My white 96 Z26 wrecked
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:50 am
This makes me soooooo sad, i think i actually cryed for the first time in 20 years when this happened to me. Instead of posting these pics all over other threads im just going to lay it all out here.
Had just moved, nothing but problems for me since the move, was 1 thing after another going wrong for me.
So i had left home one evening and i dont really know what happened, i was kinda dazed out had a lot on my mind, i was on my way to find my boss to get some pay that i had not had in 3 months waiting for a job to get finished and going 3 months with no pay and working every single day and long hours. I got around the corner heading downhill from my house 1/4 mile away and seen a small animal from the corner of my eye dash out in front of me, first reaction is to hit the brakes, well i guess i smoked on them pretty hard and almost instantly the car was sliding. Never ever never has my car reacted like this before, seems my abs never came one which always worked good and kept the car straight in full lock up on the brakes, i only left rubber from 1 set of wheels front or rear, im thinking it was my fronts that locked up and heading downhill it caused the ass end to swing out. I didnt have much time to respond and within seconds i found myself upside down in the ditch. Looked for the closest way out took my seat belt off climbed through the passenger side noticed my fire extinguisher sitting there so grabbed that quickly looked for any flames then realized it was still running so reached in shut it off then ran for home to use the phone. By the time i got back someone seen it and called the police. My dad towed it out for me, got charged with careless which im going to fight here shortly (wish me luck) lol.
I got her home and tryed to crank it, oil locked, so pulled the plugs rolled it over stuck the plugs back in and she was alive and sounded better then ever.
This was my only vehicle on the road and just moved to the country, i have to drive my kids to shcool because they are registered out of district so i needed a vehicle..
I started gutting it and in about 3 hours i had the whole interior out, started jacking and prying and jacking and so on until the roof line came back into place. Changed the passenger door, put a new windshield in that i had, really wish i had kept a rear window from any of my parts cars guess i figured i would never need one. I had it back on the road driving within about 6 days.
Everyone thought i would have bent the unibody, i dont think its bent, the doors still close perfectly nothing from underneath looks twisted, it drives straight and rides fine. The kinks in the rear 1/4 is just the outside panel nothing on the inside was bent, i can push the dent out from inside the trunk and its just the outer panel. The car is rust free and solid solid and more solid so its a shame to scrap it or part it out, just needs some cosmetic work lol.
I have thought about putting another roof on it... I am going to properly fix it, i have to. its a 96.. its my baby, and its supposed to go to my wife, in return for me buying a black 96 as my play toy. If i find a good shell i will just swap everything over to it and turn it into a 96 z, or if i find a good deal on a rotted out beretta i will use the roof. Figured i would drill all the factory welds and remove each piece 1 by 1, and re weld it in the same way, 1 piece at a time.
Everyone says oh it wont be as strong and oh its not safe, well people chop roofs on hot rods and make trucks into convertibles without even having a door post so im pretty safe to bet welding a roof on my car will be fine. Its not that i planned to roll it, things happen, and for me just seems 1 thing after another.
I put my wifes 99 lumina on the road, shes had it for 5 years, been sitting for 2, first thing i replace a brake line, i got to town fill it up all the gas runs out, i get a gas tank, go to town put gas in it stays, then trany line starts leaking.
Anyways here is some pictures to follow my long boring sad story LOL..
Had just moved, nothing but problems for me since the move, was 1 thing after another going wrong for me.
So i had left home one evening and i dont really know what happened, i was kinda dazed out had a lot on my mind, i was on my way to find my boss to get some pay that i had not had in 3 months waiting for a job to get finished and going 3 months with no pay and working every single day and long hours. I got around the corner heading downhill from my house 1/4 mile away and seen a small animal from the corner of my eye dash out in front of me, first reaction is to hit the brakes, well i guess i smoked on them pretty hard and almost instantly the car was sliding. Never ever never has my car reacted like this before, seems my abs never came one which always worked good and kept the car straight in full lock up on the brakes, i only left rubber from 1 set of wheels front or rear, im thinking it was my fronts that locked up and heading downhill it caused the ass end to swing out. I didnt have much time to respond and within seconds i found myself upside down in the ditch. Looked for the closest way out took my seat belt off climbed through the passenger side noticed my fire extinguisher sitting there so grabbed that quickly looked for any flames then realized it was still running so reached in shut it off then ran for home to use the phone. By the time i got back someone seen it and called the police. My dad towed it out for me, got charged with careless which im going to fight here shortly (wish me luck) lol.
I got her home and tryed to crank it, oil locked, so pulled the plugs rolled it over stuck the plugs back in and she was alive and sounded better then ever.
This was my only vehicle on the road and just moved to the country, i have to drive my kids to shcool because they are registered out of district so i needed a vehicle..
I started gutting it and in about 3 hours i had the whole interior out, started jacking and prying and jacking and so on until the roof line came back into place. Changed the passenger door, put a new windshield in that i had, really wish i had kept a rear window from any of my parts cars guess i figured i would never need one. I had it back on the road driving within about 6 days.
Everyone thought i would have bent the unibody, i dont think its bent, the doors still close perfectly nothing from underneath looks twisted, it drives straight and rides fine. The kinks in the rear 1/4 is just the outside panel nothing on the inside was bent, i can push the dent out from inside the trunk and its just the outer panel. The car is rust free and solid solid and more solid so its a shame to scrap it or part it out, just needs some cosmetic work lol.
I have thought about putting another roof on it... I am going to properly fix it, i have to. its a 96.. its my baby, and its supposed to go to my wife, in return for me buying a black 96 as my play toy. If i find a good shell i will just swap everything over to it and turn it into a 96 z, or if i find a good deal on a rotted out beretta i will use the roof. Figured i would drill all the factory welds and remove each piece 1 by 1, and re weld it in the same way, 1 piece at a time.
Everyone says oh it wont be as strong and oh its not safe, well people chop roofs on hot rods and make trucks into convertibles without even having a door post so im pretty safe to bet welding a roof on my car will be fine. Its not that i planned to roll it, things happen, and for me just seems 1 thing after another.
I put my wifes 99 lumina on the road, shes had it for 5 years, been sitting for 2, first thing i replace a brake line, i got to town fill it up all the gas runs out, i get a gas tank, go to town put gas in it stays, then trany line starts leaking.
Anyways here is some pictures to follow my long boring sad story LOL..