1969 Dart Pro touring daily driver **Crashed**
Damage report:
A year ago I had a friend (retired crash repair guy) look at the car and take some measurements. He found that the car was not bent out of shape that badly, about 5mm out of tolerance, the passenger side needs to be pulled down if I remember correctly.
The car did not hit a wall and totally buckle or bend, as it travelled over two high curbs most of the energy went into tearing the front suspension apart. The passenger side of the car is the worst, the wheel moved way back damaging the inner fender and bucking the passenger footwell a lot.
What’s funny is that all of the work done to stiffen the front end, control arms, k-member, strut rods, boxed inner fenders, J-bars etc. probably helped keep the car from bending more. There are no typical cracks around the a-pillars which is often seen on crashed cars.
Damage to front suspension:
- pretty much everything scrapped
- the only parts I’m hoping to keep is the steering column, centre link and spindles
Damage to car:
- passenger side footwell from wheel going back (difficult to see in photos)
- passenger side inner fender
- upper control arm mounts
Body panels:
- right fender is toast (left fender can be salvaged)
- bumper
Brakes:
- All the lines up need to be redone, hope to reuse the discs
Wheels:
- the two rear rims appear to be ok, will have to investigate if any can be reused
Now that most of the damage has been covered the next post should be the beginning of the repairs.
Damage report:
A year ago I had a friend (retired crash repair guy) look at the car and take some measurements. He found that the car was not bent out of shape that badly, about 5mm out of tolerance, the passenger side needs to be pulled down if I remember correctly.
The car did not hit a wall and totally buckle or bend, as it travelled over two high curbs most of the energy went into tearing the front suspension apart. The passenger side of the car is the worst, the wheel moved way back damaging the inner fender and bucking the passenger footwell a lot.
What’s funny is that all of the work done to stiffen the front end, control arms, k-member, strut rods, boxed inner fenders, J-bars etc. probably helped keep the car from bending more. There are no typical cracks around the a-pillars which is often seen on crashed cars.
Damage to front suspension:
- pretty much everything scrapped
- the only parts I’m hoping to keep is the steering column, centre link and spindles
Damage to car:
- passenger side footwell from wheel going back (difficult to see in photos)
- passenger side inner fender
- upper control arm mounts
Body panels:
- right fender is toast (left fender can be salvaged)
- bumper
Brakes:
- All the lines up need to be redone, hope to reuse the discs
Wheels:
- the two rear rims appear to be ok, will have to investigate if any can be reused
Now that most of the damage has been covered the next post should be the beginning of the repairs.
