[DeTomaso] Bad news

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/15/17 19 05 19, adin at frontier.net writes:


> Suffering from low O2 (I have been told) I fell asleep driving the 
> Pantera
> home from a paint match appt. Through a fence, through the cedar forest,
> downed a sign,  through a cable fence (amazing I wasn't decapitated!),
> through the air over a driveway and parked in a tree.  What we call . . .
> the Finch?
> 
>>>Oh, WOW!!!!   That is so terrible!   I feel so bad for you.
> 
> >Insurance says car is totaled, Jim D. says it can be fixed. Options: part 
> it
> out or fix or sell as a project?
> 
>>>I think Denny Finn can probably salvage it.   The question is, is it 
worth it?   Or should you part it out and start over with a different car?   
Definitely do NOT let it go to the crusher!!!   At a minimum you need to buy 
the wreck back and part it out.   It's amazing how much the individual 
components of the car are worth.   I helped (and am continuing to help) a friend 
part out a car that was in a head-on collision.   The rear of the car was 
okay--the doors, quarter panels, and rear panel were sold for more than the 
cost of purchasing the wreck; the engine he kept, the gearbox he sold, and 
numerous other parts, so he already made a profit (plus he got to keep the 408 
stroker engine for himself).

And there is still a decklid hanging in my garage looking for a home, plus 
loads of other parts (I have taken in all the leftovers and am acting as his 
'agent' to help find a good home for them)

That said, if it can be fixed I think it should be fixed.   See if the 
insurance company will give you the total salvage value minus $1 and let you 
keep it without a salvage title?
> 
> 
> 
> >Other than some pulmonary issues, that is all the news.
> 
>>>You missed the important thing--it sounds like YOU are alright!   I'm 
sorry you had to suffer this fate but I'm glad that you (apparently) escaped 
unscathed.   Having driven your car before you bought it, I recall that it 
had four-point (or maybe five-point?) safety harnesses.   Can you describe 
exactly how you fared physically and how well (or poorly) they did their job?

Again, I'm glad you're okay.   Sooner or later you will be back in the 
saddle--if not this car, then another one....

Mike
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   In a message dated 12/15/17 19 05 19, adin at frontier.net writes:

     Suffering from low O2 (I have been told) I fell asleep driving the
     Pantera
     home from a paint match appt. Through a fence, through the cedar
     forest,
     downed a sign,  through a cable fence (amazing I wasn't
     decapitated!),
     through the air over a driveway and parked in a tree.  What we call
     . . .
     the Finch?

   >>>Oh, WOW!!!!  That is so terrible!  I feel so bad for you.

     >Insurance says car is totaled, Jim D. says it can be fixed.
     Options: part it
     out or fix or sell as a project?

   >>>I think Denny Finn can probably salvage it.  The question is, is it
   worth it?  Or should you part it out and start over with a different
   car?  Definitely do NOT let it go to the crusher!!!  At a minimum you
   need to buy the wreck back and part it out.  It's amazing how much the
   individual components of the car are worth.  I helped (and am
   continuing to help) a friend part out a car that was in a head-on
   collision.  The rear of the car was okay--the doors, quarter panels,
   and rear panel were sold for more than the cost of purchasing the
   wreck; the engine he kept, the gearbox he sold, and numerous other
   parts, so he already made a profit (plus he got to keep the 408 stroker
   engine for himself).
   And there is still a decklid hanging in my garage looking for a home,
   plus loads of other parts (I have taken in all the leftovers and am
   acting as his 'agent' to help find a good home for them)
   That said, if it can be fixed I think it should be fixed.  See if the
   insurance company will give you the total salvage value minus $1 and
   let you keep it without a salvage title?

     >Other than some pulmonary issues, that is all the news.

   >>>You missed the important thing--it sounds like YOU are alright!  I'm
   sorry you had to suffer this fate but I'm glad that you (apparently)
   escaped unscathed.  Having driven your car before you bought it, I
   recall that it had four-point (or maybe five-point?) safety harnesses.
   Can you describe exactly how you fared physically and how well (or
   poorly) they did their job?
   Again, I'm glad you're okay.  Sooner or later you will be back in the
   saddle--if not this car, then another one....
   Mike