So I have a 86 gl10 wagon and just started getting around to messing with it, and like an idiot last weekend I was texting and driving [i know] and jumped over a curb and hit a tree and busted my beautiful wagon all up. Its sitting in front of my house now and I don't know if it's salvageable.

 

Can you tell from the pics if my frame is bent? The roof has a link and the passenger door is inoperable. I can get it to open but it's not easy. Please let me know if you think this is worth getting the body work done to the point of simply allowing me to do the suspension repairs and have it drive straight.

 

I can text someone pics? Don't know how to post them!

 

 

 

Just don't drive while texting these new pics ! Looks terminal to me, unlss you have talented fiends who work for love or a few beers

Well I'm in Clearwater Florida and would love to see what's good go to someone who can use it. Let me know.

I'm up in Ocala, and I could definitely salvage some things off of it.

Anything is possible. Just depends on how much time, money, desire and welding rod you want (or have) to spend. I would likely not try to fix that, but only you can decide if you have the will and resources and talent to save it. 

 

Sorry for your loss...

 

John

totaled.......for all but a redneck wheeler....it's a shame too that looks like a nice car.....I am assuming the front Pug wheel was destroyed?

 

Put your damn phone down.....consider this a warning sign from the universe before you kill someone.

 

Glad you're ok.

its hosed. get a landline and throw youre phone away. good thing you live thousands of miles from me, that tree couldve been my daughter

Wow texting claims another victim.......man......ok I'm sure you have been beat up by everybody you know so I won't go there:)

 

I do believe she's a done deal by the looks of the under dash that popped out and your roof is tweaked the internal damage is probably worse than it looks, looks like a sweet parts vehicle:) get another one and pick it to the bone and make another sweet ride:)

 

Sucks you had to learn the hard way but at least it was a tree and you didn't get hurt good luck:)

 

Disco.

Edited April 22, 201411 yr by Discombobulated

Yeah guys thanks for the comments. Lesson learned for sure and everyone of you has a right to speak your mind to me. No excuses from me. It was a bonehead move and I am very lucky that I didn't do much worse.

So just curious,how fast were you going before you hit the tree?The hatch in my sig fell off my trailer and center punched a tree at 50 and its floor didn't separate, but it did a hell of alot more damage to the car.

that floor separation is weird.  i've fixed a bunch of wrecked subarus and have never seen that.

 

doesn't look like a big deal to me just to get it back on the road for a daily driver. replace a fender and some suspension, bang some stuff back into shape and you're back in business.  it's hard to tell how much suspension is banged up of course but i wouldn't throw it away at first sight.

 

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Edited April 23, 201411 yr by grossgary

 

 

 

 

 

AN EA82 GLOVE BOX IN AN EA81 CAR?!

AN EA82 GLOVE BOX IN AN EA81 CAR?!

 

i think an 86 wagon is an EA82?

^^^^ what he said, only I don't think, I'm certain.

Ok, before I give I'm and scrap this thing to get it out of my street, can someone explain what exactly constitutes as the frame? I know the firewall is pushed in and what not, and the control arm is bent in, but the part that the control arm is attached to looks fine? I don't care if the cosmetics aren't pretty, but is there a way to redneck measure the frame once I identify what the frame actually is?

 

I'm not really a car guy, just learning here, but I love this car and this accord that I got in the meantime isn't me.

No frame its uni-body, so all panels are spot welded and seamed together to make it frame-less. Could get some of the stuff toward the bottom to come somewhat back to shape with a come along and two heavy things that wont move.

You could possibly fix the firewall as it's only on the side.

 

The killer is that the roof is kinked, which means the windscreen frame, the floor up & the roof to the B pillar are now twisted.

So now the right chassis rail through the engine bay will now not be parallel with the left side.

 

You will forever be in a pain of hurt with not getting the wheels aligned, wearing them unevenly, wheel bearings, all kinds of problems.

 

If a half million dollar supercar had a roof kink, and that was the only damage, an insurance company would write it off cos its just not fixable properly without replacing or straightening half the panels of the car after its been pretty much fully disassembled.

 

keep it as an off road basher if you want, but on-road, forget it.

Damn Wagonist, that's what I was looking for, and not at all what I wanted to hear. Thanks a ton for the input. I'm gonna have to keep my eyes peeled for another one of these beauties to become available and be ready when it does, because in the 3 or so months I had it, I truly fell on love with it. If anyone wants anything off of it, shoot me a message, and if I end up taking it apart I might have something you need. I appreciate everyone's help.

<---half-seriously entertaining the idea of selling you his non-turbo wagon for you to swap everything into.