So it was my first accident in Cricket, actually my first accident since I was a teen.
I was driving East on E. Burnside, it was rainy and dark out, and a big truck crossed right in front of me as if she didn’t see me! Had to slam on brakes and hit her. It was a loud sound, but nobody was hurt. The damage wasn’t that bad, but the tow truck had to pull the drivers fender away from the tire so I could steer.
- dent in bumper
- dent in fender
- small dent in hood
- dent in trim around headlight and wheel well
Filed a claim with her insurance, and they accepted liability. Estimate was almost $1800 in damages. They found a place that works on classic cars, and a friend of mine has a friend at a classic car place that specializes in Mopars.
Now, I have a spare body in the garage, but I didn’t tell the insurance company this. I can probably live with the fender and hood damage, and just get the other stuff fixed. That would mean I may have some money to play around with, to fix other things. If I’m going to restore the car with the body in the garage, why would I want to repair the minor damage to the running body? I don’t have a ton of money to play with, but going to go talk to some pros about my options.
If you haven’t been up here in a while, I ‘ve found some really fun songs about Barracuda’s - original ones from the same era. I’ve put them in the right sidebar for easy download.
The Knickerbockers sang 2 songs: Mighty, Mighty Barracuda - and Bite, Bite Barracuda.
The Surfari’s did a great little song: Boss Barracuda
& an unknown artist did: Go, Go, Go Barracuda! - if anyone know’s who did this, let me know!
Enjoy!
Portland has gotten hit hard with this storm, as well as many places in the NW and all over the country! I’m actually snowed in here, and no chains for Cricket. I tried opening the trunk, to see if there happened to be some chains back there that I didn’t know about, but couldn’t get the trunk opened. Tried opening the doors, but they were frozen solid as well. I’m glad that I made sure and put lots of anti-freeze in the radiator recently. The temperatures haven’t been super cold, but staying below freezing. I just hope nothing happens to her because of this snow. Portland doesn’t see this kind of snow, and the city didn’t know it would hit this hard until the day before. All reports we say said it was going to snow, but none said it would be this bad, and it is supposed to be this way for several more days. Looks like I’m on foot to get to the store for food and supplies, dang!
Well, Cricket isn’t an only car now. She has to share the driveway with a younger and less thirsty car. I brought home a 1992 Ford Tempo (ick!) that was my grandmas. 80,000 miles, small 4cylinder engine. This will be the jetting around town kind of car since gas is sooooo expensive right now. Cricket will remain the baby, and only go out for fun drives here and there. This is the first process of getting things ready for the restoration, having a second car to drive. I’m not even going to post photos of the new car. I know Cricket is pissed enough to have to share the driveway.
I decided to update my template and give it a newer and a bit cleaner layout. Nothing major, but just an update. If there’s anything you would like to see on this site, or have suggestions, feel free to contact me or comment and I’ll see what I can do.
