Duster was totalled
As said earlier, at least both of you survived with out major injury or worse.
That car looks pretty bad. I'm surprised though, the front frame rails look fine, it looks like the inner fenders just peeled off.
I know you guys on the west coast may think I'm nuts but that car can be fixed, the front would be easy. The rear is pretty bad but I have seen worse and they come out nice. A buddy of mine has a 65 Barracuda that was rear ended so bad the left tail light was over the left rear tire, it pulled the rear of the car down and in so far that the rear window was just hanging there in mid air. He had a friend of ours put it on the frame rack just for kicks to see if he could get it straight enough for new quarters so he could tub it with a complete rear frame clip but It came out so straight that it only needs one quarter and the rear panel, and the only thing wrong with the frame rails is the left one has two pie cuts that need to be fixed and he had to dolly out one small section of the trunk floor. The surprising part is he only had about 7 hours on the frame rack.
Being in the midwest, I'm use to seeing cars fixed that would get junked on the west coast, granted our problem is usually rust but if it was my car and it has the sentimental value to you that my Fish or my fathers 63 does to me then I wouldn't let anyone tell me it couldn't be done, I would actually feel that I owe it to myself to try before I gave up on it, that may be just me though. At the very least spend a few bucks at a good frame shop and see what it looks like after it is pulled out, if the frame is to far gone then just hang a new set of quarters, deck lid and tail panel on it then tub it, you only need the outer sheet metal for that and you can save the car.
Take a look at what this guy fixed down in Texas.
http://www.impalas.net/forums/showthread.php?t=686
My car was rough but it was my first car and I couldn't get myself to part with it. Here is a peek at it when I had the back cut up, I had also removed the tail panel but I can't find that photo.
As said earlier, at least both of you survived with out major injury or worse.
That car looks pretty bad. I'm surprised though, the front frame rails look fine, it looks like the inner fenders just peeled off.
I know you guys on the west coast may think I'm nuts but that car can be fixed, the front would be easy. The rear is pretty bad but I have seen worse and they come out nice. A buddy of mine has a 65 Barracuda that was rear ended so bad the left tail light was over the left rear tire, it pulled the rear of the car down and in so far that the rear window was just hanging there in mid air. He had a friend of ours put it on the frame rack just for kicks to see if he could get it straight enough for new quarters so he could tub it with a complete rear frame clip but It came out so straight that it only needs one quarter and the rear panel, and the only thing wrong with the frame rails is the left one has two pie cuts that need to be fixed and he had to dolly out one small section of the trunk floor. The surprising part is he only had about 7 hours on the frame rack.
Being in the midwest, I'm use to seeing cars fixed that would get junked on the west coast, granted our problem is usually rust but if it was my car and it has the sentimental value to you that my Fish or my fathers 63 does to me then I wouldn't let anyone tell me it couldn't be done, I would actually feel that I owe it to myself to try before I gave up on it, that may be just me though. At the very least spend a few bucks at a good frame shop and see what it looks like after it is pulled out, if the frame is to far gone then just hang a new set of quarters, deck lid and tail panel on it then tub it, you only need the outer sheet metal for that and you can save the car.
Take a look at what this guy fixed down in Texas.
http://www.impalas.net/forums/showthread.php?t=686
My car was rough but it was my first car and I couldn't get myself to part with it. Here is a peek at it when I had the back cut up, I had also removed the tail panel but I can't find that photo.
