Brother's wagon - R I P

tim_81coupe · Post by **tim_81coupe** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 12:11 am

Yep, sad to say it but its true. My brother has written off his L series wagon. The short of it is that he came out of a roundabout with some traction loss and ended up in a steel fence. He took out a section of the fence but what really did the damage was the brick pylon behind it. He's fine and there are no casualties except the L. The front bumper is sitting about where the passenger side cam pulley used to be, perhaps even a little further back.

Looking at the panel, frame and engine damage it definitely appears to be a write-off. We towed it back to my place with my ute and we will be wrecking it there. Will let you guys know if we're selling the tyres and / or lift, nearly everything else is up for grabs. Its a DL with the brown interior.

On a side note, the tow truck drivers that showed up were beyond vultures, they were short fused psychopathic owner operators. One told the cops that I was drunk (I wasn't, I had been at the pub though so I would've smelt like it) and the other would not leave even after we had the car back on the road and were towing it.

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 1:56 am

Ouch sorry to hear it

Hmm I wonder if it's possible to save it....I've got a fair few frontend parts from my old wagon. Can u post up some pics?

Milla · Post by **Milla** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 2:31 am

I used auto care, got em down from $270 to $150, siad i was poor uni student and only had $150 in the bank. They'll do anything 4 money. That was from domestic airport to thornlie.
BTW i need Rear CV's, axel, right rear door, possibly diff, and suspension.
let me no whats happenin

D3V1L · Post by **D3V1L** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 3:32 am

thats sad, it really is, RIP big fella

good to hear the bro is all good

dave

waggaclint · Post by **waggaclint** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 8:41 am

yeah that it mate as long as he is ok cars are replacable.........

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:44 am

that car wasnt on the road for long at all. not even 1 4x4 trip. so sad.

good to hear ur bro is ok.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:16 am

Towies are a strange breed aren't they ? Some states have a tow register to stop the vulture business ethics. Recently saw a towie trying to sell a car fresh from the accident scene telling everyone interested that the owner had 'sold' it to him in exchange for the tow, and it owed him $300. Funny though one of us knew the car, rang the crazy driver who had owned it until an hour earlier 4 km down the road. He had paid the towie $300 and asked him to take it to the tip !

Willie has a prety neat lookin', soundin' wagon for sale

vidler · Post by **vidler** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 1:31 pm

thats no good to hear...

i think i'd be keen for the tyres tim... i got the 14" rims, just shitty low profile tyres:)

and possibly the gear box.

BaronVonChickenPants · Post by **BaronVonChickenPants** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 5:31 pm

Poor bastard, didn't even get to abuse it or break it in a fun way.

Jordan.

Post by **Alex** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 8:32 pm

soo sad to hear...its sad when a good subi dies

good to hear everyone is ok..

alex

tim_81coupe · Post by **tim_81coupe** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:11 pm

Well truth be told, while it didn't go offroad even once he did actually own it for nearly 2 years. It was lifted and tyred about a month after he got his licence, about a year ago now.

We're thinking about rebuilding the front end rather crudely and making it into a farm hack, with my welded diff and my MY's old Weber'd EA82, maybe even using the old RS Liberty radiator I was going to throw out. First things first we're getting my blue sedan into a running state for him, currently its sitting engine-less with an EA81 and 3spd slushomatic waiting to go back in.

I'll keep the board posted.

fredsub · Post by **fredsub** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 9:08 am

Lifted L wagons just don't drift..they roll or as here, probably the tendency to roll scared ya into just going for the wall. Could've turned the wheel the other way tho, yeah I know alot happens in 2seconds. Its safer than rolling anyway.
stick Strictly to straight line speeds only.

BaronVonChickenPants · Post by **BaronVonChickenPants** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:40 am

How come you're not putting the EJ16 in the coupe? If I remember correctly all you really had to work out was the gearbox crossmember.

Jordan.

tim_81coupe · Post by **tim_81coupe** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:26 am

Wiring and fuel had to be done too, as well as sorting those inner CV's / gearbox output stubs.
The EA81 decision has been made for three reasons: reliability, one was available cheap and the HP couldn't punch the sedan out of a wet paper bag

I swapped my Sony Xplod head unit for the EA81 with an EA82 flexplate, converter and 3spd box. Staying with the EA81 drivetrain as this seems simpler to me.

BlackMale · Post by **BlackMale** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 12:57 pm

Good to hear that ya brotha is ok.

subanator · Post by **subanator** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:40 am

Gotta love the EA81's for being a reliable plodder, I wont want to see mine go for being so faithful, but will soon will be for sale.
And yeah, good to here you bro is ok too.

KERAZY · Post by **KERAZY** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 1:24 am

sell to me.

subanator · Post by **subanator** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 8:51 pm

KERAZY wrote:sell to me.

Serious?

If you are interested PM me with you contact details, thanks.

I will be selling it without the 27" Nangkangs, and will change the radio and spots over from my other wagon, apart from that - a swag of MY spares too!
Found out today that 27" Nangkangs are STILL available in WA, see my comments in "Spotted" when I put up a reply.

Cheers Roger

BlackMale · Post by **BlackMale** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 1:59 pm

subanator wrote:Found out today that 27" Nangkangs are STILL available in WA, see my comments in "Spotted" when I put up a reply.

Cheers Roger

They may be old stock though, meaning that you can not get new ones once they sell out.

subanator · Post by **subanator** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 12:52 am

Jaffa wrote:They may be old stock though, meaning that you can not get new ones once they sell out.

I am wondering that with the variety bash cars being fitted out at the moment that some stock may have come back into the state?? Just needs to be followed up with a phone call if anyone wants some to find out.