I got slammed by a P plater whilst sitting stationary in traffic yesterday afternoon. Not happy Jan!

At least I have comprehensive insurance with Shannon's and I get the wreck back to salvage what I can.

As for me, bruised and battered from where my legs hit the dash, and chest destroyed the steering wheel.

Bugger is, I had just picked up from the body shop after getting some work done last week, hence why it has no trim and badges fitted.

Front

Rear

Rear Left

Left Side

sorry to see that, and yeah it is dead. hope your ok.

JB

Bummer dude!!

Insurance claim and lets go shopping!!

Very sad to see.

Hope you are ok.

oh no

Sad day. Best of luck finding a replacement.

Paul.

Sorry to see but glad you are OK. Was the other driver charged or anything?

Yogie

We all feel for you...

far out!

let me guess? a hilux or similar ute owner?

The offending vehicle was a Holden Rodeo tray back ute. Spoke to cops yesterday, he's off to court sometime soon.

Still don't have plans for the wreck yet, good old Shannon's have already released it back to me, so it's in the back yard waiting til I feel a bit better!

Don't know how the pan faired, it may be usable, hope so, it was bloody rust free.

I was wondering who that unlucky vw owner was the other day coming out of work. It was POURING down that afternoon, odds are old mate in the ute didn't even see you.

As for re registering, it wont be a problem. I went though this pretty recently with my van, the assessor pointed out that they leave massive allowances for collectible cars.

I spoke to the Shannon's assessor today. He said the current RMS laws regarding re-building a written off car only pertain to cars less than 15 years old, and so long as the floor pan is not bent, it can be re-used and re-registered. And just for info, the remains are returned to the owner/insurer on any vehicle over 35 years old, any younger they belong to the insurance company, unless negotiated when taking out the policy.

This will tell you a bit more about what a writeoff is.

RMS what is a writeoff

not good - but glad your not hurt

As for the car - how are the mechanicals?
Can the motor turn over?

I haven't tried turning the motor over yet, I need to pull the rear sheet metal away from the engine and assess what the situation is.

Managed to remove the damaged bodywork, and cooling fan and housings. Before I pulled the extractors I off, I fired it up and thankfully she still runs fine.

Scrap metal anyone!

My new daily arrived yesterday, 71 Notch, overall pretty good, engine is a little oily so I'll end up transplanting the engine out of my Squareback.

The guy selling that notchback still has tha ad running on Gumtree.
Was a neat looking car and for the price I even considered buying it even though the notchback shape is not my favourite type 3 body style.

I got a good deal on it, had ran out of rego at the end of October, and the engine is tired, goes Ok but a bit smokey, but dead stock, even the exhaust system. I even bet the engines never been out of the car!

I put a set of good rubber on it I had spare and it got through rego no problems, it drives well, needs a shift shaft bush, and thrust race. He had new tie rod ends fitted, not ball joints like the add said.

Fortunately the core of my engine in the Squareback is Ok, so over the Christmas break there will be a bit of transplanting going on!

Sorry to see your Squareback totalled mate. Sucks to lose nice cars. Lost an original Scorpion a few years ago because of someone elses inattention.
Nice pick up on the Notch though. Looks amazingly original.
Have fun getting it how you want it.