Here are all I have of the top end crash in the Sierra bodied car..... took half the safety fence out, ended up with a 1/2 cwt of concrete sitting on the passenger seat, glad I was left hand drive!
Pink Floyd - Welcome To The Machine.mp3
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up against well known car - Al O'Connor in Al's Gasser
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carnage at the top end
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And the demise of the car -
160mph top end crash, took 3 out of 5 rails of armco with me, plus two
supports and 1/2 cwt of concrete!
(Only the good die young......Got lots more naughty things to get up to before MY demise! ;-)
(Only the good die young......Got lots more naughty things to get up to before MY demise! ;-)
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below, back at the workshop for a better look at the damage, she was a write off.......
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Below is where the propshaft let go! thank goodness we had "propshaft loop" on it"
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