Thread: A really bad night

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Last Saturday night I let my granddaughter borrow my Vette to take to a truck show at the local mall. It was not a show but a bunch of idiots doing donuts, burn outs and other things of a stupid nature.
I don't know the whole story, probably never will, but she totaled my Vette running under the front of a Dodge Ram with so much force she bent the steering wheel backwards.
Since it's private property we had a devil of a time getting the cops to come out and when the arrived all they did was run off the juvenile delinquents.
The car is rebuildable though it becomes my grandson Ian's problem as I gave the car to him, He is going to get the car when I pass so this is just a little early.Vette 1.jpgVette 2.jpgVette3.jpgtruck1.jpg

Oh man Ken, I am so so sorry to see this. Is your granddaughter OK?



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Sorry about the 'vette., Ken as I know it meant a lot to you. Is this the same granddaughter that took her "new" car to see her friends, and it ended up getting wrecked by one of her girlfriends a while back - Granddaughter's new car

Originally Posted by Mike P

Oh man Ken, I am so so sorry to see this. Is your granddaughter OK?

Granddaughter has bruised ribs and is sore, otherwise ok,



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Originally Posted by rspears

Sorry about the 'vette., Ken as I know it meant a lot to you. Is this the same granddaughter that took her "new" car to see her friends, and it ended up getting wrecked by one of her girlfriends a while back - Granddaughter's new car

Same granddaughter, she's wrecked, or had wrecked, 3 of her cars and now my Vette, the kid makes VERY POOR decisions.

Wow so sorry to hear this. Nice vette, shame this happened.

So sorry to hear this and see the pictures of the Corvette - you had a lot invested in that car in terms of time and tinkering. Glad your grandaughter is okay - this will end up being an expensive lesson. I'm sure she feels just sick about this and a lot of tears have no doubt been shead. It's sometimes hard to remember that, "...the only thing that is the end of the world is - the end of the world." This isn't it but she probably feels like it is darn close. Along with admonishment she needs your reassurance of your love and also a plan to pay her brother for the car.

Ouch!

Thanks Glenn
My grandson Ian is her cousin and that is in the works.

Wow! I am very sorry to hear this and see the pics. I'm glad your granddaughter is OK. I'm sure your grandson will need help and advice to fix it. No one better for that than you.

Crap, that really sucks, hopefully it will get rebuilt soon.

Sorry to see the Vette like that. Perhaps she needs to be intimately involved in the repair to see the repercussions of her actions.

Originally Posted by MP&C

Sorry to see the Vette like that. Perhaps she needs to be intimately involved in the repair to see the repercussions of her actions.

That sounds like a bloody good idea to me.
We've all done stupid things at times; I know I have.
I borrowed my father's car one evening and drove straight through a T intersection into a ditch t'other side.
And I paid...I had to work for him whenever I had the time for quite some time.
That was a salutary lesson to me....whatever I break through stupidity - I pay for it.

I'm very sorry to see this Ken! I'm very glad your granddaughter is alright and no one else was injured. Here's your oppurtunity to build a modified corvette and not feel guilty. Put a 68-72 front clip on it with a 73 up hood. Use a 80-82 fiberglass bumper cover and modify it to accept 68-73 bumpers.

I agree it would be great to have your granddaughter help/watch fix this car. Maybe it will help her realize her actions have deeper impacts than just tossing a vehicle and getting another?

That is really a sad tale. Life can teach some hard lessons and this one is harder than many.

new surround and core support and your golden. kids are good so it's all good.

Ken,

I'd be fishing around the web for video, to see who was at fault. 3 cars for one grandchild, sorry, she would not be getting the keys to anything I own after number 2. She most certainly needs to be involved in the repairs, hard, dirty, back breaking, a real learning tool. Otherwise, she will continue to not care about the consequences if there aren't any.

With that said, I am glad that everyone is OK, that may not have ended well for you, or her if someone decided they were hurt and needed to seek medical/legal guidance. Just saying.

Bill S.