Hey Bill, good luck with the new car.

On your old one - isn't it amazing how much under-the-skin damage there can be even though the outside appears relatively-speaking only slightly damaged.

It pays to take a really close look at these machines before purchasing cos they can hide the damage well...

Niall

For future reference it bent in the cylindrical structures that wrap around the engine and where these morph and meet the bulkhead there were strange creases and ripples. measured from a fixed point underneath near the b post to the centre of the wheel hub there was over an inch difference between sides. It still drove ok at 30mph which makes me wonder if that wasn't the legacy of the previous front impact it had endured. The new one does not have that rear end shimmy that mine had when changing direction at speed so I'm now wondering if it was ever straight? Ian and others will testify to my paranoia that something was not quite right with it. On the new one there is no evidence in the history or on the car of an impact but next time I buy one I'll take a tape measure with me.

Bill