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Sat Nov 19, 2011 2:40 pm

Awwww man.. this is my nightmaire. Hope your ok and hope the ranger driver wasnt wearing a seatbelt.... doosh... At least you have lots of good parts to put in your next bus! Again, sorry this happend to you. :(

Sat Nov 19, 2011 4:57 pm

redbug64 wrote: Awwww man.. this is my nightmaire. Hope your ok and hope the ranger driver wasnt wearing a seatbelt.... doosh... At least you have lots of good parts to put in your next bus! Again, sorry this happend to you. :(

I hope he was wearing his seat belt though at fault no one deserves getting hurt for an accident. People make mistakes glad you made it out alive. I wonder what he told the cops he was doing besides looking forward and paying attention? Maybe texting?

Who knows, I don't wish harm on anyone. A ford ranger is not the best vehicle to slam into a bus with. Good luck and let us know the outcome please.

Sat Nov 19, 2011 5:54 pm

sorry about the bus and hope your not to messed up. while i wish idiot drivers like these no actual harm. i do believe they do not deserve to be on the roads and should lose their license.

Sat Nov 19, 2011 6:05 pm

Holy shit! That really sucks. This is the scary part about driving a vintage car daily. On one hand, they were meant to be driven. On the other hand, today's roads are ridiculous. I'm glad you walked away from it and weren't hurt any worse. But I'm very sorry that you lost your bus.

Did you have clear tail light lenses on your bus? Or are the pictures just weird?
Desijae wrote:

Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:26 pm

My sincerest condolences for your loss. Despite the damage to the vehicle, the outcome couldve been much worse, you are lucky to have come out reasonably unscathed, albeit emotionally devastated. :(

I feel your pain and know what its like to total a bus. I was determined to get mine driving again and it runs flawlessly again, although the body resembles a parallelogram. :lol:

Your bus is not beyond repair, anything can happen, its just a matter of whether its practical or worth it to the owner. My bus meant the world to me, and still does. I wasnt bout to let it go that easy.

Best of luck to you and your bus. May the pain heal soon.

Best regards,
VolksFire

Mon Nov 21, 2011 8:36 am

that sucks about your bus. i feel your pain. ive lost 2 buses in wrecks, 65 DD panel hit head on in 1997 and 67 kombi rear ended and pushed into van in front of me in 2000. look at it this way. at least the bus died while being driven and not rusting away in some field. :?

Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:02 am

Have to say I'm impressed with the shape the veicle is in. Granted, you averted some of the energy release by turning, but still he was flying along at near highway speed!!

And I'm with Volksfire. Unless the frame is totally mangled I would think you might be able to fix that with bodywork...a whole LOT of bodywork. :(

Did your insurance total it out, or are they allowing you to keep it if you want it?

You've lived through one of my biggest fears in life, getting hit in my vehicle. Glad to see you made it out alive.

Robert

Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:59 am

Sorry for your loss, glad you are OK. Hope you had insurance cover

Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:58 am

John, what ins company did the other guy have? Get right onto talking to them, show them replacement costs for your bus using this sight as example for comparable vehicles.

They will low ball you at first but tell them no and you are going to get a lawyer if they dont pay x amount replacement cost. We went through this a couple years ago with Erics bus, they will pay just stick to your guns.

Mon Nov 21, 2011 12:16 pm

:shock: wow, glad to hear you are ok after that. what exactly did you hit with the front??? another car or something else?

so sorry to see/hear the news. like someone else said, lots of parts for the next one.

Mon Nov 21, 2011 3:39 pm

November is the danger month for busses. Last year it was the Coram Rug Works, and the Monster 15, and now this. The good thing is that everyone from these busses is still here to tell the tale.

Mon Nov 21, 2011 3:46 pm

Didn't Manny already do this? Seriously, this sucks and my thoughts are with you.

Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:32 pm

Sorry to hear of your accident. Glad to hear you are ok. That looks scary.

Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:54 pm

Mike-The person who caused it is with USAA. They were supposed to contact me today but I heard nothing though my insurance comp did call and wanted the claims adjusters name so they could pursue this this second and let me know that being a vehicle like mine was involved that I should not worry at all as in getting a replacement (funds)ASAP after a clear bill of health. I asked about NADA stuff and again, was reassured that this is not a Toyota Camry we are dealing with, but a classic vehicle that cannot just be bought anywhere. I'll keep you folks up to date and Thank You very much for the support and I am soooo lucky to have turned that wheel when I did or else this could have just been a nightmare due to unimaginable physical injuries.

Mon Nov 21, 2011 6:38 pm

It looks like he didnt even contact the bumper.......was it a jacked up truck??

Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:57 am

wow, sounds like your agent is being extremly helpful with getting you reimbursed...wish my agent was like that.

Old Paint wrote: It looks like he didnt even contact the bumper.......was it a jacked up truck??

notice the bus is lowered....besides my ford ranger bumper was a good 3 inches higher than my bus bumper at stock height.

Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:36 am

I have been ingnoring this thread cause I thought it was another "my bus wont start and is dead" thread. Boy was I wrong. I finally opened the thread to find this. Im sorry for your loss. Glad you are ok. This is my biggest fear with driving these old buses. I try and drive very defensively but sometimes there is nothing you can do....like in this case. Glad your here talking about it though.

Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:32 am

Glad you're ok. Looks like you have some metal work ahead of you.

Tue Nov 22, 2011 2:54 pm

Wow. I am sorry about your accident. I have been in the same boat twice since 2006 although not as bad as my bus is savable. However this adds to my increasing paranoia while driving my buses. Especially my deluxe with its tiny, dim lights. I will not hardly drive it at night and not in rainy weather.

Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:17 pm

John, the guy that hit the PaddyWagen had USAA Ins also. They want to play hard ball, watch they are going to offer you 3k. The local USAA claims adjuster is a VW guy but that means nothing, he didnt do us any favors when he came out and looked at the bus. He talked a good game but his write up was pure shit in favor of the Ins company of course. It took a while before we came to a decent agreement.