"From Peacok to feather-duster" - a lovely Zed is lost

[doudous]

I am a lurker on your forum and generally keep a low profile - ...but had to share this tragedy with some fellow Zed lovers.... 

I have been patiently getting this Zed ready for a client for the last 2 months - it was finally ready - she had never looked so good - I made a video of the car the day she was to go to her new home.... later that night I was driving home with my son and was rammed from behind by an uninsured electrician half-way up the Gladesville bridge...

Luckily no-one was hurt... but it's so sad when a beautifully preserved classic car is destroyed...

Before:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w37Z1FJC_5g



After:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyI810syzUg

Cheers Phil

[aidannn]

jesus thats devastating phil.

whats going to happen to the bastard that rammed you>?

[Lynton]

Damn shame when you think how hard we all work to get our machines in pristine condition while at the same time we watch the number of Zeds on our roads diminish, even more frivolous when your just out enjoying the daily drive. Lynton

[Roberto]

My worst fear.     Was the car insured, Doudous?

One is gone, but at least there will be plenty of parts to help others zeds out there.

[doudous]

Luckily I am insured, but hello premium hike next year and goodbye $3000 excess... I guess the insurance company will chase the guy for the money...

[Z]

That is a nightmare I never want to make reality - sorry to see another good example get lost.

[nizm0zed]

the steering wheel is on the wrong side???


Is it completely gone? Or can it(will it) be saved?
If its getting fixed, i have a hatch here you can have.
I know its not much, but its all i have to spare.

[Scoota G]

That's very sad indeed. Dale probably has the perfect donor car to repair this.

[chris240]

daaaang !
I sat in that car last year & had a good look thru it...very clean zed.

[doudous]

I don't think it's repairable economically - it would need a rear cut and alot of work...  the whole shell has been bent in the impact - the doors wont open and close, the floor in the boot is bent...

I think I could probably buy the car back from the insurance company for parts.... However I think the laws have recently changed to the effect that if a car is written off by an insurance company it can no longer be repaired and re-registered.

It was interesting to see that where all the metal bent and the paint cracked open that there was no bog or filler anywhere in the car - all original steel.

If there is a donor car out there  - I think this car would need to take the identity of the donor car.

[nizm0zed]

sad stuff.....

I would strongly suggest buying the wreck back and stripping it, or perhaps the owner is willing to do it?

Its sad, but they arent overly common, it would be a bigger waste to see it lost to the insurance company and turned into scrap steel.

(ps, bags the front spoiler and maybe the front door windows)

[Stivva]

I saw this car only thursday outside the car yard. It was looking totally unreal, made me turn my head something incredible.

[zzzzed]

I may be interested in the seats and trim if you buy ot back to part out

[doudous]

Is it worth buying the car back from the insurance company for $4K?

Cheers Phil

[benny]

Hard to know by just looking at the pics... $4000 is a bit much i think considering its LHD and some of the key interior components are useless unless you had a another LHD shell. Can you negotiate to purchase at a lower price??