Hi Bryan,
Ouch, Sorry to hear that. Hope he had insurance. Most of the parts are
available. Keep your chin
up, at least you got to drive it for a couple of tanks full. Man that would
burn me up, but I guess
what can you say.
Sorry
Rick
Bryan Vandiver wrote:
> Well, I decided to drive my freshly restored bugeye to work this morning.
>It's been really fun to
> drive, especially now that I've worked most the bugs out. So far I've only
>gone through two tanks
> of gas.
> So I strap the child seat in the car to take my oldest son to daycare (Tyler
>- almost 3). He loves
> riding in the car with me, and has a fit, unless he's with 'daddy'. In any
>case all goes well, the
> car is running and driving great, and Tyler's having a great morning. I take
>him into the daycare
> center, they have the Shania Twain CD on (Tyler's favorite) so we do some
>dancing (he loves to
> dance to all music), and I leave with both of us in a great mood. I walk out
>to the parking lot,
> and some guy in a large pickup has just finished backing into the front of my
>car!! Took out the RT
> headlight assembly, and slightly buckled the bonnet around the headlamp :-(
> Needless to say, I was less than thrilled.
> So at lunch I'll be seeing the guy who originally did my body/paint for an
>estimate.
>
> BTW - anyone out there have a orginal chrome inner and outer headlamp ring
>set for a bugeye in
> excellent condition?? Hopefully it won't be necessary, but I may be in need
>of a nice straight
> steel bonnet too.
>
> Bryan Vandiver (59-bugeye)
> San Jose, CA
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