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T-Boned
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:35 am
by stuckwithlux
I was enjoying a lovely long weekend exploring toolangi when this happened on the murrundindi road
Looks like a write off, stay tuned for a rebuild.
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:52 am
by Jimbo
Gee what hit you??? How fast? Were they coming off a track?
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:08 am
by jav
fixed it.
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:33 am
by stuckwithlux
it was a 4 runner, on murrundindi road, she came around a corner way too fast, saw me panicked locked up the breaks and rest is history. i just hope the insurance company come good.
jav, how did you fix it?
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:08 am
by Potter
OUCH
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:11 am
by grimbo
were you ok, as that's a prety hard hit to the drivers door.
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:20 am
by stuckwithlux
yeah everyone was fine. i saw it coming. i think i was hurt more from being so tense than from the impact.
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:23 pm
by Jimbo
Got any pics of the front of the 4runner?
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:07 pm
by JemmyBubbles
Thats a nasty prang, glad everyone is ok.
Off with that body and on with a ute cab
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:50 pm
by stuckwithlux
yep will post a pic of the 4 runner later tonite. just emptied all the camping gear out of it tonight, off to the panel beater tomorrow for a quote. i was thinking a styleside shorty cab. could look kinda cool.
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:22 pm
by Swerve
$hit,
Mate, glad your ok, and everyone else. At least you can get a new toy out of it !! Just dont get a 4 runner, brakes dont work
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:08 pm
by stuckwithlux
they work too well, if she hadn't locked them up she would have missed me. oh well.
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:11 pm
by stuckwithlux
the 4 runner
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:44 pm
by blkmav
LOL rego plate of 4runner in first picture
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:58 am
by to_easy
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:44 am
by Jimbo
After looking at the pic of the 4runner i think you came out of it pretty good. I would have expected a lot worse considering how much the runner crumpled.
Good to see that everyone was ok
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:55 am
by Ezookiel
I'd have expected better frontal protection for the 4runner than that bar appears to have afforded. I know her damage would have been greater without it, but still a lot of damage for a car with barwork at the front.
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:19 am
by jav
Someone's got to say it, it'll buff out
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:29 am
by Luxy
... and.... a speed camera would have prevented this!
Glad everyones ok though! It could have ended much worse!
Good excuse for a new project now though!
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:13 pm
by RN
Defect in the mail...
Internet Defection...now that is service.
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:37 pm
by badger
Jimbo wrote:After looking at the pic of the 4runner i think you came out of it pretty good. I would have expected a lot worse considering how much the runner crumpled.
Good to see that everyone was ok
what can i say nissans are just tougher
hard luck tho. hope it all works out
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:11 pm
by turps
badger wrote:
what can i say nissans are just tougher
hard luck tho. hope it all works out
You sure about that.
The side of the shorty looks pretty sad. And I dont think supercheap cut and polish will get it out.
As for fixing GV wreckers in Shepp have a SWB body (with good radiator support panel) for $500.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:56 am
by ddr
Was she hot?
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:52 pm
by stuckwithlux
thanks turps i will give them a call. i'm heading down there tomorrow for work. i might drop in. do you know there address, if not i will find them.
ddr, she was ok. i won't say any more. my fiance may read this. i'll be in enough trouble already.
just waiting for the insurance company now. ill keep you all posted.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:14 pm
by Swerve
Ezookiel wrote:I'd have expected better frontal protection for the 4runner than that bar appears to have afforded. I know her damage would have been greater without it, but still a lot of damage for a car with barwork at the front.
I don't the think the 4 Runner hit exactley 90 degrees straight on. Looks like the front right of the 4 runner hit first and then the rest. This explains why the impact is so wide on the Patrol and why the front right of the 4 runner is so bad. Small point of initial impact.
But hey what do I know
Go the Patrol !!!!
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 5:34 am
by stuckwithlux
yep you're right serve.
maybe t boned isn't the most accurate topic heading.
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:09 am
by turps
GV wreckers
Address
54 Apollo Drv
Shepparton
VIC, 3630
Australia
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(03) 5831 1070
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(03) 5831 1090
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Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:42 pm
by stuckwithlux
thanks turps. i gave them a call, 500 hundred for the body, 220 for a door. not bad.
i'm working in shep tomorrow so i will go have a look at it. i don't want to get too ahead of myself. i may not get the wreck back yet. then again, from what i've heard, not too many swb bodies come up at this price so i might just buy it anyway. see what it looks like tomorrow