Thanks for all the kind words and advice, it certainly helps and we feel a
lot better now. Karen is surprisingly shook up, but no major bruises, just
plently of aches, head, neck, and shoulder. She's got a pretty good case of
whiplash (although I hate to mention it because of the connotations), but is
very strong except for the emotional upset.
Took some photos of the disaster and spoke to a few good people. I think I
found a good garage that knows British and is willing to do things right.
Looking at some of the works in progress certainly made me feel better (A
Morgan and another unidentified Brit). He's going to come out and look at
it Saturday and we'll know about cost a little bit better. He's got a frame
straightener if necessary, but we hope it will not need it. Spoke with Rick
of Sunbeam Specialties and he says he'd recommend replacing the entire A-arm
assembly and he has them available used for a reasonable price. I'm looking
for a drivers side front fender assembly and front crossmember and chrome
strips with high hopes. Still do not know what it will take to do this
right, but it looks like we will recover from this one and the car may even
be the better for it, except for the money and the loss of the car for an
extended period. Just hope we'll be on the road by spring.
In our perambulations about yesterday we got lost and discovered another
local Alpine! It was parked close to the entrance of San Quentin prison,
looking very pretty and forlorn, the tires were half flat, fungus was
growing on some of the windshield rubber, but the paint was new and so was
the top. Nice straight body SI, II, or III, good thing it did not have a
for sale sign, or we may have been in trouble.
-Patrick
SV, Richmond, CA
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