Project Cabby-Back on the road

Bandwidth Buster Joined: Sep 09, 2008 Posts: 552

I'm sure many of you have already read my previous posts about the wife's cabby geting rear ended a couple of months back. Well, even though liabilty was established within a week it has all jst been finalised now. We have got the car back on Wednesday this week and work begins tomorrow to put it back on the road. The good news is it wasn't written off so there's no hassle and I've spoken to my sprayer and he can spray it in the first week of January.

I've been out tonight and sprayed the slam panel bits from a can just so I can fit them in the morning. I'll post up some pics of the damage tomorrow and as work progresses.

Oh, one question, the guy (knob head!) that was there when I picked it up seems to have used a 4 ft crowbar to open the bonnet, busting the fixing lugs off one of the headlights. It wasnt damaged in the crash as I had checked. The car has elipsiods, can the back part of a coupe lamp be used to fix this or am I looking at buying a new lamp?

Bandwidth Buster Joined: Sep 09, 2008 Posts: 552

OK, Been out already this morning, damage is minimal, thank goodness. I have all the parts needed to fix thanks to members of this forum.

Face a bit dented:

There is also a small kink in the bonnet too just out of view on that pic so a replacement bonnet is sitting wiating to go on.

Slam Panel a bit twisted:

The rad is bent a bit too but still holding water.

Bootlid:

Not sure whether to actually replace the bootlid or just panel beat which would be the less time consuming. There are a couple of wee stress cracks beside the catch on the underside of the boot:

Both bumpers are obviously done in too but I didn't bother with pics.

Bandwidth Buster Joined: Sep 09, 2008 Posts: 552

I've got a right bit done to this now, the back end is more or less sorted out now except the paint. I still need to fix up the bumper tot he rear wheel arch but the wife took the lock nut out of the car before it got lifted nad guess what, the bag she put it in had a hole in it????????????

Rear end all back in shape:

I've dismantled the front now too, going to need a new radiator (or a re-core) as the bracket on the crossmember has been pushed back and hit it, it may be slightly leaking, it;'s hard to tell but we'll renew anyways.

O/S fog is smashed at the back too but I'm not convinced it was the accident that did it. Need one of them now too. O/S headlamp is done in as well, looking at it I dont think it looks like a coupe one could be used to repair it.

Have to take the kids to see santa now so there wont be any more progress today (Can't do much untill I get a rad anyways).

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 4:10 pm

Post facelift (1992►) Coupe headlamp will fit Wink