kimmy2300

I just got rear ended on Wed night. The passenger side end of frame and panel is bent bad. I don't think the insurance company is going to fix it. Just wondering if there is anyone out there who has fixed their mustang's frame? My car is an 87, 5.0, high output. I believe its a unibody?

ChadStang

It is a unibody. As far as repairing it, I'd get a hold of a good body shop and ask their opinion but it might be easier and cheaper to find another car and swap over what you want from yours.

Apocalypse Pony

Sorry to hear it, welcome to the site, hope nobody was hurt. That's the main thing, everything else can be fixed. Definitely need someone to assess how bad the damage is, and then get a game plan from there. Chads got a good idea with finding a solid replacement and swapping everything over. Tough to tell without knowing how bad the damage is.

Autonut

Welcome to CMOC. First you have to deal with the insurance company. If they write it off and you decide to keep the car to fix, they are going to brand it. Who wants a branded car. Some good advice from Chad and AP.

kimmy2300

Thanks guys. But I am going to do anything I can to keep my car. It was the car I grew up in with my dad. He is Ill and I bought it off him in promise to keep good care of it. There goes that, but I'm going to fix it. It sucks that the insurance will brand it but I want to keep it. I'm thinking the same is around the 7000 mark, but I won't know anything till Monday. Ugh. I am thankful I wasn't hurt, but my poor car

ChadStang

In that case I understand why you want to keep the car you have. To avoid a salvage title don't let the insurance company write it off. You can settle with them based on the amount of the repairs and they will issue you a cheque and allow you to keep your car with a clean title. What you should do now is start digging for as much documentation as you can find such as receipts for anything that's been done to the car, as well as other for sale ads with high asking prices to justify a higher value for your car.

kimmy2300

It sucks too cause the car was in mint condition and completely stocked. Not a stratch on her. The only appraisal I got for it was 10 years ago, but my insurance said they use their own and won't take mine in to consideration. If I don't get what I deserve to get then it's going to be one hell of a fight! Thanks for all your info

ChadStang

A current appraisal would probably show higher than one from 10 years ago. The fox cars just seem to keep going up in value from what I see. How many km's and GT or LX? What province are you in? If it's got really low mileage I know there has been some pretty insane asking prices for them around Alberta.

kimmy2300

It's an LX with 125,000 kilometers. I believe this cars value goes up?

kimmy2300

And I'm in ontario