well.....Fred has been reduced to an organ donor.

A hard lesson indeed, but thankfully Josh is able to talk about it, plus perhaps his siblings will take note.
There are plenty of other cars out there, and now he's got a good drivetrain to work with.

I destroyed my share of cars in my youth, probably one other person's share too, but I was fortunate enough that I never experienced a wreck like that. My ex wife's son was all excited to get her 75 Dart Swinger when he got his license, had a mountain of plans and ideas for the car. About 6 weeks after he was given the keys, I got a phone call at 3 AM when he hit a utility pole a few blocks from home. Dead centered and pushed the engine back about 8 inches. His mother kept asking me why I wouldn't fix it, I left it sitting in the front yard for a month for all the neighbors to see, then I made him help me strip it before I dragged it to the scrap yard.