The furry little thing was about 5' high and must have weighed about 60 lbs.
He looked huge from the drivers seat of my 3000. He bounced onto the road from
the higher road verge right in front of the car. Bang, no chance to even apply
the brakes. Hit him fair in the middle of the bumper bar, right where the
license plate is mounted. The car went partly over the top of him and stopped.
I had to reverse off him. He then stood up , a little shakily at first, gave
me the evil eye and then bounced away in the bush. I'm sure if he had had
digits on those front paws I would have seem one inverted.
cheers
John Rowe
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Seigrist Blue 100
To: John Rowe
Cc: Awgertoo@aol.com ; Healey List
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 6:38 AM
Subject: Re: It's the little things!
John -
Are you saying you ran over a cute furry little wallaby with your healey?
Your poor healey....
Alan
On 8/21/06, John Rowe <jarowe@westnet.com.au> wrote:
Hi Michael
Attached are two photos of my front license plate position and bracket
and
the oils cooler holes in the shroud below.
(for others see www.temco.com.au/johnshomepage/Austin_Healey)
Please ignore the paint and panel damage around the oil cooler holes. You
won't have this problem in Maryland. The damage was caused by a juvenile
kangaroo about dusk on the way to an Austin Healey Club Winter Woolies
Weekend in the jarrah forests south of Perth.
Cheers from west oz
John Rowe
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