As many of you know, Peyton was in a mild head-on collision last spring. It was actually a fortunate occurence as damage was minimal, and the repairs are a Godsend. The story is here: http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?threadid=64153

Repairs are as follows
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Mold, strip, and repaint hood
Mold, strip, and repaint driver's side fender
Computerized pull of frame (previous damage from 1986 unknown to me until now)
New bumper impact strip and bumper shock
Gravel gaurd and paint of spoiler
Right rear quarter panel strip and repaint
Undercoating spray

All together it will be about $5,000. Once that is complete I am getting new springs for the seats, seat heaters, new seat covers (tan with chocolate piping), and recovering the headliner frame attached to the sunvisors.

I'll be sure to post pictures of her progress. Attached is the original damage.

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1995 E320 Sportline Wagon "Bernard"
black on black leather

http://i.imgur.com/BdZ7jM3.png

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1995 E320 Sportline Wagon "Bernard"
black on black leather

http://i.imgur.com/BdZ7jM3.png

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1995 E320 Sportline Wagon "Bernard"
black on black leather

http://i.imgur.com/BdZ7jM3.png

Hood has been stripped and 'filled' and prepped for paint.

Fender has been as well.

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1995 E320 Sportline Wagon "Bernard"
black on black leather

http://i.imgur.com/BdZ7jM3.png

This is the area where the frame was pulled. Apparently back in 1986 the car was hit here and the frame was bent and all this time I never knew. It still drove straight as an arrow.

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1995 E320 Sportline Wagon "Bernard"
black on black leather

http://i.imgur.com/BdZ7jM3.png

This is where a peice of metal stuck into the sidewall of my tire and whipped around stripping paint off my fender.

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1995 E320 Sportline Wagon "Bernard"
black on black leather

http://i.imgur.com/BdZ7jM3.png

it looks so sad right now........

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83 300SD.......sold
96 integra SE....sold
99 a4 quattro....sold
2001 IS300.......sold
2002 330i.........current.
2004 highlander limited....current.

HAHAHAHAHHA!! Now if I can just get her to do a makeover on either of my cars! All she'd have to do is get in the passenger seat long enough for me to have someone take a picture of us to prove it to my friends!

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

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1995 E320 Sportline Wagon "Bernard"
black on black leather

http://i.imgur.com/BdZ7jM3.png

finally progress!

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1995 E320 Sportline Wagon "Bernard"
black on black leather

http://i.imgur.com/BdZ7jM3.png

i am pleased with the job the bodyshop did on rejuvinating my car from the wreck. check out the pictures.

doesn't the black grill really make a difference? i did that on my own.

cheers

eric

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1995 E320 Sportline Wagon "Bernard"
black on black leather

http://i.imgur.com/BdZ7jM3.png

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1995 E320 Sportline Wagon "Bernard"
black on black leather

http://i.imgur.com/BdZ7jM3.png

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1995 E320 Sportline Wagon "Bernard"
black on black leather

http://i.imgur.com/BdZ7jM3.png

Looks like they did a really good job.

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Jim

sharp.

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83 300SD.......sold
96 integra SE....sold
99 a4 quattro....sold
2001 IS300.......sold
2002 330i.........current.
2004 highlander limited....current.