[Spridgets] Fw: [Spits] Spitfire Wreck in Santa Rosa, CA

[Chris King]

I do have a roll bar in My Midget, but the '78-'79 model high-backed
stock seats are such that my head will hit the headrest (as it should)
rather than the roll bar.

Having already been upside-down in this particular car (before fitting
the roll bar) with only the headrests and the steering wheel keeping my
head from being one with the earth, I will always put a roll-bar in my
LBCs.

-=Chris

Chris King
http://home.comcast.net/~kvcbk/

<-----Original Message-----> 
>From: dwoerpel [dwoerpel at wi.net]
>Sent: 7/20/2012 11:43:03 AM
>To: spridgets at autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Fw: [Spits] Spitfire Wreck in Santa Rosa, CA
>
>That's the point. Even with a padded roll bar it doesn't take much if 
>you hit at the wrong(right?) angle and position. Hence, the helmet.
>One has to be super vigilant these days with people on phones and doing
>everything except driving but let's not start that thread.
>Point is, one can be doing everything right and still feces occurs.
>
>Dave W.
>
>
>
>
>On 7/20/2012 6:27 AM, Linda Grunthaner wrote:
>> OMG David a quad for hitting his head on the rollbar? I wonder how
>> much padding needs to be in to prevent that? Personally I never liked
>> the look of a roll bar and if I get one it I'd have to send it out to
>> be chromed and then add padding to specific areas which won't look
>> cool : (.
>> Safety Fast Folks,
>> Lin
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 5:07 PM, dwoerpel <dwoerpel at wi.net> wrote:
>>> Great point Rick!
>>> Unfortunately, that is how I got my B.E. Doug, the P.O., had an
unpadded
>>> roll bar, was driving w/o a helmet, and swerved to avoid and animal
and
>went
>>> into the ditch. His head hit the roll bar and he was a quadriplegic.
He
>>> didn't like the front bumper on the Sprite and I still run it like
that for
>>> that reason. He was a good guy and held on to his Sprite until he
was
>>> satisfied it had found a good home. Whew...tough memories.
>>> BTW, 30 minutes after buying the car and driving it home the roll
bar was
>>> history.
>>>
>>> DW
>>> 59 :{) AN5L/17606
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