Yea he basically pit manuevered you, all I can say is wow, luckily you acted quickly, and its good to hear that no one was seriously injured. good luck on the rebuild too.

 

Thanks for the offer Chris, but I won't drag you all the way over here just for that. However, if you are interested in coming over for an autocross next weekend, let me know and I'll get you the details on the event.

 

Bumper cover? I seen one in the junk yard that was sunrise red. Talking about the urethane nose thing?

 

Sorry to hear about this **** Mark. If you need any help, let me know. I'm only a couple of hours from GR, and I have a few decent pick-n-pull yards in the Detroit area (if something isn't available from Northern Indiana). I'm available all day tomorrow to give you a hand wrenching. I'll PM you my number.

 

Holy crap dude. I'm off the forum for a couple of days, and find out about this happening to you. I'm glad your okay. Sucks about the car. Just remember, it can be fixed if you want it to.

It just kills me that people get hammered, and still get under the steering wheel and drive. Some people are just stupid......

 

Starting the teardown now. I've got the front bumper off, and have found that one of the shocks for the bumper is badly tweaked.

I'll keep you guys posted on the progress and my findings. Thanks again for everyone's support.

 

I want to give a great big THANK YOU! to forum member Waldog ( https://www.rx7club.com//member.php?u=126132 )

Not only did he find the parts I needed, but he went to the junkyard and pulled them all off the car for me. Then, he drove 3 hours each way to deliver them to my doorstep!!!

I had never met, or spoken with this guy before. He heard about my car, and started working on a solution for me. And he's not even a 1st gen owner (2nd gen, but don't hold that against him)!

When I asked him why he was doing this, he told me that he had broken down before and somebody helped him out. Great guy.

 

freakin awsome!!!!

He should be a first owners lol

 

Wow man! Glad you are ok, that must have been scary. It's always good to see this community in action, thanks waldog!!

Hope it all goes back together smoothly!

 

kudos to waldog, its great to see a community so active in helping others

 

Karma my friend, karma.

 

Honestly, sounds scary. Fortunately it worked out without anyone in the hospital or morgue.

Hope all works out with the car and the injuries. Best of luck.

 

Wow, I hate to see this happened to you man. I hate drunk drivers. That is so reckless. I wouldn't care if they could only hurt themselves, but unfortunately that isn't the case.

I am glad no one was seriously injured...except that pretty ole rex. Luckily it wasn't anything serious. It should be ready to head down south for more meets in no time!

I hate that the guy got away, but he will get what's coming to him down the line. Just as stated above, Karma.

 

Thanks guys. I'll be missing her tomorrow, while I'm racing some other guy's RX7.

 

better i think someone else's loaner seven than no seven at all :/

 

That's really awesome. Mega props to Waldog. Best of luck getting her back together, Kentetsu.

 

Any updates? I'm curious how the rebuild is coming Mark...

 

+1

 

Well, I've got all of the body panels off the car. Close inspection has revealed some crumpled areas that I'll have to deal with before mounting the new parts. The cross member that runs along (in front of) the top of the radiator is the worst. The passenger side hood hinge mount has been moved inboard about 1" or so.

I'm trying to decide how to deal with that right now. Not sure if I should just try to bend it back, or if I should cut the whole section out and weld in a section from a parts car. Maninblack has offered to assist with parts and welding if I go the cut/weld route.

Right now (as always) the biggest problem is time. Between work and family, there's just not enough to go around right now.

 

Two thumbs down for that news. Sucks big time but you'll get her rolling again.

 

Wow, I have been traveling for work and I missed all of this!

Sorry to hear about that. I have mad respect for your car and I hate to see one of the greats have fallen. She will rise again. Since you coined my car 'Nemesis" my I suggest Phoenix for your car?

 

I have a 85 shell hit hard in rear. Front end is clean. It is heading to TN this weekend to donate its motor - so in the next week or so the entire front section will be available. Chad has a plasma so we can get any section you need from it. Just let me know what parts you need and they will be heading your way.

-billy

 

Sorry I missed all this earlier on, but glad you came out fine. If you need a hand with anything I'll make a trip down for you.

 

can you post pics of the structural damage? might be able to get advice from someone who has done a similar repair and maybe you can get some suggestions.

 

Billy, thanks again for the offer. I think I'll be all set though, because Maninblack has a couple of shells "out back" and has offered to pick the car up, take it down to his shop, cut the old sections out and weld in the new sections. So, if that is the route I have to go, most everything is already lined up for me.

Sam, I'm always happy to have you in town. I don't think you'll need to make a special trip over for this though. Most of the work shouldn't be too difficult, it's really just a matter of getting the time to address the situation.

Mazdaverx713b, I've been wanting to snap some photos of the damage so I could get some expert input on how to address it. Hopefully this weekend I'll get a chance, although I'll be working long shifts straight through til Monday

Thanks again for everyone's support. This would have been a real nightmare to go through without you guys and your parts/technical/moral support.