November 23, 200321 yr comment_58124 Is this repairable? Yes, certainly repairable. Cost, well depending on how much work you can do yourself, it may be considered "Totalled"Parts are not Cheap unless you can get a Parts car to steal from, and Labor costs will kill you.When "Bambi" leaped in front of me, I needed:(all new parts)Left FenderFront Bumper & mount bracketsHeadlight AssemblyLH Sugar ScoopGrillHoodStraighten Radiator Support (very minor damage)PaintCost for all work to be done by Body Shop = $4000.00 Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/9008-totalled-my-280z-pictures-inside/?&page=2#findComment-58124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
November 23, 200321 yr comment_58125 Greg (Smokey) could have prevented this situation if he had caught an earlier flight to rescue the car from the Snow Monster. Now, the salted roads of CO are the least of PrOxLaMuS© concerns. :dead: Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/9008-totalled-my-280z-pictures-inside/?&page=2#findComment-58125 Share on other sites More sharing options...
November 24, 200321 yr comment_58130 Sorry to for your misfortune !!!!! I know you will never get back with that ex !!!! Bumpers will be the hardest thing to find as has been said !!!! Hope you fix her up !!! My heart sank in sorrow when I saw the pictures !!!!!!!! Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/9008-totalled-my-280z-pictures-inside/?&page=2#findComment-58130 Share on other sites More sharing options...
November 24, 200321 yr comment_58131 I know exactly what it's like to have your car damaged as does Carl. I agree with Smokey you do have to be careful with the vintage machines. It's not easy to find someone who can repair it properly I had mine reveresed into recently and a bonnet + paint is gonna cost me around $2000 at the end I'm guessing because I just haven't been happy with the initial $1000 I outlayed on it. I'm gonna try get a friend to help me fix the old bonnet with a dolly and hammer and patience then get it painted by a friend who works at a body shop. Anyway I'm a bit off topic but my point is that a friend asked me the other day why I haven't been driving my car, my reply cause it's classic have to look after it and his attitude is it's a car drive it, having said that he outlayed $30k AUD on a new Intergra Type R to have a couple weeks later an old lady hit the side . I think if I were you I'd get another 1/4 panel welded in but you run the risk of someone not welding it in correctly. If the bonnet is damaged it might be cheaper to find a straight one than it is to try fix that. Maybe now you could go with 240z bumpers as oppose to finding 280z ones. They look nicer but you might be going for originality. I have attached a pic of the damage done to my Z similar to yours but mine was a write off and the chassis was bent bad. http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=4008&password=&sort=7&thecat=500 http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=4009&password=&sort=7&thecat=500 Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/9008-totalled-my-280z-pictures-inside/?&page=2#findComment-58131 Share on other sites More sharing options...
November 24, 200321 yr comment_58133 front bumper ends on Ebay a couple days ago. You're gonna need at least one new one on the passemger side. Sorry to see/hear about your baby. It looks totally fixablre to me. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/9008-totalled-my-280z-pictures-inside/?&page=2#findComment-58133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
November 24, 200321 yr comment_58158 Dude! If she wasn't your "EX" before the accident... she sure is now!P.S. What's that white stuff all over the place? Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/9008-totalled-my-280z-pictures-inside/?&page=2#findComment-58158 Share on other sites More sharing options...
November 24, 200321 yr comment_58204 Originally posted by BambiKiller240 Greg (Smokey) could have prevented this situation if he had caught an earlier flight to rescue the car from the Snow Monster. Now, the salted roads of CO are the least of PrOxLaMuS© concerns. :dead: If only I could have been down there in time. Damn the traffic!! Get it fixed and buy a beater. You will be AOK! Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/9008-totalled-my-280z-pictures-inside/?&page=2#findComment-58204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
November 24, 200321 yr Author comment_58216 that white stuff all over the place is SNOW ha Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/9008-totalled-my-280z-pictures-inside/?&page=2#findComment-58216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
November 24, 200321 yr comment_58219 Tough break dude,Just the other day my G.L.W. (Good lady wife, if I don't call her that she will hurt me) came home from the supermarket and told me tha she had bumped the wall with my zed.Luckily I have a spare front bar and bonnet, the moral of this story is women are evil, don't trust them..... Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/9008-totalled-my-280z-pictures-inside/?&page=2#findComment-58219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
November 24, 200321 yr comment_58221 Originally posted by PrOxLaMuS© that white stuff all over the place is SNOW ha Oh, THAT'S what it is. Usually only see that much white powder in an NFL Locker room. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/9008-totalled-my-280z-pictures-inside/?&page=2#findComment-58221 Share on other sites More sharing options...
November 25, 200321 yr comment_58347 i have a set of front & rear bumpers for a 78 280the the rubber on the front bumper has a small chunk out of it & on the rear bumper, there are small tears on the rubber endcaps (1 on each cap)if you're interested shoot me a pm. i'm building new bumpers for my 280 so i need to get rid of the old ones. by the way i'm in reno,nv Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/9008-totalled-my-280z-pictures-inside/?&page=2#findComment-58347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
November 25, 200321 yr Author comment_58430 Full story.. I felt like typing itHere's what happened... On my way to a closed road... (new neighboorhood with no homes just a road) I saw my ex girlfriends Dad.. in his BMW M3... I turned quickly to avoid him and I waited a few minutes and then got onto my road. I guess He called her and said i was with a new girl. (we broke up 4 weeks ago) She still loves me so she got mad.... and naturally very jealous I was in the snow.. for a few hours goofing around in the snow for a while.... doughnuts... slides... drifts.. etc Then on a straightaway... I look up and it looks like she is barreling at me sliding in the snow... headon... I turn the wheel.... and I get my back end out and I was going well out of her way. Then her passenger side hit my car.... on my passenger side and we spun into each other and messed up our rear quarter panels... she went off the road and almost hit a concrete slab for a constructing house. I got out of my car.. and saw.. $^!#.. that is my Ex girlfriend...I walked up to her to ask if she was ok..and she said... "who's in your passenger seat?" I said.. my GUY friend Ashton.... why? She said leave me alone.. stay away... and that's it... that's the story.. Did she do it on purpose? I believe she did.... (Dont forget this is a CLOSED ROAD... no traffic...qawincidently she was on the same road I was... same place... on a closed road... I think she was stalking me... or trying to find me... and when she thought I was with another girl... boom... she snapped.. and may have lost her mind for a minute or two.. and hit me) Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/9008-totalled-my-280z-pictures-inside/?&page=2#findComment-58430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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