The wheels or the car??

Driving in willeton. Had car behind be ran a red light and assumed a single lane road was a double lane.

Old falcon forced me off the road into the curb, (it was either go off and take massive impact from side) clipped a power pole and went up the curb.

Sad $h#tty Morning.


Completely folded front wheel like a tin can right wheel is straight and left is on a 45degree angle. Hopefully the lips can get re-rolled?

Front fender got pushed right in with lamp pole and pulled bumper with it.

Need to track down another fender and possibly a new bumper, and some front suspension bits that no doubt are bent/twisted to buggery!

Worst part is driver didnt even stop and I didnt get a plate!!

 
Hoping to get new lip for it - or see if they can be re-rolled.
That picture kind of shows impact that was taken.
 
Spoke to former policeman, said it was difficult as that car didnt technically hit me and makes it difficult as i didnt get a plate.

Not sure if going ahead to fix this, cosmetic damage isnt much but few arms need replacing underneath. Might start looking for a nice MR2 to transfer some bits over and start again.
 
Basically this is what happened:

I think I basically had 4 choices.

a) Get T Boned by a probably speeding car running a red light - impact no doubt would of been my drivers side door
b) Lock up brakes and still probably get into scenario (a)
c) Try and avoid and go into oncoming traffic possibly injure myself and some other party
d) Choose the curb, even with the light pole.
The ASS (according to witness) didn't even stop at the light and kept going, the road I was continuing straight on was only wide enough for one car.

Know what you mean!
That being said, avoided it - I wasnt injured - if I was T-Boned would of been drivers side door and car would be an instant write-off, would also cause fair bit of impact to me!
 
Estimate to fix: Depending if this is accurate may go ahead with it.
$600 Structural repair (Rowe and Sons Car Restoration)
$250 to fix wheel (Bob@ Perth Wheel Repairs)
$70 Front Trailing Arm (Tristan @WTF Auto)
$50 Front Fender (??)
$20 paint. (Automotive Paint Tools and Equipment)
$50 - Misc. Wheel alignment, new coolant etc
 
Unfortunately have to drop the coolant! Which was only replaced a fortnight ago!

Thats a bugger, but at least you are OK, thats the main thing.
 
Re coolant, you should be able to drain it in to a clean container from the drains under the bottom of the car, in the metal pipes that are under the fuel tank.  The front radiator also has a drain tap.  If you are careful you should be able to avoid contamination and save the majority of it. 
 
The drain in the block will be hard to catch the coolant cleanly, and not all motors have the block drain.
 
Cheers

I reckon the black looks nice on the white car, gives a continuous dark strip across the back which looks good IMO.
 
btw, more MP does not always mean better pics, as you have realised. 
 
Cheers

Cleaning out the shed got sidetracked slightly after i found these.