Update, December 13th:

Well folks, it's been a little while since the accident. I've not forgotten about or but I will say that I've been going forward in life for the past couple months with the Model A on hold. With moving here to Arkansas, and having to buy a new truck and get back on my feet financially, it made it's way to the back burner. I am currently building motorized bikes styled after turn-of-the-century board track racers, early motorcycles built for speed and danger! I plan to live here in Arkansas with my girlfriend Pip until we can save up some money, and make trips here and there to work on the car eventually (which is stored at my parents' house in Tennessee.) no word from insurance, but it is likely that I will get an attorney to try and speed things up, and to hopefully have a better chance at winning this battle. One great thing that is happening tomorrow, Pip and I will be driving to Wichita Falls, TX to pick up a bunch of parts from a fellow named Jim Adams. He is an incredibly generous man, and is donating a whole lot of parts to get the car back on the road. Jim, you are helping so much and your kindness is greatly appreciated! I cannot wait until we can start putting the car back together, but we must leave it alone so we can get more comfortable in life, and also to wait and hear about liability before taking it apart.

Tennessee!

Well we made the trip up to Tennessee, finally hitched up and took off from Austin. I ended up renting a U-haul truck and trailer to pull the car. We went through with our original plan of going to the Cajun music festival/cook-off in Lafayette, LA and boy was that fun! I already miss the boudin, and the extensive bayous, gonna have to make a longer trip down there, but since we had this u-haul we had to get it up to Nashville on a deadline. It was nice to see a bunch of good friends at the festival, and they were all sad to see the state of the car, but glad to see we were alive and doing better. The insurance company is dragging their feet, so it hasn't been any fun waiting for them to make up their minds. But, gotta keep moving on with everything, so the car will just sit at my parents house until we get word from them, and hopefully they'll come inspect it and give me some money to fix it! And Lane's hospital bills are way more than my insurance company will cover, so we're really hoping to win this case and get recompensated by the other company. But for now, it's time to spend some time with family, and then head onto Arkansas to get some good rest, and collect parts for the car.

Spending some time in Austin, TX!

Well folks, seems like we'll be spending a little time here in Austin, having to wait around and find out what's happening with this whole mess. We're healing alright, Lane got his nose set today so he's in pretty rough shape at the moment. I've still got a slight limp and all my muscles, neck, back and hips hurt as well, but I'm feeling that my strength is slowly coming back. Just trying to take it easy and rest up, wish I didn't have to make so many phone calls and read so many things and sign and write so many things, but it's all part of the game. I don't hope that anyone gets in an accident, but if they do, I am going to be glad to share my experience and lend as much help as I can. I have to give a great big, never-ending thank you to all of the supporters out there, all of our family and friends, all of the wonderful Model A people out there who have sent us many kind words and who've been so generous with offers to help in any way. I can't wait to get back on the road in a Model A again!

My poor fiddle.

Here's how my fiddle came out of the wreck...

Let the calls begin...

Well folks, I've started out on a different road here, a long and difficult road through the insurance companies. I've already made several calls trying to figure out what to do with this situation, and I have to say it's very stressful and I feel like I'm going into the dark having to deal with and learn all of these new things that I'd rather not know how to do but unfortunately it's a necessity. I hear of horror stories dealing with these insurance companies and I'm not looking forward to dealing with them, but I will be persistent and as strong as I can through it all and demand compensation for Lane and I until we're both satisfied, as best I can. As of now, it is known that the other party is disputing fault, so my next step is to visit the sheriffs department and pick up a copy of the police report. I'm hoping they didn't try to screw us over, especially since we had a witness who saw the whole thing and said it was 100% the other drivers fault. I can't rest easy until I figure out whether or not they will accept liability, I may have to fight hard to get them to admit it was their fault, so wish me luck!

My office, keeping good notes of every call and event.

Daylight pictures:

Day 14: Accidents happen...

Everyone is ok, but the car is done for. Lane has a broken nose and I have pain in my knees, legs, hips, wrists and back. I'll be making a visit to the doctor tomorrow for x-rays. We had a great time in San Angelo, got the car all buttoned up and on the road with no sweat, said our goodbyes and thank-yous to Scott and Janice. It was a great drive through beautiful country, middle Texas between San Angelo and Austin was just gorgeous. But unfortunately, our trip came to a sudden, grueling halt. We were not but 10 miles away from Lanes aunts house, when a guy pulled a left in front of us while we were going through a green light at around 30-35 miles an hour. I tried to hit the brakes and swerve out of the way but it was all so sudden and I guess he thought he could beat us through the intersection. It was said by a witness that he had run a red light but I'm not sure what happened. Also, the tow truck driver who pulled his truck away said he smelled alcohol on the guys breath. Lane ended up going to the hospital to be treated for his bloodied nose. Well friends and family, what you are about to see in the next few days will be a grim sight of mechanical carnage. Possessions in the trunk suddenly appeared at our feet, the car lurched on for a few revolutions, trying to keep running until finally coming to a halt. One headlight, still shining on in the night, and we sat surrounded by coolant and cast iron. I'm not sure what to do at this point, it's 1:41AM and I'm more awake than ever after the whole incident. More pictures to come in the next couple of days.