As the title says...
A thanks to the guys at SASCO.
Though they did forget one part....I got a Christmas present today (Christmas eve).
Last Monday (15th) I drove my car to work, my 59 Lark, 2dr wagon, in the rain.
Anyway...on the way home, while sitting in traffic...I got wacked from behind at about 20ish(+) mph.
Turned into a hit and run..! I pointed to the side of the freeway, made my way over and waited, waited....no one...!
Great....
While waiting, I surveyed the damage as best I could in the waining daylight. It actually didn't appear to be too bad.
Along I went. I stopped at the store on the way home...hmmm, no reverse..! I also noticed that while at a slow idle, while in gear, the car had a weird vibration.
After finally getting a good look at everything -
1. The bumper is bent pretty good...but savable I think.
2. The bumper guard (upright) is bent but I think also fixable.
3. The panel just behind the bumper, under the tailgate is bent pretty bad.
4. The bellhousing mounts I believe are broken...(no reverse and the vibration).
The tail gate and fenders weren't touched! And my car is lowered a bit also!
The reason the car came out without much damage... Someone in the distant past built a home made trailer hitch receiver. A VERY heavy duty hitch receiver!
I cut half it out years ago...and it still protected the back of the car. It's a 2" x 3/16" wall square tubing welded across the frame, then just behind that is a 1/4" thick piece of steel also welded across, from rail to rail.
Neither piece was bent.
Anyway...just to say thanks to the people at SASCO for an [u]NOS</u> bumper, (two) [u]NOS</u> wagon bumper guards and a set of bellhousing/trans./rear engine mounts.
Have a happy holiday season all.
Mike
A thanks to the guys at SASCO.
Though they did forget one part....I got a Christmas present today (Christmas eve).
Last Monday (15th) I drove my car to work, my 59 Lark, 2dr wagon, in the rain.
Anyway...on the way home, while sitting in traffic...I got wacked from behind at about 20ish(+) mph.
Turned into a hit and run..! I pointed to the side of the freeway, made my way over and waited, waited....no one...!
Great....
While waiting, I surveyed the damage as best I could in the waining daylight. It actually didn't appear to be too bad.
Along I went. I stopped at the store on the way home...hmmm, no reverse..! I also noticed that while at a slow idle, while in gear, the car had a weird vibration.
After finally getting a good look at everything -
1. The bumper is bent pretty good...but savable I think.
2. The bumper guard (upright) is bent but I think also fixable.
3. The panel just behind the bumper, under the tailgate is bent pretty bad.
4. The bellhousing mounts I believe are broken...(no reverse and the vibration).
The tail gate and fenders weren't touched! And my car is lowered a bit also!
The reason the car came out without much damage... Someone in the distant past built a home made trailer hitch receiver. A VERY heavy duty hitch receiver!
I cut half it out years ago...and it still protected the back of the car. It's a 2" x 3/16" wall square tubing welded across the frame, then just behind that is a 1/4" thick piece of steel also welded across, from rail to rail.
Neither piece was bent.
Anyway...just to say thanks to the people at SASCO for an [u]NOS</u> bumper, (two) [u]NOS</u> wagon bumper guards and a set of bellhousing/trans./rear engine mounts.
Have a happy holiday season all.
Mike
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It annoys me to hear about garbage like this. Could have been worse; plus you got a good experience with SASCO out of it... that's something, at least. Hope you get it fixed and forget all about it soon!
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