Broken Wings - November 2008

[My Raven]

Another Rash of Retro Salvage Birds Have Shown Up .... :sad: :sad: :sad:

First, 02 EB with 45k miles: CA Salvage/Flood Title

[My Raven]

03 MSG with 61k miles: GA Salvage Title: This MSG Had My Favorite Combination With Saddle Accent.

[My Raven]

Another Rear-Ender: 02 EB with 25k miles: OH Salvage Title

[5bird7]

Hmm, rear of one and front of other - two cars merge and you're good to go again! ha! ha!

[My Raven]

Two Hurricane Ike Victims I Suspect: Check Out the Water in Both Sets of Headlamps ...

02 IY and 03 EB with TX Flood/Parts Only Titles ...

[My Raven]

Apparantly This Vandal Was Going to Make Sure What Happens In Vegas Wasn't Going to Stay In Vegas:

Somebody Took Out Their Rage on This Poor Bird ... :mad: :mad: :mad:

Check Out the Interior in the Next Post ...

05 TR with 21k Miles: NV Salvage Title

[My Raven]

The Vandal Even Cut the Top to Spray Paint and Cut the Interior ...

If All These Don't Make You Feel Bad Look at This 97 LX NASCAR Bird ...

I Guess the Blue Plastic Sheet Tells the Story on This Poor Girl: FL Certificate of Destruction/Parts Only/No Title

[5bird7]

I signed up to get google alerts on news reports about Thunderbirds. I see late 80s and 90s Thunderbirds mentioned in most of the news items that get picked up by google. Some are serious accidents and others are stolen car reports. Seems that those 80s/90s T-birds are theft targets.

The vandalized tbird looks like it could use some good elbow grease and wipe out most of that interior damage. Was there another photo that showed the interior cuts? I didn't see any in that photo other than the top damage.

[FUN X 3]

Two Hurricane Ike Victims I Suspect: Check Out the Water in Both Sets of Headlamps ...
02 IY and 03 EB with TX Flood/Parts Only Titles ...

Hey Joe, you sure that's water in the headlamps? I think it might be the turnsignal section of the headlamp, see your photo in your signature, same look to yours. BTW, thanks for posting all these, I hate to see these things happen to some of our great cars, but it's interesting to see how they do or don't hold up in collisions.

[justjon]

just what is the material tht the trunk lids, hood and front fenders are made out of/ Can they take a whack and spring back to shape?

[5bird7]

Not likely, Jon. They're a composite material like fiberglass. A dent is pulling apart fibers that don't easily pop back into place.

Actually, though I don't like the looks, I think a lot of people are gratefull that the impacts affect the front or rear and not the interior in most of these cars that Joe has posted (rollovers the exception)

[Lonestar]

just what is the material tht the trunk lids, hood and front fenders are made out of/ Can they take a whack and spring back to shape?

These parts are made of composite materials and incorrectly referred to as fiberglass. However, like fiberglass, they do not take licking and keep on ticking…. They crack.

[My Raven]

Was there another photo that showed the interior cuts? I didn't see any in that photo other than the top damage.

No Pics, just describing as stated in the item description.

Hey Joe, you sure that's water in the headlamps? I think it might be the turnsignal section of the headlamp, see your photo in your signature, same look to yours.

Don't know ... Maybe So?

Description states both were "submerged" I guess as in tidal surge.

I was out with a buddy last weekend looking a part for a 1991 Reatta. In the pull and pay lot was a early 90s Camaro that the yardman said had been pulled out of a salt bog after being submerged underwater at high tide for about a week.

You talk about blowing your nostril hair's off and making your eye's water: A nice salt water mix with dead fish and a whisk of shrimp tails and/or clams hulls came to mind. I don't know how you could ever recycle the interior parts on these submerged cars but I guess it can be done.

FYI FOR THE NEWBIES:

Salvage Vehicles are not parted out: You must purchase the entire vehicle which becomes very cost prohibitive even when considering purchasing only a big ticket part such as the top or rims when you factor the shipping.

Wholesalers also REFUSE to entertain the suggestion you pick and pull and return the carkus to them for disposal even with a rider to resell it again with the bill of sale.

A request for an EXCEPTION to these rules will draw you back a nub: Otherwise I would have had a complete production color set of hardtops and several sets of N/M rims for myself and EBay for some pocket change.

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

[mamabird]

makes me sad :sad: poor birds

however does it make me wrong wanting that black hardtop from the OH bird?? I could give it a new home :)

[Ray]

Looking at photos of "Broken Wings" is as depressing as listening to the news. Thanks for cheering us up, Joe.

[Chuck]

Joe, the “vandalized” one has “scorn of a woman” written all over it

[texasbird]

Joe, the “vandalized” one has “scorn of a woman” written all over it


OR... The scorn of an owner the night before (or after) a repossession took place.

Also, working on a college campus, I have seen what kids (tomorrow's movers & shakers) will do to retalliate against a Student Affairs Rep after being sanctioned for a campus infraction.

James

[My Raven]

Looking at photos of "Broken Wings" is as depressing as listening to the news. Thanks for cheering us up, Joe.

I Aim to Please ... Happy You Enjoy Them ... :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

[islandtime]

Gawd, I hyperventilate every time I see a broken wings thread...:scared::nervous::sad2:

[Ski]

What about the poor buggers driving the ones that were wrecked? That's what upsets me even more.

[prbre]

I love this I bet some of the flood cars end up back on the market... might take a couple of weeks to clean and get running but they end back on the market. The vandalized one, who ever done that need to be shot. thats just not right.

