I've been a long-time lurker here on the Spit list. I have a '69 Spitfire, bought it about 3 years ago, and have replaced a few engines and other stuff so it was my daily driver. Before that, I had a '68 that I slowly worked on for about 8 years, which became a donor for the '69; and a '65 before that. I still had a few rust holes, so on Wednesday I took my 6-year old daughter on a trip down to a local body shop to get an estimate for repairing the holes. About a mile from my house, some emergency vehicles passed us going the other way, and everyone in my lane pulled over to the side...everyone except the guy behind me. He plowed into me going about 30 MPH while I was stopped, crunching the rear end and tucking it under. Quite a mess, but no one was hurt. Pictures are on http://freebacon.net/gallery/3.aspx. My Spit's damage: all the body work behind the cockpit except the trunk lid is mangled, it might have bent the rocker panels (passenger door now rubs against it). Bumpers are surprisingly untouched, probably because I had a push-bar installed. It doesn't look like the frame was touched either. The other car definitely won this battle, it had a few scratches in the bumper where it hit, his air bag didn't even deploy. If his insurance company totals my Spitfire, I'll be in the market for another roundtail. If anyone knows of one for sale around Colorado, let me know.
Mike Welch '69 Spitfire MkIII (with new shortened rear-end) *** http://www.team.net/the-local *** Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html *** unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try *** http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool *** http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo *** Archives at http://www.team.net/archive *** Edit your replies!
