wrecked my G40 !!!!!

ibiza jamie · Post by **ibiza jamie** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 11:33 am

boo hoo!!!

its not fair,

drivin to work this mornin, and obviously the stoopid grittin lorries only did one side of the road. so i go a sensible 30mph around a fairly normal corner.

all of a sudden im goin sideways, tried to get it back but that was it i slide sideways up the kerb and down into a 3 foot ditch

by looks of the damage its a write off, the drivers side chassis leg is almost bent double and inner wing is mullered.

plus the engine sits about 1-2 inches further back than it should

im ok which is good spose

absolutly gutted tho

sorry for the poor description hopefully pics will explain.

cheers guys

j

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 11:48 am

Looks like an easy repair to me - bolt it to a jig and pull it all back out

ibiza jamie · Post by **ibiza jamie** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 11:56 am

trouble is with being only 20 cant afford fully comp insurance

so its scrimp and save on my pittance apprentice wage

not sure if its worth it

lookin at new:

wings(both)

doors(both rusty anyway)

bonnet

front panel

slam panel

bumper

intercooler

grill

driveshaft

lower arm

arb is torn from mounting and bent!

inner wing

chassis jigging

throttle cable

whatever damage there is to the diff after havin the shaft wrenched out

bent exhaust too

thats serious money me thinks

j

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 12:06 pm

Wasn't someone selling a G40 rolling chassis while ago?

Alternatively a cheap 1.3L GT or even 1.0L would be a good donor vehicle

ibiza jamie · Post by **ibiza jamie** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 12:11 pm

hmmm

quite fancy sticking the engine in a caddy

just have to get savin i spose

still pretty shaken up at the mo tho

j

hayesey · Post by **hayesey** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 3:03 pm

ouch! not good, glad you're OK though.

at least the engine & charger are still OK. hopefully you'll put them into another shell of some description, Caddy would be nice!

ibiza jamie · Post by **ibiza jamie** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 3:43 pm

well im only guessin that the engine and charger are ok at the mo

the intercooler has been shoved up rather close to the charger

just have to see how it goes reallly

thanks for the support guys

cheers j

dub envy · Post by **dub envy** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 3:59 pm

Those pictures make my head hurt.

ibiza jamie · Post by **ibiza jamie** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:02 pm

they make your head hurt?!!!!

worst bit is it doesnt look much from the outside

but underneath and in the engine bay its roshamboed!!

when you gettin your g40 conv then dubenvy?

i may have some bits eventually

j

cyhliu · Post by **cyhliu** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 5:45 pm

Glad to hear you are okay, shame about the motor,does look like it's going to be a big job (sorry!).

I'm sure you'll be able to sort something out in the end...

Krupa · Post by **Krupa** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 5:58 pm

Sorry to see a wrecked G like that, though as others have said at least you're ok.

Hopefully you'll be able to find a good home for that engine too!

I can think of more than one GT that's getting a G40 conversion soon if you can't though...

pettsy · Post by **pettsy** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:48 pm

if your looking to get rid of it , give me a pm as im very interested in it

bluebaron · Post by **bluebaron** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 7:22 pm

If it's repairable it should be done and done properly. These are rare enough cars as it is.

Glad your O.K. though.

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 7:47 pm

Sorry to see that, glad you're ok though.. I hope you manage to either get it fixed or to salvage a decent amount of it. Just look at it as an excuse to make a serious project out of it

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 7:59 pm

ouch....

hope ur ok....