. But there was no witness to the driver. Just the tag. After the cops basically showed his punk rump roast that the tail light fragments I had matched his truck. He had to give up the insurance information. I have now started things with State Farm. Though I never got to talk to jake from State Farm. lol. When the cops left his house he came to me and told me his buddy was driving and drunk. He met him at the gate store. He was a few miles away at a friends house when he called and told him what happened. I got there just after the drunk walked in to the store to clean up.

Skishop it is major damage. The frame work of the trunk is in bad shape. The frame horns off the subframe seem to be good. But still the age and blue book value. Is not even going to be close to repair cost. Unless for some reason cost have dropped way off recently. That catalina was a beast. Loved that car. Only got to drive it four days of the two weeks I owned it.

Insurance adjuster is supposed to come out tomorrow. I washed the sedan. Cleaned it up. Try to make it look as good as possible. Can't do anything about the rust. Lol. So we will see. They would give me what the value will be minus salvage cost. That will be what I get out of it. Then the hunt will begin on finding another sedan that I can let this one live on in. Only time will tell.

I was not wearing a seat belt. It was only a lap belt. Doctor said if had been wearing it. There was 60% chance it would have separated my spine from my pelvic bone. And at the very least be paralyzed from my waste down or worse.

Skishop69 this is not the first time I have had to deal with a drunk driver. In the mid 90s I was hit by a drunk driver going 70mph. Head on. That car saved my life. Now two cars have kept me or my family safe. My daughters bed room is right in front of the sedan. And she saw this happen. The sedan stopped the truck about 12 feet from her bedroom window. Where her bed is. Scared the hell out of me.

The sedan runs fine no fuel leaks. The damage is rough. The rust in that area makes it look worse. When inspecting the damage I found that at some point in this cars life the rear quarter panel had been replaced. I suspected some work had been done. The paint was off just a little bit on that fender. Took around my neighborhood yesterday and Saturday. Drives fine no major suspension issues or anything else. Now I guess I wait and see what happens. If they want to total it. I say give me my money and I will fix it myself or let it live on in another sedan. Which is going to be really hard to find in the state of Florida. Last time I saw one for sale was three years ago. And I frequent craigslist at least three times a week.

Friday night my 88 sedan was backed into. Major damage was done. About midnight my wife was sitting in the living room watching TV. I was in the bedroom play Xbox. I heard this loud bang. I was like wtf was that. Then I hear my wife say get back here spardnubbin. I jumped up ran out the front door to her saying someone just hit the sedan. I saw the damage ran back inside got street clothes on. Jumped in my Baja and hauled rump roast. Went to a local 24 hour has station. Found a 2005 GMC Canyon. With rear quarter damage. Took a quick picture of it. Hit feeling told me this was the truck. The guy in the driver seat finally saw me looking at his truck. He looked like a deer in the head lights. I asked him if there was something he wanted to tell me about this damage. He of course denied it was him who hit my sedan. I told him who ever hit my car left a tail light behind. And if it didn't fit his truck then he nothing to worry about. So I came back home. Showed my wife the picture. She said that looks like the truck. She was not able to get his tag number. By the time she got to the front door. The truck was already in the street. Mind you my sedan was parked 20 plus feet off the street. Cops came filed a report. Showed the cop what I found at the gate store. He said with having a tag number from a witness nothing he could do. The next morning I was up early and outside. Picking up all parts that were Subaru only leaving only smashed tail light from a GM small truck. Like the one I found the night before. Called my insurance company only to realize i didn't have collision on my policy. My mistake and huge one. Started my own investigation since th cops couldn't help me. Put all the pieces that found together. When I did I knew that truck hit my sedan. Later that evening a friend came by to help me check while I drove the sedan around. Nothing was broken or the car was crabbing. And so on. Thankfully it drive just fine. Neighbors came by to check out the damage. I turn to look down the street there goes that truck. My buddy jumps in his car as I say busted jackass. Drove to end of my street as he pulled into his driveway. There was a cop there already. On a unrelated issue. When walked to his cruiser we waved him over. Told him the story of what happened. He said get out and stand at the front of your car. He went to talk to the guy about it. Waved us over. The owner of the truck still denied hitting my car. Cop asked me what color my car was. I said light blue. Then this guy says well there is red paint here not blue. At which point I said what you don't know is the panel that was hit is a patch panel. And the paint color under the repaint was red. Told the cop I had a busted tail light and pieces I found in my yard. He asked me to go get them. Came back started to try and put it back together. Nothing really fit together to well. The officer said we need to find a piece that can prove it came from this tail light. The one in the picture was it. Fit like a jig saw puzzle piece to what was left on his truck. Cop smiled and said got it. Said it was as good as finger print it for so good. No denying it now. Another cop showed up. Same one that came to my house rallied that day to take a statement from my daughter who saw the whole thing from her bedroom window. She never told us she saw what happened because she saw is the night before talking with a cop thought we had it handled. The truck stopped 15 feet from her bedroom window. That alone freaked me out big time. After the cops took his information for me and all that. As they were leaving. He told me his friend was driving the truck. And was drunk. He met him at that store o had found him the night before. I about lost it. My buddy stepped in and got between me and him. Forced me to walk away. Because I had been hit by a drunk driver at the age of 19. A major accident. So the ball is rolling insurance. I am scared they will total it out. I can't let this sedan go to junkyard or scrap. Been with for ten years. I won't let it go out like that. Moral of the story. Don't hit a car guys car. More to come.....

holy paddle shifters batman! i love this. has me wondering if my 05 turbo baja which has sport shift. paddle shifter in the baja:cool:. lol. though 99% of this way over my head.

never dull? hmmm. i have a can of that. didnt think it could be used for that. But if you're in a pinch and have a can of "Nevr Dull" metal polish sitting in the garage, that works great too.

i have to say the turtle wax one seems to be best. i am going to have to do the same to my 2005 baja. and that seems to be the kit that has everything. as jarl said the sealer is a very important part of doing this. without the sealer. the headlights will go back to being hazy really quick. i work for advance auto parts and i see this time and time again. check youtube as well. there are quite a few people showing results from the different kits out there. it may help you decide which one to use.

well i have not installed them yet. but i did score these. maybe this sunday evening or thursday next week i can get them in. cant wait!!! 90 bucks from craigslist. with some help from rpholz, his woman. my woman and her daughter. four people to buy and pick up two seats....lmao. ryan you got to drive the baja. hope you liked it. you should have got on it a little atleast. this is gonna be fun install i can tell already.... has anyone else done this?

holy sh*t that is alot of cleaning to do.

i have early 90s legacy seats in my sedan. just make sure that seat rails lock on both sides. that was the major issue i had. found a set at the junkyard that locked on both sides. and i had to cut off a few shims off the seat rails to sit the seats level.