GOOD GRIEF!
Now datsa fender bender!!!!
Its amazing they walked away from that one. It looks terminal for BOTH
car and driver.
Guy
Tempe, AZ
eddie@ratdat.com wrote:
>That's something I always dread... in fact the number one reason that I no
>longer use any of my old Datsuns every day. I decided to keep one of my
>Roadsters as a parts car just in case of a disaster like this because they
>are a little hard to find parts for here. Many condolences, Gordon. It
>fortunate that it can be repaired and you weren't hurt.
>
>One of the guys here recently finished a very thorough restoration of a
>Datsun 810 and on the way back from the first show he took it to his wife
>(he was driving another old Datsun) lost control on a slippy road caused by
>spilled diesel and hit a tree. Here's the result...
>
>http://www.datsunworld.com/discus/messages/4/51.jpg
>
>Unfortunatelty she was hurt in the accident but is recovering. She was only
>doing around 30mph! The impact was so hard that it pushed the motor back
>about 8 inches,ripping the transmission crossmember from the floor and
>folded the tailshaft at 90 degrees. Nasty. Needless to say it's not
>repairable.
>
>Eddie Rattley
>www.ratdat.com
>
>1969 - Datsun 2000
>1969 - Datsun 1600
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@attbi.com>
>To: "Roadster List" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 11:45 PM
>Subject: Well, crap!
>
>
>>Yesterday afternoon I was going to drive the roadster down to Portland to
>>
>watch
>
>>some of our club members race at PIR. Just south of Tacoma on I-5, the
>>
>traffic
>
>>was really bogged down, like 5-25 mph with occasional stops. I was just
>>
>about
>
>>stopped when WHUMP! a Jetta hits me from behind and BAM! bounces me into a
>>
>Ford
>
>>F-150 in front of me. Damn!
>>
>>The good news on the car is that it missed the front bumpers and the
>>
>Marchal
>
>>lights. The bad news is that it took out the Hella halogen backup lights
>>
>(which
>
>>I haven't seen available for years) and it may have gotten into the rear
>>crossmember.
>>
>>Nobody hurt, mostly sheet metal damage, and the car still runs, but I
>>
>think
>
>>that's it for this summer. Fortunately she has insurance. We'll see how
>>
>good it
>
>>is.
>>
>>The very odd part is that I was ambivalent about going, right up to the
>>
>last
>
>>minute. I was late making hotel reservations, I was rushed packing,
>>
>everything
>
>>just felt wrong. I told Joanne, "I shouldn't say this, but I feel like
>>
>this trip
>
>>is jinxed." Two hours later, I found out I was right.
>>
>>Pics are at:
>>http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/Accident/FrontDamage1.jpg
>>http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/Accident/FrontDamage2.jpg
>>http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/Accident/FrontDamage3.jpg
>>http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/Accident/RearDamage1.jpg
>>http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/Accident/RearDamage2.jpg
>>http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/Accident/RearDamage3.jpg
>>
>>Gordon Glasgow
>>Renton, WA
>>
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>>
>a name of winmail.dat]
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