Amen to the fact you were relatively unhurt. Any accident you can walk away from...

And I had to read this on the day I was going to take my newly licensed daughter out to learn how to drive my '92, 5 speed...I think I'll be extra cautious and patient with my instruction.
 

Gee Whiz Mark........obviously,God still has a plan for you or you woulda been history!
Man!....didn't take butta few seconds for that thing to go from prime ride to junk. Sooo glad you were able to walk away.
Give yourself a few days to " get-your-head-back-together" before making any decisions. And by all means get your neck and back checked out!
Knot butt one MarkofSC...... we need him whole and back to normal.
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Sorry to hear that Mark.  Take your time making any decisions.  I deal with accidents everyday,  soreness will show up 2-5 days from now.

Wow, Mark, glad to see you made it through that ok.    As your emotions settle down, you're probably going to be re-living this in your mind forever and you'll probably want to know the root cause of this accident.   It's always good to know.
Take care.

Thanks everyone for the well wishes, and the "keep it in perspective " thoughts. I am truly greatful that no other cars or people were involved or hurt in this accident. Then I am greatful that I was not seriously  hurt either. I am also thankful to the people who pulled over and stopped to help me especially that lady from Elgin\Texas. Its extremely depressing to see something that I have been working on for years, and basically took up all my free time, is now gone. 

Like Ozblitz says, The soreness kicked in yesterday and today. My face, ny neck and my back are stiff. Bit dizzy too
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Like gjz30075 says, I'm still trying to figure out what happened.  I noticed the driver rear tire was blown out and the rim broke but there was no damage to the right rear quarter panel. I also noticed that the brake lights were on with the keys out of the ignition. It wasn't headlights, it was brakelights, like the brake pedal was stuck. .  I wasn't speeding, but I think when I applied the brakes the rears locked up. Not sure what happens when the rear brakes lock up. But wondering if that blew out the driver rear tire, and that made the car turn left into the concrete barrier. Or if the car veered to the left it made the rear tire blow out. I anticipated that traffic would slow down due to the merge of the closing left lane into my lane, so I applied the brakes way ahead of time, which is probably why I didn't rear end anybody.  When I hit the wall, thats probably when the front tire blew out.

i'm probably going to be out of the mustang hobby now.  Wife will not let me get another, she hates old cars and she thinks convertilbles are unsafe especially when that lady told her that she thought the car was going to flip over the concrete guardrail.  She thinks its the fact that its due to the car being OLD that is why I had the accident.  I'm starting to think she is right.  I was driving safely, and defensiviely  and out of the blue, I'm into the wall.  The fact that I wasn't going fast was probably the reason I'm not badly hurt.  Yeah, I think my mustang days are over.

 

Hope it doesn't come to that.  Just concentrate on getting better and who knows whats in the future.

Well Mark...hate to hear your decision about  "throwing in the towel" butt......after the accident alot of stuff goes  through your head.
You know that car can be pulled straighter than when it was new! It's only totalled to the insurance guy. Could be less expensive than building another one. Don't let it go to the jubk yard right away.IMHO
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PS...my wife thinks the same way.

Sorry to hear about your car, but I'm glad you're ok.

I really hope you don't let this put you out of the Mustang hobby.  Like others have said things like this happen in new cars too... especially if it was tire-related.

Like some have said...think about fixing it...just park it for a while and let it stew...Mark I have been in 3 AND A HALF TOTALS. none were my cars,but the last 1/2 total  was a used Toyota Celeca 5 speed loaded I was road testing with the salesman for my oldest daughter prior to her buying it,actually me buying it... during the road test a guy cut right in front of us making an illegal turn...the car was hurt but not totalled,it was a great car,I wanted it...I told the dealer fix it and I'll take it...It was a great car and served her well for years...oh yes, she totalled the one before this one....jj

Glad that at least some of the safety systems worked the way they're supposed to and you walked away from that. I was rear-ended a couple of years ago, too many folks really do drive without the slightest understanding of basic physics, and can say you should really follow up with a doctor - I didn't do that right away and things still aren't a good as they could have been if I had. I sure do respect chiropracy now though.

I also agree with the other's here recommending that you think a spell before giving up on something it sounds like you really love. All the best.

If the rear brakes locked up as you suspect, it could result in the rear end coming around on you (static friction force greater than dynamic friction).

Don't think I read it, but I'm seeing something that'll alleviate your wife's concerns about you driving an old Mustang...

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