[DeTomaso] The value of smooth shifting....

[Asa Jay Laughton]

I would venture the bent bolt is from the wheel that caught on 
whatever,.... that led to the car rolling.  Two and a half times... 
luckily it had slowed down a lot, it could have been worse.

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 9/29/2011 4:56 PM, MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 9/29/11 15 24 18, tmshinro at aol.com writes:
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>> Wow....what would have made the car roll instead of spin on the grass?
>>
> Even a small rut or drainage runoff will catch the wheels and send the car
> tumbling if it hits them going sideways.   The car in question (an RCR GT40
> replica with a six-point cage) rolled two-and-a-half times and wound up on
> its roof.   Fortunately the fuel cells didn't leak.
>
> Surprisingly, it was only lightly damaged.   The bodywork was trashed of
> course, but the chassis was unharmed, save for a bent bolt on one of the A-arm
> mounts.   The car is being restored with new bodywork now.
>
> Mike
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