mark viii acident thread

[young mark 8 lover]

theres been alot of acidents these past few months id like to start a thread that shows some of the carnage and how well our marks do at keeping the occupants alive and how well built they are today i had my first acident

 

[Lownslowlsc]

I had an accident last month..

 

[Right on the Mark]

lol

 

[young mark 8 lover]

i just thought it would be kinda interesting to see how well these marks take hits

 

[jbelcourt]

I had an accident last month..

hahaha

Bravo, sir, bravo :bowrofl:

 

[Modular97LSC]

damn low you just made my day...lol

 

[Right on the Mark]

i just thought it would be kinda interesting to see how well these marks take hits

I got what you where laying down. Just like that car commercial where cars are smacked up and they say, "they lived".

 

[young mark 8 lover]

I got what you where laying down. Just like that car commercial where cars are smacked up and they say, "they lived".

not really i wasnt thinking of that

 

[soduka]

I imagine finding pictures of smashed thunderbirds and cougars would be much easier and would give you a pretty accurate picture since the underlying chassis is the same.

 

[Right on the Mark]

not really i wasnt thinking of that

LOL yes you where, same principle.

 

[UltimateSVT]

Kyle, like I told you on FB. Count your blessings. You were lucky. You hit the wall just right. I think that bumper can be sprayed until you are ready to buy another one. The important thing here is you are ok.

 

[young mark 8 lover]

Kyle, like I told you on FB. Count your blessings. You were lucky. You hit the wall just right. I think that bumper can be sprayed until you are ready to buy another one. The important thing here is you are ok.

i know

 

[Stangman]

My pile which I'm sure you've all seen 1000 times over...

 

[UltimateSVT]

Terry needs to come back on LVC & show his "explosive results", lol

 

[Bangster]

My Mark VIII "accident" wasn't even a fender bender, it was a bumper cover and headlight bender, and header panel.

My Cougar accident was much harder, 40 mph hitting someone turning in front of me. Me and my passenger got beat up by the airbags and seat belts, but I drove the car home (as they wouldn't send out a cop, so I decided that they had no say in it).

I have been gathering parts to fix it, but it needs some quality time on a frame machine, then part of the front frame cut off and replaced with the core support. I got 4300 bucks from the insurance, bought it for 175 bucks, bought the 97 Mark VIII to replace it for 2300 bucks. I got 2000 for the parking lot accident as they couldn't get parts, so no body shops would fix it. I am 275 dollars into fixing it, and if the paint comes out good then they bought me some new tires and a scooter.

 

[Markviiiedrea]

Here is the two wrecks I've been in...

My 95 before...



After





My Old 94 before...



After...never fixed it and her parts live on in at least 30+ other Mark VIII's (the one on the left)

 

[humfrydog11]

My pile which I'm sure you've all seen 1000 times over...

This is how the front of mine looked after the wife wrecked it. I have port a powered out the radiator support back to acceptable limits, installed new header and hood. I Also had to replace passenger headlight assy. For the hood latch I had to make some standoffs because mounting area was pushed in and it was either cut it out and weld new in or standoffs. New bumper sensors installed. Starting on interior air bags modules, clock springs and blend air door while dash is loose. Should be down soon.

 

[k9t8m]

It could always be worse. At least we aren't this guy

 

[thaywood]

I miss my Mark(s) sooooooooooo bad!!!!!

 

[chris2523]

It could always be worse. At least we aren't this guy

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wow that thing is still incredibly intact.

 

[chargerxr]

These cars do take impacts well.

 

[Staffamerica74]

I wrecked 1 of mine at 100 and it drove home spun into the concrete center divider, hit with the right rear.

 

[1996Mark]

Happened monday morning. Had rained all night, a little drizzle here and there on my way. Was getting on the interstate, doing about 50, hit the gas to speed up and merge,, the back tires spun, car went completely sideways and went straight for the inside wall. Crossed 3 lanes of traffic, hit the wall, then got drilled by a tahoe coming in the fast lane a split second after i hit the wall. Walked away with some minor burns from the air bags.

 

[chris2523]

aww man. i liked that car.
glad you walked. car did its job.
these cars prove time and again they are pretty tough.

 

[BigPip]

Happened monday morning. Had rained all night, a little drizzle here and there on my way. Was getting on the interstate, doing about 50, hit the gas to speed up and merge,, the back tires spun, car went completely sideways

Man, I am afraid of hitting the gas on dry roads goin 50 because it gets sideways- I can only imagine what was going through your head when it kicked sidewalk on a wet road. Glad to see you walked away!