The Dart is no more...

[DartKnight]

Well, stick a fork in her, she's done. 

I was going down the freeway at about 65 mph, when this asshole up and cuts me off without warning. I stomped on the brakes but there was no way I was gonna stop in time, so I pulled the wheel to the right, but I was still coming too fast. So I pulled it left and went into a full brake-locked skid; did a 360 across two lanes of traffic before ending up skidding backwards facing the wrong way. That's when I got creamed by a lady driving a mid-size suv doing about 55. She hit me head-on and I did another 360 the other direction and stopped while she hit the divider in the fast lane. I slammed my shoulder against the door (caved in the door panel) but that was all I got. The lady who hit me had airbags, so she was shaken up but not hurt. She had Onstar, so the cops were there pretty quick . The bastard who cut me off never even stopped.






I'm on vicodin right now because my shoulder is a little messed up, so I hope the pics came out. I am just thankful that I was able to walk away from it. I guess it's time to find another one...

[6469mopar]

HOLY SHIT ARE YOU OK

[Lars]

  Salvage as many parts as possible, don't let its death be for nothing! Good thing you were at least able to walk away from the accident.

[ski]

Damn dude glad you're all right.  You were pretty lucky. If you're looking for another Dart I have a 69 down here in Imperial Beach and I know where there's a killer deal on a 67 over by the sports arena.  At least it was available 2 weeks ago.  Send me a PM if you want details.

ski

[eldubb440]

wow...thats quite a shot. glad you are still with us...... there are still dart bodies to be had 

[Steve DeTar]

Thank your lucky stars!  Sad for the car.

[urchinhead]

That's terrible - I'm so sorry. At least you're able to tell the story though!

[b569rr]

You are indeed lucky. Holy shit is right. What did you hit?

[Mean 318]

I am SO SORRY!! This makes me sick! I am glad you are ok, and wish you the best of luck!

[SIKPUP]

 Glad you will be OK , good thing you were in a real car with metal vs some plastic piece of ........

sorry about your dart ,
                         SIKPUP

[urchinhead]

My little sister used to have a '64 Dart in high school, and she got creamed by a Honda. Her Dart got hit in the quarter, so it tweaked the unibody and she eventually got rid of it... But she didn't have a scratch, and the Honda got hauled away, all crumpled up like a paper wad. I don't want to crash mine, but I know its a helluva lot safer than many other things on the road. I hate seeing a smashed up Dart though. If you still want to build that 318, DartKnight, I'll help you, no problem.

[318_Magnum]

I am SO glad you're all right! The car is your baby, I know, but in the end... it really is just a car. I wish you the best of luck finding another Dart and a speedy recovery from your [minor] injury.

[chryco]

Glad you`re OK ! Really sucks about your ride man .
   All the best .
      Chryco

ps Kharma will get the creep that caused the accident , BET ON IT .

[318_Magnum]

As a side note, THAT RIGHT THERE is a REAL CAR! Look! The glass isnt even busted!  I'd like to see some Japo-shitbox after it got hit head-on by an SUV at 55!

 

[NYrr496]

Damn, man. Glad you're ok.

[71 demon child]

Gotta love an a-hole that does crap like that.Hope ya feel better soon.He'll get his

carl

[CudaSRT8]

Sounds like you had one helluva ride!   Sorry to hear about your Dart, but the important thing is you're O.K.    Now you get to make the best of it and strip the drive train into a different car OR build a   

[A13Dart]

ouch, that's a hard hit. If you can walk away, that's what counts.

[NYrr496]

When I lost mt Charger in an accident, I completely gutted that car. Now, most of it is going into my roadrunner. All that stuff is familiar to you. Find another body and make any improvements you may have learned about since putting that car together. My Charger was great, but my roadrunner is going to run rings around it.

[70 Dustpan]

Wow. Glad that your ok. Sorry about your car.

[St.Louis-Dart]

Sorry about your ride,,glad you wasnt hert to bad,,lucky you stoped backwords think if that mini-van would of hit your drivers door.

[DartKnight]

Thanks for the replies, guys. I consider myself to be the luckiest SOB in the world right about now. When I was sitting on the side of the highway while the CHP was cleaning up the mess, I was just staring at the car amazed at the damage and wondering how the hell I was able to walk away. Especially after seeing the damage to the lady's truck who hit me (I think it was a Equinox or Trailblazer, whatever Chevy's mid-size suv is), it was just a mind blow.

I'm really not interested in getting it back from the tow yard because most of the good parts and real work was in the front half of the car, which is destroyed. They let me pull my Autometers and the stereo stuff; the rest I don't much feel like paying the yard to get back, and I'd rather start over, anyway, to be honest. It was very stressful just to look at it when I came to get my stuff out.

Oh well, there's more where that came from, right? 

[signet]

good to see you are ok.

the Dart did pretty good for a forty year old machine, i am impressed.

i hope they give you fair compensation.

[Dan-o]

Wow, i really wish I wasn't on deployment right now, Cause I would snag that it up in a heartbeat.  No way you'd be able to hang ontoit for a guy till late april huh?  It doesn't look like anything behind the firewall is toast, so it would make an awesome start for a project.  What yard is it at and how much do they want for it?  Most of your driveline should be in decent condition, no?

[urchinhead]

It's hard to look at the car in that condition, but it really will be in your best interest to take any and all salvageable parts out of it. Even if you can save the valve covers and simple stuff like that, you won't have to buy it again. Get a twelve pack and a couple of buddies, and yank everything out of it next weekend - you can sell what you don't want later and recoup a big chunk of change.

[Westernstar]

Sir,i'm glad you're ok but please don't leave your Dart at the tow yard.I would love to find something like that.By the way,motor does'nt look bad.

[Bigcube]

Wow, you took a hard hit  Glad you got out with only minor injuries.

[Dartsport]

Glad to hear you are OK!!

[abodyjoe]

sucks about the car but i'm glad your ok...

[DART VADER]

Man that totally sucks. Glad your OK. Someone here should see if they can at least salvage the car for parts.

[dustertogo]

 Wow , sorry about your car but at least you're ok, thats what counts. I agree with the others, don't let it go to salvage. There are alot of good parts on it or you might even be able to fix it. Once you get the front clip off it might not be that bad. Almost everything can be fixed. I'm a bodytech and can tell you things always look alot worse with the smashed sheetmetal on them. I'm just glad you're ok.

[BBLM23]

Ouch!
Glad you are OK.

[kawazuki8097]

Glad you are OK! Geez - seeing the damage makes me sick in the stomach. sux to see all that time and hard work gone. 

[1967dart406]

glad your alright man