[Shotimes] Well...it had to happen sooner or later.....

[James F. Ryan III]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously, I'm glad both of you are OK.

A few weeks ago Don D. and someone else each reported of wrecked '91+'s.
Yesterday, someone was selling the engine from a dead '91+ and Mike at
MidwestSHO reported his buddy's wrecked '91+.  Today, Noah tells us that his
'91 was wrecked by a deer and now you report about (one of) your '91s
(non-plus but still a great '91).  

Did somebody put a curse on all of the '91s???????  I'm afraid to drive
mine.


Jim Ryan
Wayne, NJ

'91 Plus - all white/mocha with fiberglass hood, rod shifter, & rear spoiler

255 Lph fuel pump, SHO Shop can & horn, 80mm MAF, S&B cone filter, SHO Shop
HiFlow Y-pipe & cat-back exhaust, SHO Shop LPM, SHO Shop underdrive pulleys,
SHO Shop HiRevs Jr clutch & steel billet LiteWeight flywheel, reinforced
engine & trans mounts, SHO Shop TQ limiters, SHO NUT aluminum SFBs, FPS '96
SHO front brakes, Carbotech F brake pads, Nook's full-body SFCs, Koni adj
struts, SHO Shop linear springs, 24mm FSB, 26mm RSB, SHO Shop steel f&r
STBs, Bridgestone Potenza RE-730 225/55-16, CATZ MSP fog lights, police
grille

 

 

 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of George Fourchy
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 10:33 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shotimes] Well...it had to happen sooner or later.....
> 
> Considering how long it has been on the road, Lowrider has been exposed to
> potential
> damage from other drivers a lot more than most other cars, and up until
> today it was
> doing pretty well.  It was last hit (in the rear, a BIG hit) when it was
> just over a
> year old, and so there was plenty of room in its value to make sure it got
> fixed
> right.
> 
> Today, its luck ran out.  Overall, things could have been a LOT worse, but
> the
> bottom line is that there is one less SHO in front of the house tonight.
> Amazingly
> enough, there is one less Lexus RX300 in front of the house, too.  Around
> 11 am this
> morning, Eva was following me over to the new house to get some
> measurements, and
> then I was going to leave from there to come to work.  We had to stop for
> a
> particularly busy stoplight about halfway over, and I glanced into the
> mirror out of
> habit just to see if she was having a hard time with traffic (relatively
> new
> driver).  She was coming at me, at about 25 mph or so, and just kept
> coming, and
> coming, and coming.  I said to myself....."oh, oh.....this is not going to
> be
> nice...why aren't you stopping?"  She hit the right center of the
> taillight panel,
> crushing the right taillight and right fender, and popped the bumper cover
> down so
> that the ends are flipped up towards the rear window.  The right side of
> the cover
> binds slightly against the right rear wheel, but it is driveable.....to
> the body
> shop only, where it is now.
> 
> The RX took a pretty good hit, too, although the airbags didn't inflate.
> It will
> need a hood, grille, left headlight, left fender, bumper cover, and some
> of the
> supporting brackets and whatever that are behind the headlights.  It also
> probably
> has a broken overflow bottle.  The electric fan is hitting something when
> it
> runs....makes a buzzing sound.
> 
> The insurance company said that there was a limit of about $2300 for
> fixing the
> Lowrider before it hits the 'total' point.  They offered to buy it and
> sell it to
> me, if it comes to that, but I don't want a salvage title on it.  So what
> I have
> decided to do is to try to get this shop, recommended by USAA, to fix it,
> and I will
> pay whatever extra is required past what USAA will pay for repairs.  If
> that won't
> work, I have a couple of other places I can take it.  However, if the shop
> is
> recommended by USAA (whom I trust regarding not ripping me off regarding
> repairs)
> I'd be just as happy to have them fix it.  Eva feels so bad about the
> whole thing
> that I don't want to take advantage of her, but she said she would repaint
> it
> (completely) for me later, so that repainting can stay off the repair
> bill.  The
> paint is white pearl (not stock), and would be very hard to match....it is
> a
> homemade recipe.
> 
> Many exterior SHO parts are obsolete, but I have two or three rear bumpers
> laying
> around, plus there are two parts cars available to me; both have good
> bodies.  So it
> can be fixed...it's just a question of how much hassle it will be to do
> it.   There
> is also a PickNPull close by that has lots of Tauri....I can get the
> fender and tail
> end there, and not have to cut up my parts cars.
> 
> Pictures will be on the website in a couple of days.
> 
> Could have been worse....could have been on the freeway, going a lot
> faster,
> resulting in much more damage.....could have been another person involved,
> who might
> claim injuries.....we didn't need a police report, so her license is
> safe.....etc.
> 
> Long live the Lowrider......it'll rise again.
> 
> George
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