F'ing ... storm!

**mr4teth** · 04-17-2010, 03:19 PM

Mental note ... "if in doubt about a storm, leave the hot rod at home!"

Complements of a flying shingle!!

**silver03tt** · 04-17-2010, 03:31 PM

OUCH! That stinks.

**Wolfpack Speed** · 04-17-2010, 03:42 PM

Oh man, very sorry to see that. You car is so sweet, you must be losing your mind...

**Inkdcountryboy** · 04-17-2010, 03:44 PM

That made me feel sick and its not even mine until christmas

**SteelTownStang** · 04-17-2010, 03:47 PM

That sucks!!!!

**mr4teth** · 04-17-2010, 03:49 PM

Yep .. sick is a good analogy! It really didn't hit me until today when I went down and looked at it! It's driving me nuts, I can't even clean the car or try to buff it out "per my insurance company" :mad1:

**speedracer** · 04-17-2010, 04:31 PM

When I first saw that I thought that was just dirt on the paint... I'd tell my insurance company that IF it don't all... 100% buff out it's getting repainted.

**mr4teth** · 04-17-2010, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by speedracer

When I first saw that I thought that was just dirt on the paint... I'd tell my insurance company that IF it don't all... 100% buff out it's getting repainted.

It will need repainted, the scratches are down to the surface.

I'm most concerned my vinyl strips won't match or line up after whoever repaints it.

I'm think I want W&W do my repairs since they have a lot of experience with GT500's. They basically rebuilt a car last year. What a mess that was! EVERY panel on the car was damaged. I don't understand why that car wasn't totaled!

**John4cam** · 04-17-2010, 04:42 PM

Wow....sorry to see that. That makes my stomach turn.

**Flyin Monkey** · 04-17-2010, 04:53 PM

THat sucks.

**Martin0660** · 04-17-2010, 05:41 PM

Wow, that's terrible ... The storm was pretty nasty, we just got power back on ... right at 24 hours outage.

**MBH** · 04-17-2010, 05:52 PM

This breaks my heart to see that :(

Maybe you can get your stripes painted on then?

**scott5** · 04-17-2010, 07:03 PM

man, sorry to see that mark

**wick** · 04-17-2010, 07:11 PM

Ouch man. That sucks.

**v6mustang01** · 04-17-2010, 08:16 PM

ouch..sorry to see that....storm wasnt to bad here

**PaxtonShelby** · 04-17-2010, 08:24 PM

Sorry that you got caught up in that storm. I know it sucks, but at least a tree didn't fall on it or something like that. The winds were whipping bigtime - could have been a lot worse!!

Hang in there - She'll be all fixed up before cruising season gets here!!

I remember last year after the vintage grand prix I was home with my '66 and the weather started to get really ugly really quick. During the summer I only have 2 spots in my garage. My wife's '66 was in there ( apart ), and my '66 and '90 LX 5.0 were home. I knew the storm was going to be ugly, and I didn't want anything to stay outside and risk being damaged, so I decided to take my '66 to my Dad's building where I have kept it the last few years. I pulled the '90 inside my garage and jumped in the '66 to take it to my Dad's place ( about 1/2 mile away from my house ). In less than a minute, the winds started whipping and it got black as night outside ( at 7pm in July ). Halfway there, I'm ripping up the street, hurrying more than a little, and a BIG tree branch falls from a tree in a front yard, hits the ground, and actually blows across the street right at me, stump end first. I swerved all the way into the other lane, but still ran over the fat end of the branch ( had to be at least 5-6 inches thick ). BOOM!! I had no idea what the damage was, but I drove the last 1/4 mile and pulled into Dad's place, where I found that there was absolutely no damage. I pulled a chunk of wood off the front floor support near where the subframe connector is welded. But that was it - not even a scratch. I couldn't believe it. It could have been SO much worse for me.

Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that, no matter how careful you are, sometimes stuff happens. I was really lucky, and even though you have some damage, realize it could have been worse. Mother nature really has a chip on her shoulder these days...that bitch!

Good luck getting her all fixed up, good as new!!

**03 OW SVT** · 04-17-2010, 10:13 PM

Sorry to see that Mark. I know you had to be pissed, crushed, frustrated etc. etc.... Whoever fixes it, don't settle for anything less then perfect.

**Viper_ed** · 04-17-2010, 11:26 PM

Looks like a good chance to paint the stripes on now the way they should of been in the first place instead of the cheap ass stickers the Shelby's have.