[jet911]

Hello all!

I posted this on Rennlist as well.

A very sad day Yesterday (and today). Yesterday on the way to work, I was cut off on the freeway. In an effort avoid hitting the idiot, I had to crank hard to the right going about 60 mph. The rear of my P-car swung around and I found myself sliding sidways. I'm lucky enough to maneuver the car between several cars as I'm sliding to the right through two lanes of traffic. My luck ended as I plowed into a GMC truck's rear bumper (the last car I needed to get by). Major impact was to the driver door and the rear quarter panel (not much left). It appears there is structural damange as well. Anyway thank god no body got injured.

So here's the deal.

1986 Coupe, 99,900 miles (just getting ready to turn 100K). Engine is strong, tranny is fine, wheels, seats, etc., are all okay.

Insurance company is going to total the car. They are offering me $19,612.95 or $16,612.95 and the car.

I'm thinking about taking the $16.6K and the car. I think I can part out the car and do okay, plus help out some folks in need of parts. In fact, I started the car (starts right up - like always) and it was driveable (slowly).

What do you guys think? I recently saw where a good 3.2 engine went for $7.5K. If I decide to keep the car and part it out, it looks like I could easily recoupe the $3K. The only problem is my location being in SLC where there is not a hugh market, thus I would need to ship parts.

Opinions Please!

Regards,
Jim
'86 Coupe (Crashed)