Author Topic: Anouther One Bites The Dust (Read 10203 times)

Jeremy · « **Reply #60 on:** September 05, 2007, 02:31:00 PM »

:unsure: Josh, i doubt you were looking at the speedo but how fast do you figure you were going before shit went bad?

G-dog · « **Reply #61 on:** September 05, 2007, 03:11:17 PM »

Holy Sh!t!!Glad your not doing too bad!Sucks to see damage like that

silas · « **Reply #62 on:** September 05, 2007, 08:30:47 PM »

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figured out where the fuel leaked from, my reseve stash of 94 octane. it's pinned in there good. I tried to pop the tank out to look at the pan head, but it's trapped between twisted sheet metal.

The more I look at it the luckier I feel

you are one lucky guy!

note to all drivers.....please dont stash jerry cans full of gas in the front crumple zone of your car. imho, the potential for disaster is too great.

jim martin · « **Reply #63 on:** September 05, 2007, 09:22:21 PM »

glad to here both of you are ok. cars can be replaced,people can't.
now that i've looked at all the photos and being one to have taken on a few body mods in my time ,the damage on the car is too much to even think of reparing,strip out everthing that is not bent and take your time looking for something to put it in.

josh · « **Reply #64 on:** September 05, 2007, 10:18:13 PM »

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figured out where the fuel leaked from, my reseve stash of 94 octane. it's pinned in there good. I tried to pop the tank out to look at the pan head, but it's trapped between twisted sheet metal.

The more I look at it the luckier I feel
you are one lucky guy!

note to all drivers.....please dont stash jerry cans full of gas in the front crumple zone of your car. imho, the potential for disaster is too great.

good call man, it seemed like a good idea at the time as I don't have a gas gauge or reserve lever.... lesson to all

If I had to guess the speed, a stab in the dark would be 40km 'ish, just hit second allthough it looks like 80+ by the damage..... goes to show it doesn't take much. A buddy and I were talking tonight about what kinda damage would have occured if it were a 50's muscle car, probably just a fender bender

AirCooledRules · « **Reply #65 on:** September 06, 2007, 07:48:35 PM »

you would be surprized, a muscle cars crunches like an accordian, having no aprons or substructure to the body, just a complete bolt together front clip, it would fold.

Now if you were driving a 60s-70s mercedes or volvo then you would probably still be driving =).

markm · « **Reply #66 on:** September 26, 2007, 05:05:35 PM »

Damn! That '57 was always one of my favorite cars. Really sorry to see it that way. Good thing everyone is ok.