REALLY, REALLY Bad Day

[Bill <Y1TopBanana73@xxxxxxxxx>]

6 Reasons not to use a remote starter...

1. Big dent behind wheel well - RF Fender
2. Smaller dent in front of the wheel well - RF fender
3. Smashed long fender spear - RF fender
4. Scraped short fender spear - RF fender
5. Trashed RF wheel well chrome
6. RF wheel pointing ~15 degrees to the left when the LF wheel is straight.

Needless to say I'm really beating myself up on this. I'm working
yesterday afternoon on trying to tune this freshly rebuilt pain in the
ass Carter AVS I recently bought. I had been starting and stopping it
trying to get the high idle set @ a reasonable RPM. I'm not sure if I
had the trans barely in neutral, or not quite in park, or it jumped
itself, or what...I guess it really doesn't matter. I'm standing next
to the LF fender, I hit the starter button, and for once it actually
fired right up, but the went into reverse, and started backing out of
the garage. Unfortunately the wheel must have been turned slightly to
the left because it nailed the RF fender on the garage door
frame...bending the shit out of the garage door track and also ripping
the weather seal flashing off the door. The wheel was turned enough
that it caught on the frame and yanked it out of whack...I'm still not
sure what's bent. As soon as I saw it move, I jumped in it as fast as
I could to jam on the brake, but it was too late...damage done. It hit
just behind the wheel well, hit and yanked the tire, and bounced back
into the fender in front of the wheel before I got it stopped. No
damage to the door, hood, or grille.

It looks like the fender salvageable, but the long fender spear is not
(unless it's by a REALLY good pro). The RF wheel well chrome may be
beyond repair by anyone. Paint is both scraped and cracked off in
places. The remote starter went in the trash and I will never one
again.

I guess it's good that it didn't (1). jump into drive, run into my
bench & toolbox, and trash the grille, both fenders, the hood, and
possibly me, or (2). back out with the wheel turned to the right, back
into my trailer and trash the RR qtr, taillight, and rally $$ trunk
trim.

So at the very least I need RF wheel well chrome and a long 500 fender
spear. Not sure about the fender or the short fender spear. Are the
left and right long spears interchangeable?

If anyone can be of assistance with parts, I would greatly appreciate
it. The driving season is here and I gotta get this thing done. I'm
thinking that since something is f'd up in the front end now, this
would be a good time to put on my disc brake setup.

-- 
Bill M
65 Coronet 500 'vert
http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/mmo62008.html