Friends Accident with 3rd Generation

[19Charger68]

Here are the results of a bad accident a friend of ours was involved in when an idiot ran a red light.  It was a beautiful car before this happend.  Total loss - Right?  Wrong - after a year or so he managed to fix it and you cannot tell anything ever happened to it.  Another Mopar saved!  Hopefully the photos show up in this post.

[ramit]

  Holy Crap!  Is there any way you can make those pics a little bigger and post them?  I would really like to see them better.  When did this happen?

[Charger-Bodie]

holy schnikeys i want to see more pics of this thing mostly the repair stage ? please?

[Charger1973]

Yes bigger pics please.  That looks terrible, I cant imagine being able to save that..   Actually, I dont think I would want it after that, but I guess thats just me.  Looks like it was an amazing car before that... 

[moparguy01]

thats not terrible, as long as the front rails can get straightened I'd fix it too. but I've done some real crappy cars lately...

[19Charger68]

I'm not sure I can enlarge them.  Will give it a try.  Here is a photo that was taken at one of our car shows just a week before the accident.  Believe me, the car looks just as good now.  He didn't send me any photos of the repairs being done but I know he went through hell to find parts - but he did it.  Yes, this is a beautiful car - always wins awards at the shows.  At the last car show we were in, I did not know that the car had been repaired.  Gave me goose bumps to see the car at the show after I saw these photos.

[CharlieCharger]

WOWZERZ How fast was that guy who ran the light going? I bet you wouldn't walk away  if that was a new Jap car

[dads_69]

Thats a hard hit for any bodyman to repair, but fixable as Russ stated, frame being ok to work with and inner structure can be replaced. Deffinately want to se more photos of repair time, glad to see it back up and running. Not to high jack the thread, but I'm doing the same thing right now to my Dart after it was stolen years ago. Soon to be black/ red tail and hood scoop stripe stroker 377.
Mark

[19Charger68]

I sent an email to the owner and told him I had posted his photos.  Asked him to come to the site, join up, and answer any questions.  Hopefully he will do so.

[Lee01]

Man that look horrible!!  x a million

But I think he wouldn't have survive in a import like a hunda or something....

The cabin look strait and look untouch, only the front engine took the beating!

[Charger-Bodie]

even if the rails wouldnt straighten it could still be reaired by replacing the entine front structure inc the frame rails infact that would be the prefered way to do it in my opinion

[MOPARHOUND!]

Is this the same White 71 Charger R/T:  http://www.moparts.org/moparts/picture/members/four/steve.html

Looks to be twin, with the luggage rack and painted mirrors, but doesn't have the vinyl top? 

I was thinking this car was also from New Mexico?

[19Charger68]

Mopar Hound.  Yes, that is the car.  We are both from New Mexico.  I didn't know he had that site.  Anyway, it's a beautiful car.  He has had bad luck with it.  A couple of years ago he had a fire in the engine compartment and had to replace the hood I believe and most of the wiring, etc.  He keeps getting it back into great shape every time.

[Arthu®]

Very cool car, I like the luggage rack, don't see too many of them. The wreck looks pretty bad, but at least another Charger is saved. Must have been one hell of a job.

Arthur

[Charger_Fan]

Man, that's a sad sight. I'm glad he was able to get it back together.
I'd like to see some repair pics too, I hope he joins up.

[TruckDriver]

 

[MOPARHOUND!]

Mopar Hound.  Yes, that is the car.  We are both from New Mexico.  I didn't know he had that site.  Anyway, it's a beautiful car.  He has had bad luck with it.  A couple of years ago he had a fire in the engine compartment and had to replace the hood I believe and most of the wiring, etc.  He keeps getting it back into great shape every time.

Odds told me it was.

From the decription in the Moparts link, he's a real diehard that put a lot of heart and soul into that car, and now more than once from the pic's you posted.

  I'm not worthy, as mine sits broke down yet again.

[mikesbbody]

wow! that's too bad i hate seeing stuff like that but im gad it was saved i would think twice about buying a car if i knew it hd been hit hard like that.

[The70RT]

WOW. I bet he was pissed. Hopefully the idiot that ran the light had insurance. The last one I had like that the idot ran and had no insurance. It's a good thing my old ford truck took a beating and kept going because when I caught him a few blocks away I finished of his nova off and unfortunatly the rest of my truck. He got 10 tickets, I got one!

[19Charger68]

You are right about putting heart and soul into that car, he certainly has done that!  Yes, I think he was more than a little pissed after that happened.  He also did get somewhat injured but seems to be fine now.  Steve told me he is joining the site as soon as he can get confirmation back so hopefully he will sign on and correct all the things I've gotten wrong and answer any questions about the accident, repairs, etc.

[Charger_Fan]

  I'm not worthy, as mine sits broke down yet again.

I'm not either. I crashed mine in '93 & it's still not repaired.

[TUFCAT]

Back in the day - - that car would have been crushed into a lots of Pabst Blue Ribbon cans....    Maybe even Schlitz ....but never repaired!!  That thing was popped pretty good.