I rolled a '73 MG Midget 3 times after going over a 50-foot bank in a sudden
rain storm (the top was still down -- that's how sudden it was!) and it was
amazing how well the windshield pillars held up! I never even had a headache,
but I did get a few stitches!
Kevin Brown AP '74 TR6
Odessa, MO
Loren Williams wrote:
> Phil Ethier wrote:
>
> > I have rolled SAAB 96 cars in ice races on three occasions. Once was the
> > second occasion for the same car, and it was dandy.
>
> Had a neighbor when I was in high school who drove a '73 Datsun B210.
> That car was rolled twice, on two separate occasions, on the same curve,
> by the same driver, in the same conditions (rain). A few minutes with a
> hammer and a new windshield was the only repair in either case. I still
> haven't convinced this guy to invest in a decent set of tires.
>
> I rolled a Spitfire once... it behaved a little more like the Manta you
> described. Thankfully, only one of the A-pillars folded!
>
> --
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