posted 12-23-2004 08:06 PM                  

I was accosted by someone's bathroom fixture or part of it at least.. Ok Tom and Rich hold up , it was my car not me. I was driving to work today in traffic when a truck in front of me drops part of a sink , at least that is what I think it was ,a roundish object about the size of a basketball.
It bounced and broke on two parts, I dodged on piece only to catch the other on the right side of the front end.
The other piece hit the lower A-arm dead center, knocking 3 deep gouges in the lower front edge, Then the object went under the tire and boom. The part splintered into a multitude of shards, I had to pull over to see what had happen. Guess what. The tire and fender caught most of the debris. So I now have a tire that is cut a fender the has a bent bracket and yes a cracked fender...

By the way the truck did not stop. The largest piece I could find was sitting inside the wheel.

So I am in need of a front right fender and bracket. I have the spare front tire I will use.

Not a good Christmas gift.... Not good at all... No problems it can be fixed, All is ok .. Just sad now I start the paint job on my Kat, All I could think about while heading to work was Waynew and his yellow multi painted Kat.

We want wish all the members of the POA and their friends and family an Merry Christmas and Happy New years..

Stay safe...
Jim & Laraine Robertson

posted 12-23-2004 08:25 PM                  

Happy Holidays, The good news is now you can do a custom paint job on your fenders, I think black would be a great choice for color and it would be a perfect match. You could also just cut out the part that is bent like they do on OCC. let the custom work start. OR BETTER YET, JUST LEAVE THEM OFF LIKE I DO.

posted 12-23-2004 09:30 PM                  

hope you can work in a merry christmas and a happy ending with the damage,

posted 12-23-2004 09:33 PM                  

Wayne All I could think of was you while going work. Yes you may be right about just bending the good one to match the bent one. I bet no one would notice.....

Toys, I am on my second set of run flats. I had planned to change out to softer tires but now I have second thoughts.

posted 12-23-2004 09:50 PM                  

Curtis very happy to hear you are feeling better. Have a great Christmas and Happy holidays.

Amanda did a very good job here on the POA, I know I appreciated her updates. I plan to get started after the first of the year working on making the power top. Thanks again for all you help with parts.

posted 12-24-2004 04:10 AM                    

Right side fender and bracket on ebay! Reasonable price! Just posted on ebay TODAY! Coincidence??? I think not.

posted 12-24-2004 01:21 PM                  

WHAT ABOUT SOME PHOTOS.

posted 12-29-2004 10:19 AM                  

I drove the kat to Houston the other day and nearly got involved in a wreck that was in the making right in front of me. Good thing was I could tell the guy next to me wasn't paying attention, so I began slowing down. He lost control of his car to miss the accident that just happened in front of us and swerved into my lane, missing the kat by about three feet.

posted 01-10-2005 09:45 AM                  

I have made the repairs to the Fender bracket, Not to bad to bend back in shape. Looks like I can have the A-arm touched up and bus out. The fender is reparable. This is this weekend.