My 69 Charger wreckage thread

[ChargerSG]

Like some of you may have know i wrecked my 69 Charger(and myself) 3 months ago.

After getting some cash from insurence(really low since they knew i wanted to keep it), and they are holding $4100 untill they see its finsihed.
Anyway i have bought a new hood a complete new grill(with everything) and that grill costed me allot of money. Allso got hold of one hoodhinges and a bumber, 2 front valance. Allso bought a really cut up fender, i hope i can build one good of them. Driverside fender may be saveable.

Started to really check all the damage, and whats needed. I have to put it in a bench for sure(and that aint cheep here).
Im allmost fully restored(little in my neck and in my foot and knee) and is now working, luckely i have an auto in my working car.

Thanks for the get well and help members have offerd

[ChargerSG]

Some picture of the crash for those who havent seen it...

[tan top]

glad to hear your recovering well ...... & feeling better     be intrested to see progress pictures on the repair ... can't remember how bad was the damage once you poped the hood     

[Blakcharger440]

Hey, how did your wreck happen? It looks rainy by the looks of the second pic? 

[1969chargerrtse]

I remember when that happened.  So happy to hear from you again, thanks for the update.  Great to hear you are doing well and happy to hear that beautiful car will be back on the road. 

[ChargerSG]

Thanks.
To get a long story short, something in the frontend broke(cant check now since everything is smashed and broke anyway) and it drove stright of the road in 55 mph and i couldent do anything, and i smashed my head in the doorglass and destroyed my left knee and foot(worst), couldent walk and function without painkillers for some time. But now im allmost back on track and to start rebuilding my 69 SE.

Once i popped the hood i could see that everything expekt for the framrails, K-member, engine, and some small parts, the rest just scrap, soo a whole frontclip allmost. Then we have a quarter, bumber, rear valance and some other dings to.
A firm that i talked with, will take $21000 to restore it(all metalwork, and paint) but then i have to buy all material myself, tempting but then the car will be more expensive then what its worth. So its gonna be, get someone to put in a bench and then when its stright do everything myself.

I will post pictures of the rebiuld as it comes along....

[TruckDriver]

Glad to see your back on track I saw the original post on this, and I didn't think the front end was that smashed up   Your a brave man trying to restore that. If that was mine, it would be parts.

[The70RT]

Glad to see your back on track I saw the original post on this, and I didn't think the front end was that smashed up   Your a brave man trying to restore that. If that was mine, it would be parts.

After he gets the front sheet metal off i bet a frame shop could straighten it though. 20 years ago most would have scrapped it 

[Ghoste]

Easier to fix the car than a person so I'm glad to hear you are coming along well.  Which is not to say that I'm unsympathetic to your plight with the car.  Really makes you hate insurance companies doesn't it?

[70charginglizard]

Yep, Glad to hear your feeling better.

Also glad to see your going to restore your charger back to it's original glory yourself. Good for you.

You'll feel much better knowing that you did it anyway.

[ChargerSG]

Thanks
And this evening i got hold of an old retired sheetmetalguy that have a bench, and he told me that he would think about it(hes doing resto on cars he likes, like one a year) soo now im just hoping for it The wait will kill me for sure

[rt green]

great that your getting better. i think fixing the car will be good therapy for you. fixing the car while fixing yourself. when you and your car are through this, you''ll  be stronger than ever.  best of luck to ya.

[MOPARHOUND!]

Allso bought a really cut up fender, i hope i can build one good of them. Driverside fender may be saveable.

AMD is suppose to have new 69 Charger fenders, if you end up not making what you have work.

Here's a link:  http://www.autometaldirect.com/listing.php?listingid=89&pageid=117

[Charger1973]

This is the 69 SE you got from Iowa right?  Sad to see it in that shape, but its good you are doing better.  Im glad its going to get fixed.   

[bull]

Thanks for the update. Which insurance company do you have it with?

[ChargerSG]

Thanks  . Those AMD fenders arent cheap and then is the shipping, have anyone here bought one and can tell how they are? I had in insured in a company calld Bilsport & MC. Charger1973 yes i bought in Des Moine.

[Plumcrazy]

I totally missed that story. 
But it sounds like things are working out for you now, good luck. 

[1968Coronet500]

I'm glad to hear your doing better..  You can replace parts to a car, not parts on your body....

I bought the AMD '69 Charger Hood and I'm more than please with it.  I'm waiting to order the front fenders.

[squeakfinder]

Glad to hear your doing better! This incident has prompted me to rebuild my font suspension. Good luck with your project.

[mikesbbody]

glad to hear you were not more seriously hurt! your charger looks like it can be fixed dont give up all the best 

[ChargerSG]

Thanks Im not planing to give up on her even thou its hard to get someone to strighten her in a bench for normal money, but i have time and wont rush the thing

[ChargerSG]

Its funny in a way to read this now. The first tread was deleted thou to the insurens thing, but i found what i wrote from my sickbed about the crash.

"I was going to make a short spinn before putting the 69 SE Charger in the garage.
I have a long stright road outside my house and i take her up to like 60 mph(have a 4.10 suregrip so that goes fast).
When i have gone like 200 yards i let the fot of the pedal and just roll and was planning on turn the Charger and go back.
Still like doing like 55 mph it right out of nothing it just stears right of the road....
I try to stear it up but nothing happans, it was sitting there waiting for the hit(was like minutes thou it was like 1 second).
Hitts the ditch hard on the passanger front, the Charger rise and flips around one time(without hitting the roof)....
Time stod still in my head all sounds was gone and strange thoughts was going throu my mind, then landing and hell broke lose.
The Charger flyes over the road(miracle that i dident hit another car, i would have crushed a small car) and then back.
Spinns around 3 times and then plows the ditch for a few yards and them brutal stop in a rock.
I have manged to hold on to the wheel all that time but that stop make my left hand slip off and i banged my whole body in the door.
Smashed my head open bad(the door looked like a banana) and trash my knee and fot, but still walkes home...
Most important my family wasent in the Charger and that im alive"

[mopar73]

Glad to hear your doing better.  Injurys suck to deal with, along with insurance companies.  Can't wait to see it on the road again. 

[ChargerSG]

I fully recoverd from the crash, and soon my 69 SE Charger will have recoverd, and my plan is to have it out running this summer

[Charger666]

That's excellent.  Sorry to see what happened to you and the car
But glad you're all good, and that the car will be too!