So.. you think you had a bad day. (Cortina /my face damage)

Dropped the 1600E off at my girlfriends work just after lunch. Pulled out of her car park in my Tina and SMASH!!!!

 

Hit the crossmember on this little fella.

 

Screwed my crossmember up into a ball and ripped it off the chassis rails.

 

Check out thr toe in:

 

 

Had to ring in sick to sort the mess out. In the sheeet at work now for sure. Jacked it up and started to remove it. Smacked myself in the face with a big ratchet. Ouch:

 

Cut the crossmember up. Straightened it out. Welded it back together. Chucked it back on and drove it home.

It drives really bad. Like a car thats had a massive smack on the suspension. So I've got to bunk off tomorrow as well. Got to get a new crossmember from Rally Design and modify it to fit in time for the London to Brighton.

All things considered, a pretty bad day

you havent had much luck with that car have ya keep going tho, its a top motor

Thats rotten luck Russ ( i remember you saying it was going to be low)hope you get it all sorted quickly. I'm still looking foward to seeing it now it's finished.

Thanks guys. Even with my shiner, I've still got a sense of humour about it. I've had the car ages and am not near giving up.

I think I'll have to make some sort of skid up though to try and prevent it happening again.

That steel lump I hit is for locking a gate and it's tiny.

that's not good m8

 

hope you get it sorted in time

Fook me your car must be low....bad luck m8..

jeees that tina is low,whats your excuse for 2 days sick & the nice bruse

I'm going to tell work that Nic hit me with an adjustable spanner. And she set it to BIG before she whacked me!

Top marks mate! 10/10 for being low enough to hit something so small and a further 5 bonus points for smacking yourself in the face as punishment.

 

I score you 15/10

Top marks mate! 10/10 for being low enough to hit something so small and a further 5 bonus points for smacking yourself in the face as punishment.

 

I score you 15/10

johnny m8 you crack me up

Top marks mate! 10/10 for being low enough to hit something so small and a further 5 bonus points for smacking yourself in the face as punishment.

 

I score you 15/10

Thatz unlucky fella. No one likes to see a broken OSF. Hope you get it sorted before the Sunday.

 

And as for your black eye….PMSL.

shit luck mate....

 

hope you get i sorted..

Bad luck old fella. Glad you still have a sense of humour because of it

 

Hope you get it sorted

thats sum bad luck mate! get it sorted for L2B

get it sorted for L2B

He will

once droped a gear-box on my own head under an xr4i so i no and simerfise with you, will fix the tina no problum but that eye you want to watch its not contagious good luck with getting tina going and for that lump of metal sticking up go beat it up with a slege hammer might not do much to it but you will fill a hell of lot better for it

Much better day today.....

Modified new crossmember from Rally Design and fitted it.

Got offered cheap GSI 2000-good for spares

Got begging phone call from work asking me to go in. Told them I was still too ill.

 

Only thing is, my eye is still black and purple. I'm sure you'll all see some of it on Sunday

Bet you are glad you chassis mounted that xe. Must make life a lot easier if you are going to wipe out the crossmember.

bad luck mate , hope you get it all sorted soon.

il make you laugh the wife went to jump over a bucket triped over the engine host hert her knee head-butted the house than as the bare cheek to moan at me about ware the engine hoist was i said would it not have been easer to move the bucket least she did'nt land in the bucket hav'nt long brought it and its still got the handle so very good bucket saved