The guy had insurance?
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From: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>
>Thanks for the sympathy...
>
>I went to the shop at lunch, and it's looking like it will cost 1500-2000
to fix. The body guy
>pointed out alot of things that I didn't even see at first, including the
fact that the top of my
>radiator tank had buckled upward, putting a dent in the bonnet from the
inside. also the top of the
>inside rt fender had a buckle in it, as well as some damage below the
grill.
>
>What a day!
>
> - Bryan
>
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>>To: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com>
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>>Hi Bryan,
>>
>>Ouch, Sorry to hear that. Hope he had insurance. Most of the parts are
available. Keep your
>chin
>>up, at least you got to drive it for a couple of tanks full. Man that
would burn me up, but I
>guess
>>what can you say.
>>
>>Sorry
>>
>>Rick
>>
>>Bryan Vandiver wrote:
>>
>>> Well, I decided to drive my freshly restored bugeye to work this
morning. It's been really fun
>to
>>> drive, especially now that I've worked most the bugs out. So far I've
only gone through two
>tanks
>>> of gas.
>>> So I strap the child seat in the car to take my oldest son to daycare
(Tyler - almost 3). He
>loves
>>> riding in the car with me, and has a fit, unless he's with 'daddy'. In
any case all goes well,
>the
>>> car is running and driving great, and Tyler's having a great morning. I
take him into the
>daycare
>>> center, they have the Shania Twain CD on (Tyler's favorite) so we do
some dancing (he loves to
>>> dance to all music), and I leave with both of us in a great mood. I walk
out to the parking lot,
>>> and some guy in a large pickup has just finished backing into the front
of my car!! Took out the
>RT
>>> headlight assembly, and slightly buckled the bonnet around the headlamp
:-(
>>> Needless to say, I was less than thrilled.
>>> So at lunch I'll be seeing the guy who originally did my body/paint for
an estimate.
>>>
>>> BTW - anyone out there have a orginal chrome inner and outer headlamp
ring set for a bugeye in
>>> excellent condition?? Hopefully it won't be necessary, but I may be in
need of a nice straight
>>> steel bonnet too.
>>>
>>> Bryan Vandiver (59-bugeye)
>>> San Jose, CA
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