Mr88GT was taking her to work today to circ the fluids, etc. Someone turned left in front of him and he t-boned an Avalanche.
He's fine, but I'm not so sure about the car. Most of the front is superficial paint and ding damage. When I get a chance to upload some other photos, you can see the entire body was shift towards the passenger side and back towards the passenger compartment. The hood is destroyed as it basically ripped the hood right off the brackets. The passenger front fender was shoved up over the A-pillar about 2 inches and the force cracked the windshield. We haven't been able to get the hood up to see what internal damage might be. But he was able to start it and drive it off the tow truck into the garage, so there's hope.
Hopefully her insurance will pay for it. Otherwise, I'm partin' my baby out to the highest bidder.
Here are some more pics.
Passenger front/top quarter panel showing how hood was shoved toward rear and how car body was torqued to passenger side.
Some of that gap between hood and quarter panel is due to the frame twisting, not simply having the hood move upward and backward from the impact.
This gap between the front driver side quarter panel and the door also shows how the frame was twisted.
Passenger side panel shoved back into passenger door.
Quarter panel jammed up over A-pillar on passenger side and behind passenger door. Both doors are still in their original location, so it gives a good reference point to how much the rest of the front move.
Passenger fender bent
Front end ugliness
And finally, the offending vehicle, a pox (not really, well, maybe a severe case of the stomach flu) on its driver.
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