[DeTomaso] Speaking of Missing the Obvious

[Art Stephens]

Thanks Jim,
Fortunately the wooden prop is only about 18 inches long,  but it felt like 
the decklid had fallen far enough to reach terminal velocity.  :-))

Art





----- Original Message ----- 
From: <pantdino at aol.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Speaking of Missing the Obvious


>
> Art,
>
> I would say you were seriously lucky here.  I presume the decklid was up 
> all the way or close to it.
> If so, I can imagine much worse outcomes here--  concussion, intracranial 
> bleed requiring neurosurgery, fractured larynx (voice box) requiring 
> surgery on that, crushed nose requiring plastic surgery-- you get the idea
>
> That decklid is heavy and could have done some serious damage
>
> Jim Oddie
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Art Stephens <artstephens at verizon.net>
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Sent: Sat, Jul 17, 2010 2:45 pm
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Speaking of Missing the Obvious
>
>
>     In retrospect I now find this funny,  at the time,  I wasn't happy 
> with
> yself.  I had my good friend and Pantera owner Bill Wright come over and 
> help
> e install my decklid so that I could make some new inconspicuous brackets 
> for
> he struts.  Later that day I continued with some body work I was doing to 
> the
> ack panel of the car.  I had the car jacked way up high to make the job 
> easier.
> hen I have the struts off the car I have a piece of 2x3" that goes between 
> the
> ecklid and the wheel house spreader bar to support the lid.  Since I had 
> the
> ar jacked up so high,  I couldn't reach as far as I needed to insert the 
> 2x3".
> o instead of going to get a step ladder that would have allowed me to put 
> the
> rop in it's normal place,  I just decided to place it at the back of the 
> car
> etween the decklid and the body,  reminding myself not to knock it out 
> while
> orking on the car.  So I'm half in the engine bay and half out doing the 
> body
> ork with my head under the back of the d
> ecklid.  With my elbow,  I accidentally knocked the prop out,  MOTHER 
> _____ER
> !!!!!!!!!!!  Of course the rubber molding was not on the vertical piece of
> heet metal,  so my face gets slammed into it.  As I was bent over with my 
> hands
> n my knees swearing and spitting out blood,  I decided I had better go 
> stand
> ver the grass,  because I wasn't sure I was going to be able to remain
> tanding.  The neighbor across the street heard the ruckus and came to 
> check on
> e.  After I stopped the bleeding,  I went to the doctor for stitches in my 
> lip.
> on't try this at home kids!  I have since made a much safer prop.
> Art
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