I just acquired a new project vehicle

Like my 10 year old would say, SWEET!

Bumper -Hood - grillie - Rad ?

What do you think repairs will run.

Kind of interesting to see it with some of the stuff off!

 

Is that the coolant canister, front left in the top pic? I wonder why they'd put it there. Doesn't look like there is very much to protect it from getting damaged in a front-end collision. Although, I guess it did survive this crash ...

 

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Congratulations on the disassembly; I can see that you are making great progress. Are you going to subcontract out the body straightening and sheet metal repairs & painting - or do you plan to do that work yourself?

 

what part of the car is this?
and what is wrong with it?
other than that, great progress, if possible please tally up the cost on the parts you have to replace

thanx

 

Looks way different once the bags deploy!

The last pic, is that the trans?

Looken good!

 

sweet!

 

nice wy did you get a salvaged prius?

 

SURVEY SAYS..... XXX

The coolant canister is in the middle of the engine bay, between the ICE and the Synergy Drive System. The little skinny one.

The big canister on the left is the window washer fluid canister.

 

Absolutly GORGEOUS color. This and Salsa Red are their best.

 

Big
adj. The size of the cojones you have for taking on this project.


Keep up the good work. And keep the pictures coming.

 

Patrick, I think you're understating the case, "huge" is more like it....

Yes, I'm a tad jealous, I wish I had the time, money, space, and oh, yeah, and those vente sized cojones to undertake a project like this. It looks to have the potential of being wicked fun.

At the same time, the little rational voice in the back of my head keeps whispering "what's really wrong with it?" I'm no professional damage estimater, but the damage I can see doesn't look bad enough to have resulted in this car being totaled.

I'm figuring this based on the old "rule-of-thumb" that to total a vehicle, the damage has to exceed 75% of the car's value. Figuring, conservatively, that the car's value is $25K, the damage would have to be worth ca. $19K. The damage in the OP's post doesn't, IMHO but then I may be way off base, look like $19K's worth, so that leaves me wondering:

• What other damage is there that can't be seen? (Bent frame, didn't I read that somewhere?, transaxel damage, broken motor mounts, etc.)
• Did some insurance adjuster just really screw up, and the OP was standing in the right place at the right time? (Luck and cojones make quite a combination. Also, who's estimaters are that bad so we all know to stay away.)
• Is the Prius really that sensitive to front end impact? Yes, the airbags deployed, so the impact occurred at over 25 mph, but the crumple zones didn't fold so it wasn't that far over 25 mph, though the zone behind the bumper folder. Though again, it would even at "low" speed.

I know, 1 and 3 don't play well together, so that leaves me wondering what surprise is lurking in there. I really hope there isn't one...

This is going to make a cool story, I hope that there's much more to come!

 

The skinny plastic tank between engine and inverter is the coolant reservoir.

The metal can on the drivers side behind what used to be is the big "thermos bottle" that stores warm engine coolant between trips.

 

I think the insurance company lowballed the value.

Then there's labor. Body work is always real expensive. Then there's the airbags. I hear when the airbags deploy it's most likely the car will be totaled.

I also think the estimator assumed there was more damage inside than there actually was.

So Jelloslug got lucky and got it cheap. Since Jelloslug is putting in his own time for free, it being a "hobby" right now, he only has to worry about cost of parts and not labor.