Earlier this week I received a Whatsapp message from a friend, including the above picture of my DHC arriving at his premises. Needless to say that I planned myself a few hours off from work, to have a look at the car as soon as possible!
So last Wednesday I drove over to the workshop to have a first proper look at the extent of the car’s damage. As the car was on one of the lifts and the bonnet was still locked solid, we decided to limit the inspection to the bottom of the car, and leave the engine bay till I will be able to remove the bonnet at my leisure in the shed.
The inspection itself revealed a few possible positive points. These being the suspension, steering and engine. It looks that these are all undamaged, there is a little doubt on the sub frame though. But as there are no visible marks it should be salvageable:
The not so good points are all other parts. Both chassis legs are badly damaged. With the damage extending as far back as the rear of the sub frame. See the indentation behind the sub frame. So it looks like both chassis legs need replacing right up to the joint at the front of the transmission tunnel. Luckily that repair is covered in the official work shop manual!
At least the tub looks to be completed undamaged. Contrary to the front of the car, which is quite a mess of mangled steel and shattered plastic and alloy bits. And with the amount of the front bumper sticking out to the left it was apparent from the beginning that the complete front had been bent in that direction. As this torn out bolt from the radiator support clearly shows.
And still further up front everything is shattered or flattened by the impact:
Will see how everything looks once the bonnet has been removed. But before that is going to happen the car will be returned to the shed.
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