I am OK. Stressed more than anything. I had the car insured for $27,500 That is what I will receive minus the buy back. The shop that did the alignment does a lot of mopars . He is a very nice guy and uses my son for all their motor builds. I don't want to cut off my nose to spite my face. Also he is like the rest of us and has a family. I do not like the idea of ruining his business that feeds his kids. I will just take it as a lesson learned. I felt something wasn't right and I should have pulled over.
I will rebuild this car to the exactly as it was minus the drive line. The motor and trans will never see the street again. They will go into the Demon with a 23.5 cage and chassis. Turbo'd it should go 8's.
One thing I learned is when you have a cage in the car do not use factory seats. A full containment seat like our sprint car and a helmet should be wore . My soreness came from the side bar and it has NHRA approved pads No protection from a side impact to my ribs . Though the cage extending into the trunk saved the tank from getting ripped out.
The frame ties and the bars are what kept the car in one piece. Believe it or not I was doing the speed limit. My road is right past the next building after the pole I hit. When I hit the brakes for the turn the wheel moved back it went hard right and cut the tire. on the fender.
Oh yeah correction I had the car since 78 not 73. I found this on Craigs list. I believe this is the nicest so far. If anyone has anything nicer let me know. Thanks for all your concerns. This happened two days ago Steve
1971 Plymouth Duster