Eeeek.  Sorry to hear about that, but I'm glad no one got hurt!

I'd say a body should check alignment of the chassis to see if it's tweaked.
You can do some preliminary checking and look for wrinkled or wavy metal in
the frame or suspension mounts.  Compare against the good side.  Is there
any place where you can put the vehicle up on a lift and check underneath?
Wheel bearings, shocks and mounts, suspension bushings etc.  Also, check the
transmission to see if it absorbed any of the impact -- once my '87 Jetta
got rear-ended while I was in 1st gear and my differential was damaged as a
result.  I didn't notice it the leak until it was too late.

Chris,

'87 Westy.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of kurt stoppkotte
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 12:42 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: t-boned!

this past weekend my baby (an 85 camper) was t-boned by a drunken hit and
run driver....luckily we ran for 5 blocks and got his license plate number.
anyways, tomorrow the adjuster is coming to look at the damage.  i was
amazed at how little damage there was for getting drilled at about 35 mph.
anyways, my question is this:  what possible damage, aside from the obvious
cosmetics to the body, could have occured and how should i look for it?
the car hit the drivers side dead on at the rear wheel.  it doesn't appear
to have done any structural damage, but i would hate to settle now and find
out down the road that something worse had happened.  i did drive it away
and it seemed to handle normally, but could the propane tank/lines, wheel,
tire, frame, engine, or anything else been damaged in the collision?  i
would appreciate any advice on this, it's my first accident.

sad, depressed, and praying that his insurance is valid,
kurt

PS: the guy was arrested for DUI.

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