What would you do?
I dreaded even approaching the garage at this point. The wing outside was a foreboding warning as to what was within.
There were various rips and tears towards the rear of the transmission tunnel near the e-brake assembly which I could only surmise was from the driveshaft finally bending under the extreme loads.
The mid-bearing mounts were literally torn from the chassis.
This is the underside view of the previous photos, aft transmission tunnel where the e-brake transitions from inside to outside.
The side of the transmission tunnel, even this far back, looked like the inside of a coffin in which someone was buried alive.
Moving forward, you can catch glimpses of the inside of the cabin through the gaping holes that remain.
The damage gets worse the more forward, obviously taking the brunt of the driveshaft as it spun around until failure under the car at highway speeds. It must have made a hell of a sound.
Back to the rear, you can see where the driveshaft flipped under and dented the chassis rear of the seat buckets and as far as the petrol tank.
Originally I was optimistically hoping not to remove the main dash, but the dash was too far aft relative to the damages span that I knew it would have to come out. Unfortunately I had spent extra time carefully removing the carpet without removing the dash, but I still think this was the right call as it enabled full inspection prior to making the decision to disassemble more.
I removed the gauge cluster and steering column surrounds on the driver side.
At this point I became very frustrated and overwhelmed and I went to the local Japanese market and bought a pound of sashimi tuna.
Relax.
It was indeed as glorious as it looks. The tuna, and subsequent sake. Cheers.
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