I got to thinking that it was never opened given how the latch pin was
bent and the latch still intact, never could have got it together like
that closing it. $20 HF recip saw cut right through it though, "soft"
steel which also deformed but stayed intact. Good German chinee steel
and engineering!
It is rather impressive, the hit was just in front of the left front
wheel and pushed the left front fender/frame over maybe 6-8" while the
RF is pushed over maybe 3". The engine looks moved asunder laterally a
coupla inches too, will have to look to see if nothing is broken in
there but probably just the frame deformation. Looks like the LF strut
top was pushed off the upper fender mount, hence the LF wheel knocked
over. Wheel/tire is fine, just the strut mount, looks like Max has a
good set of spares. The PS pump/reservoir was broken from the front
sheet metal hitting it but nothing else behind looks affected. The oil
cooler is broken off and one line sheared. We were hoping the engine is
OK in that it did not run long without oil as there is none on the
dipstick. probably fine, Max is going to get some oil and bypass the
cooler and get it going to make sure.
Nothing behind the firewall is deformed, I guess that is the design for
the front to crush/deform leaving the passenger pod intact. In any
case, somewhat impressive. Maybe we can just cut off the front, find
another clip, and get the welder going...
I'll take some pics later and send them along.
Wilton if it is some consolation, even if you had been 0.1 second/4ft
earlier getting in front of the idiot blowing the red light, you would
have been well-protected in that car. Maybe a bit banged up but it
clearly could have taken a more direct hit without compromising the pass
compartment too much. That is why we drive Benzes, it did its job.
--BB
On 5/17/16 9:52 AM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote:
Tow driver never touched the hood. It remained closed during the
accident. Now, I'm thinking that the evaluator/appraiser never even
looked under the hood, other than peeking through cracks. I began to
think that after I tried to open it yesterday.
Wilton
----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Dillon via Mercedes"
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Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 11:23 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] NC mini Q
It was great to see you again Wilton, wish it could have been under
different circumstances. Really a shame that such a nice car was
taken out by that distracted driver. Rich and I were looking under
the hood, briefly considered trying to bring your sedan back to life,
but the damage really is quite severe.
By the way, we had to cut the hood latch with a saw-z-all, I have no
idea how that tow truck driver got that hood closed. We both tried
with pry bars, could not open that hood with brute force.
--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300
On May 16, 2016 2:50:24 PM EDT, WILTON via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Max met me near Dunn, NC, to collect his "new" acquisition - a slightly
used
'87 300D (146 kmi). Note the sad face on the white-headed guy.
Wilt
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