Opened up like a tin can!!!!!
 

See what can happen when you hit a chunk of concrete and it tumbles under the car. This was the small chunk out of all of them that were scattered across the roadway......

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I think that there might be someone here who has experience w/ concrete chunk gymikhana driving, now who was that? :cool:

Don't let Todd see this thread. He'll start to have concrete flashbacks.

Looks like a bit of welding is in order.

there was someone with a blue duck that had a similar problem. Bent the entire pedal mounting area too.

now here I was actually having a decent Monday...

What do you guys think a body shop is going to charge to fix something like this?

Probably not too much. Depending on if they can access to topside.

To make things less expensive remove (if possible) anything inside the car so they (or you) can hammer/dolly the tear flat. Hopefully they can butt weld it together or use a small patch along the damaged area. You can then treat, prime and undercoat yourself inexpensively.

Uhhh, Jeff Gordon?

Bummer! The stuff that ends up in the road everyday is amazing. I guess to look at the bright side, it could have been worse. You still have the car and yourself.

the only time i really appreciated a nice chunk of debris on the freeway, was when some Ahole in a lower honda accord cut me off, causing my involuntary finger to come up (he thought i was checking out his date). i hate when that happens, but it does. he then let me pull up next to him and he gave me all sorts of suggestion that i should do to myself. then the dumbass started tailgating me. i mean really close. i saw a chunk of rock on the freeway and just changed lanes into it and drove over it with my pickup truck. it was pretty big, enough that i flinched expecting it to hit my differencial. the Ahole switched lanes right behind me and went over the same chunk! i think i destroyed his car.

Cliff,

Great job! Thinning out the 'lemming's gene pool' never hurts ...

Elombard is in that group...

the tie down from the semi punched 3" holes every 3-4 inches all the way down the pan, and completely removed the pedal cluster from under eric's feet.

sjd

amazing this is the third one I have seen on the board. My damage was much more, it is going to end up costing ~$1200 to fix. For me that included a used pedal cluster and a new MC. Its not like new but its under the carpet. If someone wanted to restore to concours they could put in new floor pan sections down the road.