240z!!! Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 this was a buddys car...its a 78 280z original 5 speed # matching 1 owner car....he was coming around a turn while it was wet and dropped a cigarette in his lap and looked down for 3 seconds or so then looked up and seen his car about to go off the road naturally he jerks the other way then went off a 4 foot ditch(it had the front smashed up just like a dukes of hassard jump) then abruptly slammed into a tree....here's the aftermath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240z!!! Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 more pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffer949 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 ouch. See another reason you shouldnt smoke!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PR280z Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 this was a buddys car...its a 78 280z original 5 speed # matching 1 owner car....he was coming around a turn while it was wet and dropped a cigarette in his lap and looked down for 3 seconds or so then looked up and seen his car about to go off the road naturally he jerks the other way then went off a 4 foot ditch(it had the front smashed up just like a dukes of hassard jump) then abruptly slammed into a tree....here's the aftermath Thats sad . Was he ok? Those cigs:nono: can really do some harm. What are his plans on the z? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeron Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 tubeframe?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Yikes... hope he's ok! I smoked for eight years and dropped a cig or two into my lap. You know what else you have to be careful with? Letting a cigarette out your window when the rear window is also down! I had one of my cigs nail a buddy right in the face cause it flew back into the car! Nasty habit, but man, I really miss it sometimes!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I can fix this....my dad's a TV repair man.......he's got a ton or tools! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240z!!! Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 there's no fixing her...unless of coarse he cut the front half off of one in a junk yard then weld them together.....he's still holding onto the thought he maybe able to fix it, just because it was his first car....but he'll break down and sell it to me here in a while...then there will be a full partout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustyfriend Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Sure glad he's ok...I can only imagine the force required to do some damage like that! Keep us posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharaohabq Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 ouch. See another reason you shouldnt smoke!! My thoughts exactly. I don't know how many times I've had cigs plink off my car when some assmunch flicks a butt out the window. Pisses me off. Sucks about the car... How's the interior shape? hehe Dash? Center console? hehehe I'm amazed the hubcaps stayed on, I used to lose mine left and right. I probably replaced 4 of them, and spent 10 hours backtracking, looking for the ones I found and didn't have to replace. Phar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Cel Phone distracted him you say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naviathan Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 A little buffing will fix that right up. Seriously though, that sucks. I hate seeing a good Z go down like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240z!!! Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 Sure glad he's ok...I can only imagine the force required to do some damage like that! Keep us posted. oh he's beat up but ok....oh and i forgot to mention he cracked the windshield with his head b/c of not wearing a seatbelt...and he said he was doing anywhere from 60-70 mph......just imagine that wreck if he had taken those big bumpers off...it would have been ten times worse.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharaohabq Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 oh he's beat up but ok....oh and i forgot to mention he cracked the windshield with his head b/c of not wearing a seatbelt...and he said he was doing anywhere from 60-70 mph......just imagine that wreck if he had taken those big bumpers off...it would have been ten times worse.... No seat belts?? That's just dumbass. he's really lucky he's not paralyzed. a whole lotta bad stuff can happen at 30 MPH w/ no belt on, much much worse at 60. I'm not saying I don't feel bad for him, but it's all his own fault, not the rain or the road's, it's his.. Phar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
at-jefft Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Dibs on the hood. Damn. The fact that he is okay gives me some serious confidence that s30s aren't death traps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seabee280z Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 i want the motor if he is interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jknc90 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Dibs on the hood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240z!!! Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 i want the motor if he is interested. ive tried to tell him to sell me the whole thing so i can part it out...but its his first car and he thinks he's gonna fix it up....im just gonna give him a little more time to greave then ill talk him into selling it to me....just look for it in the "parts for sale" forum..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buZy Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Lesson here: Don't smoke and drive! Glad he is ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddmanout84 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Good thing he's ok. I can has his parts though? lol Seriously... if he wants to part it out, I could definitely use some of the electronics, specifically the ign relay and any other relays. At least that way the Z will live on in a sense, keeping others on the road instead of the junkyard or worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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