Mexico Crash!

[Retromotorsport]

Tim, you got any pics of that Historic Mk1 that went end over end a few years back..

 

The minimum that a bolt in cage has to take is 5 times the cars weight plus 75kg and some areas 7 times plus 75kg ...

Thats a 5G minimum crash, you black around 5G.

 

As for 30mph... hmmm

 

This is a minimum of 70mph ... and the car is chucked onto dampish grass (which has zero grip)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9nxuyA-qFM

 

If anything, i'd say the throttle stuck wide open ...

 

That Mk1 only has a bolt in cage, and was ready for the next race in 2 hours, the full repairs took a day, a bit of floor, a new sill, some bashing on the 1/4 and A and B pillar tugs, the a pillar was approx 5mm back, the B pillar was 40mm in..and the cage stoped it going any further.

 

Anyway, good luck with it, and lesson learned.. dont drive till the insurance is fully sorted, ie agreed values agreed

[tim]

guess you mean this one

http://www.youtube.com/user/signatureTi ... rXz8JjFh0Y

[popeye]

SO SORRY TO SEE THIS... ...heart goes out to you fella..I thought mine was bad enough when it decided to unload it self off my trailer while waiting for a mot....i do hope you get it all sorted.....gary..

[louie bagel]

buddy that sucks, buts at least your ok

[Retromotorsport]

guess you mean this one

http://www.youtube.com/user/signatureTi ... rXz8JjFh0Y

 

Thats the one Tim, just shows what a simple bolt in cage can do.. they walked away from that crash

[petrolhead]

WOW! 30mph! If you were travelling at 30mph when you started to lose control you probably would have scrubbed off some speed to 25mph or less before impact which makes the damage even more shocking. Sorry to see the car in such a state.

 

Did you see if all the axle was secure in place after the accident? I have never heard of anything like that. As said before, just claim from the insurance, that is what you pay your premium for.

[RossMK2]

[MetalDave]

savage mate, you must be gutted. Hope you manage to get it fixed or at least get the money to buy a decent replacement.

[samurai]

Tramp arm brakets broke off the axle on the drivers side but the arms are ok.

 

Yep it slowed right down as the car was about to hit the tree side on as it was very soft impact.

[TooAteLeed]

fookin gutted for ya mate

[samurai]

Nice guy on the phone of the insurance company, sent him some pictures, and he said just get the quote and can start rebuilding.

 

[Andrade]

Nice guy on the phone of the insurance company, sent him some pictures, and he said just get the quote and can start rebuilding.

 

 

[oxb1l]

Happy days

(although gutted for you )

sure she'll be up and straight in Jig time (pardon the pun)

 

Bill

[tom28]

sorry to hear buddy i smacked a mk2 i had into a tree last year and i was gutted hope you get her fixed

[JAY PS]

Has the engineer seen the car then ?

Insuarance company usually inspect stuff like that

 

It needs a shell and thats the ONLY way to repair it !

[mk1 GT]

hope you get it done mate, but it gona cost you alot of dollars mate.

[PIG]

no insurance company on earth would ever repair that shell m8 FACT.sorry if harsh but they dont say get a quote and repair.

[popeye]

feel your pain m8..

 

[lotusless]

feel your pain m8..

 

 

april 2010 gary

[fieldy1972]

i did think that aswell mate. he must be reeeeeeealy feeling his pain.

[lotusless]

i did think that aswell mate. he must be reeeeeeealy feeling his pain.

 

well he is getting on a bit bless him

[samurai]

No pain no gain

[PIG]

So what happend with this then?did it have insurance

[DEP]

So what happend with this then?did it have insurance

Dunno m8, but he s repairing it, viewtopic.php?f=7&t=130751

[dacar]

Fully comp should pay for damage but they might see it as a total loss so be wary!!