well some days you have good luck and some days you have bad, and then there are the days when your teenage kids make you cry. on wendsday last week my 16yr daughter was driving her 94 escort( 40k miles, owned by a nice old lady down the street who never left town in it) was backed into by a trash truck. dent about the size of a baseball on right front fender, no big deal. friday night while driving home from a friends house a dog ran out in front of her, she swerved to miss it and hit the curb at 50mph folded the drivers side front wheel under the car. the mechanic says about $1k to fix all the stuff she broke. then sunday, me being the good dad I am I let her borrow my tour to run to the store. she miss judged the speed of an on comming car pulled out in front of it and took a good shot( other car was going about 35-40mph) she is ok, little bump on the head and a small scrape on the knee from the window handle. when the fire dept. calls you and says theres been an accedent your heart lands some where way below your feet, hope I never hear those words ever again. unfortunatly the tour is totaled. I paid $3k for the car and the body was in great shape, just minor door dings and the motor has 80k and runs really strong. the body shop said $3k to $6k to fix, my mechanic says he can do it for for $2.5k if I help tear down and rebuild. both fenders, hood, bumper, radiator and everything from it forward, the inside of both fenders in the engine compartment are bent to the right side a inch or so. so my question is, it's a 97 gl what parts from what years will fit and can I use parts from a mystique of the same year, years. any and all help with this I can get is badly need. the cheaper it will cost the better chance I have of keeping this car ( I just love driving this thing )much more than $2.5k and this tour go's on sale for parts to you guys.
