Hey all, my family had a rough day Tuesdayy, my teenage son Roman was driving Coppertop, his Pro Touring 78 Cutlass wagon, on his way to work and a very negligent driver pulled right out in front of him while he was going about 40 mph. He tried to autocross around her but she never stopped and smashed into him as he was about to go by. The impact destroyed the front right of his car and it spun her around causing her rear bumper to crumple his rear 1/4 and blow out the rear window. His momentum caused him to cross over 2 lanes of traffic and jump a curb, ruining his brand new 18" wheels and Nitto tires. What a bummer. On mostly a Wendy's fast food paycheck budget he's been slowly fixing up this car for about 2 years and has recently collected a bunch of parts including Cipher seats, Speedtech suspension parts, and a Texas Speed cammed 6.0LS. He has some bruising from the seat belt and generally otherwise is ok, but he's real torn up about the whole thing, feeling the loss of his first car, which he's put so much into.Note this is his '78 Coppertop, not my '79 Pumkinator, many people have thought it was my car.
We'll now have to put the performance upgrades on hold and direct efforts to try to save the car, and could use everyone's help. Parts chasing will be a challenge, the front clip is unique to 78-79 Cutlass wagons and Salons and is different than the 2 and 4 door cars. We're not interested in swapping to a different year or make clip (such as Malibu), our cars match each other and that makes it that much more unique and fun for us. If anyone hears of parts for sale that will match up PLEASE get in contact with me. We're anticipating the insurance company will low ball us so hopefully we can find parts that fit his budget. We're not needing perfect show quality, just something that is in decent shape and will take only minor massaging to put to use. I have a spare bumper he can have and we'll likely get a fiberglass hood, so we need to round up a radiator support, front nose, fenders, and a right rear 1/4 panel. Thanks in advance for any help with this.
Here's a link to the accident news report, Click for Accident News
We'll now have to put the performance upgrades on hold and direct efforts to try to save the car, and could use everyone's help. Parts chasing will be a challenge, the front clip is unique to 78-79 Cutlass wagons and Salons and is different than the 2 and 4 door cars. We're not interested in swapping to a different year or make clip (such as Malibu), our cars match each other and that makes it that much more unique and fun for us. If anyone hears of parts for sale that will match up PLEASE get in contact with me. We're anticipating the insurance company will low ball us so hopefully we can find parts that fit his budget. We're not needing perfect show quality, just something that is in decent shape and will take only minor massaging to put to use. I have a spare bumper he can have and we'll likely get a fiberglass hood, so we need to round up a radiator support, front nose, fenders, and a right rear 1/4 panel. Thanks in advance for any help with this.
Here's a link to the accident news report, Click for Accident News