[My Raven]

Sorta Sad to See This Ole Girl Have This Fate After Being a Survivor for Nearly 50 Years ...

1965 T-Bird: MA Salvage Title :sad2:

[My Raven]

Here's Another One .... 02 EB with 68k: MO Salvage Title :sad:

[Chuck]

This one's got the "stuck in traffic" or "sitting at a traffic light" and some moron on a cell phone slamming into the back of you written all over it - I would be fit to be tied, probably arrested for assault if someone did that to me

[MATBird]

Another reason why there are so many hardtops showing up for sale. You would think that the insurance companies would get wise and collect them when there's a wreck. Afterall, they insured them while the car was whole. IMHO

[mamabird]

This one's got the "stuck in traffic" or "sitting at a traffic light" and some moron on a cell phone slamming into the back of you written all over it - I would be fit to be tied, probably arrested for assault if someone did that to me
I hear you there Chuck... I had words with somebody over the weekend for parking to close to her :bicker:. I usually get to park in the handicap space so I park on the end space and close to the curb away from the children that swing open their doors :moreek: because they are heathens. I was about to get out of my car and this mini van swarms in and parks like he has never had a lesson in his life. I swear Cali will give a license to anybody with a pulse. I got out and told him that the lines where there for a reason HELLO!!! I had my husband stay in the car while I went in the store just in case the driving zombie wanted to be a wise crack.

[My Raven]

This Is Turning Out To Be A Bad Month For Retros ...

02 EB: Mileage U/Known - FL Salvage/Rebuildable Title

[My Raven]

With The Low Mileage This Was Somebody's Baby I Suspect :frown:

02 WW: 8k Miles: KY Salvage Title/Frame Damage Disclosure ...

[My Raven]

Another Hurricane Victim I Suspect ... :sad:

Notice the mildew in the instrument console, the water logged headlights, and the gross muddily muck in the storage curve ...

03 TR - U/Known Mileage - MS Flood/Salvage Title

[My Raven]

They Just Keep Coming ....

This Gal has a lot of aftermarket accessories including the taillight covers.

05 Bronze/Sand Accent: Mileage U/Known - VA Salvage Title

[islandtime]

They Just Keep Coming ....

This Gal has a lot of aftermarket accessories including the taillight covers.

05 Bronze/Sand Accent: Mileage U/Known - VA Salvage Title

Joe - I believe that's the one that was wrecked right around the corner from Steve R up at Lake Anna. He saw the accident just after it happend.

[js tbird]

I didn't see the accident, but hear about it right after it happened from the guys at the rescue squad where I am taking the EMT Basic course.

Yes, it looks likes his, the chrome around the wheel wells and other places. I have not seen him around town since the accident, I wonder what he got as a replacement.

Steve

[FritsB]

[QUOTE=My Raven;324792][B][I]They Just Keep Coming ....QUOTE]

With this rate the flock decreases quickly :omg:

[texasbird]

You're right, Frits... AND IT's NOT GOOD!:mad:

James

[FritsB]

But it increases the value of our Birds. There is something positive in every negative thing.

[Chuck]

Bad month for birds. Oh and George - shhhhh - they might be lurking. I still want a WW one

[My Raven]

But Another One ... :mad:

03 EB w/Full TR Accent: 26k Miles - TX Salvage Title

[ThunderBubba]

It's hard to tell without the rear bumper facia to gauge by but those look like they could be Borlas on that poor Bird.

[mamabird]

No more Joe no more :nervous::bawl::bawl::bawl::nervous:

[Ray]

I say we try and get a piece of the $7 trillion bailout, gather up all the wrecked Birds and get them fixed!

[texasbird]

No doubt, Ray.

James

[My Raven]

You wouldn't believe some of the constituent inquiries we are getting from folks who want a piece of the pie to work the system ...

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

:backtotop

[luvbirdz]

I say we try and get a piece of the $7 trillion bailout, gather up all the wrecked Birds and get them fixed!

Or save them for parts to fix ours in 25 - 50 years.

[My Raven]

Yet Another One ...

To the Texans Members Is That a TX Physically Impaired License Plate?

02 TR With TR Full Accent: 41,500 Miles - TX Salvage Title

[texasbird]

Yes it is, Joe. We have them on Linda's car, and I have a hanging tag that can be placed on the rear view mirror for the T-Bird when we drive it. Texas only issues the tag to the primary vehicle the impaired individual will be using, therefore we could not get them for both vehicles.

James

[My Raven]

Yet Another ...

03 WW With TR Accent: 68k Miles - NY Salvage Title

Very Similar Damage to KY WW in Post #28
c

[My Raven]

Another Hurricane Victim I Suspect ...

04 TR: Mileage Unknown - LA Salvage/Flood/Parts Only Title

[Chuck]

I'll take the hard top from the white one :-) - also looks like I wouldn't want to have been the passenger in the white one - thank god November is coming to a close - it's been a rough month for T-Birds

[THHNDR]

Its good to see these cars meeting an untimley death, and to have a little insight to what in an instant can happen to the cars we love so much... Where it would be tramatic to see my car in this gallery, it is only a hunk of rolling steel and plastic... but oh what a pretty package it is!

[04birdman]

at the rate we are loosing them in nov...the last bird should die in about oct 2014....i think ill garage mine...their quick becoming an endangered species..

[FritsB]

I would be very happy with the supplemental parking lights from that last Red :sad: