just wrote my car off

[thestu]

[thestu]

Tucking wrecked rim brooo lol





Rear left wheels against strut tower



So it just ripped the control arm out of the socket, pulled the left hand drive shaft out and tore the bolts clean through the strut top (didn't damage the coilovers . didn't bend or break the steering rack or drive shaft. The wheels did most of the damage being forced back so quickly...

R.I.P. Mattey, registered the 17th of December at 9:30am, Burwood Vic roads.

Deceased on the 10th of January at 4:32am.

[velly_16v_cab]

i am almost crying looking at those pics!

[Preen59]

I'm more surprised that all the bog in it didn't come flying out of the bodywork!

[greasykitchen]

[thestu]

I'm more surprised that all the bog in it didn't come flying out of the bodywork!

What bog you retard? Lol it only had it in the side lines.

[Peter Jones]

Stu, can you keep the fuse box holder bracket for me please?

Seems odd, but I need two of them for cars that had them removed due to aftermarket airconditioning being fitted.

Pete

[Water Boy]

Lots of bent bits...

[thestu]

Stu, can you keep the fuse box holder bracket for me please?

Seems odd, but I need two of them for cars that had them removed due to aftermarket airconditioning being fitted.

Pete

yeh no worries mate might be able to drop those bits off tonight...if thats ok?

[Mr Messy]

Mate, I genuinely feel for you.

I wrote off my first car too, and it's an awful feeling.

I really enjoyed your build thread. When 16, my brother did an EH Holden from farm-find to stunner and I really appreciate the effort that goes into a car like yours. I read your thread in one sitting last week and it had me itching to buy an old Golf and learn everything the hard way too... I even tried to argue with the fiancee that a resto golf would be just as than her '67 mkII Mini. It didn't work, lol.

I know it seems crap, but it really could have been a lot worse. In my line of work I see too many families destroyed by crashes, and too many people disfigured for life because of a brain snap on the road. Hopefully this one setback after four months will make you a more careful, considered driver for the next 40 years, understanding that a licence is a special privilege rather than a right.

Take it easy on the cops too guys, they're only doing their job and for all we know they might have planned to let him go initially rather than wait until something like this happened.

[geoff_gti]

That's a sad sight man...glad to hear you're ok and the only damage was a chip to the ol' pride.

Good luck for the next project, looks like you're underway stipping out parts already

[sports racer]

Feel sorry for you Stu. For someone so young you show remarkable maturity over this issue.

I followed your build with great interest and you always blew me away with the amount of work you did every single friggin day! No problem too big for Stu to fix. You have been a great inspiration to all of us who dream of building up a Mk1.

Time to take a break and work out all the things you'd like to change on your next MK1? I wait with baited breath (whatever that means) for you to start your new project.

Cheers

Paul

[Mischa]

bad luck man but its all part of being a teenager eh

PS sell your coilovers to stevey weevey

[Preen59]

PS sell your coilovers to stevey weevey

Pretty sure they'll be rooted.

[Blitzen]

Mate...Its a sorry sight, but I'm glad you and your passengers got out of it ok. I think you jumped on the steepest part of the learning curve!! Chin up, and don't let it get to you too much. I did a similar thing when I was 18 with 2 girls in my first car, and nearly wrote it off by not looking where I was going. Chin up man.