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My BRZ is now home from the body shop with only minor paint imperfections, missing rocker guard texture on the underside of the right fender and a slightly different right mirror lens the only indications it was in a crash. Just need the inspection to clear in 2 and a half weeks and I’ll be on a restored title and back out in September! Can’t recommend the body shop I used, ACRS, enough for work that’s cheaper than a dealer, still looks good and one of the few places that’ll work with a salvage title. The crashed pic is before, and the other one is after.

Looks fantastic! Glad it worked out and I hope to never need to use ACRS. But if the need comes up, I know who to call.

Looks like some wide slicks were fitted to it at one point. Sports Racer Renault used threaded street tires. Here is one Solo idea since it looks like a little heavy, but well-constructed chassis. It could run SCCA Solo B-Mod as a sports racer using wide Solo compound slicks and an upgraded motor. BM allows up to 3 L at 1275 lbs. (includes driver's weight). Bear in mind, no forced induction Since it was set up for a transverse FWD motor and transaxle, a modern high factory HP drivetrain might retrofit. Another possible use is for SCCA solo D-Mod since it might work out better for weight. The driving position would need to be offset a little to one side or the other of center. It currently has a pretty wide cockpit, so that might be practical. Driver's hips just need to be one side of the centerline. Then could run a fully built (300 HP?) 2L NA or up to 1438 cc turbo with restrictor (Chevy Cruze turbo motor for example) could in place of the Renault. 1400 lbs. min weight including driver. The current bodywork would have to modified or another fitted to look like some sort of recognizable production car that had a rear or mid-engine- like a Lotus Europa (Bodies can be bought from Banks) Karman Ghia, or Porsche 356 perhaps. Fiberglass Porsche 356 bodies are available from Beck. These are just ideas with no guarantee there wouldn't be a lot of work involved. One would have to measure the chassis for motor swaps to see just how much.