1968 GT500: Crashed without even leaving the garage

[thewee]

Hi everyone. Pretty sure this is my first post here on the forum and I saved it for a good one.

About a month ago a pickup truck crashed into my garage and fled the scene. Lucky for him a Shelby Mustang was sitting right inside the wall to cushion his blow, allowing him to flee the scene. 

All in all the damage could have been a lot worse. The impact broke off a 6x6 inside the wall which made contact with the car and shoved it over about five feet from where it was sitting. If it wasn't able to move it would have had a Toyota Tundra sitting in the passenger seat.

Still looking for the right shop to handle the repairs. It has Hagerty coverage so we'll see if they're as good as everyone says they are. If you have any suggestions in NE Ohio (or anywhere else for that matter) I'm all ears.

There's a picture of this car on Pete's website, with my dad in his graduation gown the day after he got it in 1971. You cannot view this attachment.You cannot view this attachment.

[S8MS-01904]

Ouch...

[Bob Gaines]

Sorry to hear about . Keep us posted as I am sure others myself included have Hagerty and want to know how well they respond to the situation.

[Coralsnake]

The good news is it looks to be confined to the fender. The hardest part will be getting a paint match. Hopefully its not into the rocker panel

Well and taking apart the nose

😉

[Coralsnake]

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[thewee]

The good news is it looks to be confined to the fender. The hardest part will be getting a paint match. Hopefully its not into the rocker panel

Well and taking apart the nose

😉

It hit directly at the torque box fortunately. Rocker appears to be SLIGHTLY bent. There's some minor damage to the other fender where it smacked into my snow plow so paint match is going to be REAL fun.

I was looking at that same fender yesterday. Is that a fair price? (I've never had to price one) haha

[pbf777]

    'If' a true "N.O.S." O.E.M. product?! 

    In your situation, I wouldn't be wasting any time asking.............I'd have already bought it!   

    Scott.

[Corey Bowcutt]

If the bent fender on the car was original to the car would it not be worth trying to straighten it?  If not an original fender, then I would certainly replace.

Corey

[Coralsnake]

Lets just say its not an unfair price.

I think straightening that is time and cost prohibitive. I have seen some good pdr videos but I think those guys are few and far between.

I think that fender is your best option.

[CharlesTurner]

The fender could likely be fixed, but would be challenging/time consuming.  There's a reinforcing brace on the back of the fender, it would likely need to be at least partially removed.

Depending how original the car is, a good used original fender may be another option, considering if sheet metal date stamps are important.

[Coralsnake]

Its an option if you can find a  rust free one. Then you can weld up all the emblem holes

[mark p]

Ugh. sorry to see this... hope that you can get everything squared away without too much extra angst.


... and hopefully the idiot offender/driver will get caught

[deathsled]

Sorry to see this.  Canvass the neighbors to see if any ring cameras might have caught a visual on the offender.

[azdriver]

Very sad to see this happen to a sunlit Gold car....    There is an NOS right side rocker molding on Ebay....

Pat

[davez]

Here's a rust free original in Forrest hill md.