[DeTomaso] Good news from the Swedish crash

Mike Dailey panteraplace at hotmail.com
Wed Jul 4 12:41:48 EDT 2012


Maybe it is because I learned to drive and took my driver test in a Model A Ford but I’ve never cared much for automatics and avoid them like the plague.  It does however take a bit of adjusting going back and forth the between my Mustang and Pantera shift patterns.   

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: bill gaino [mailto:gaino at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 12:32 PM
To: Mike Dailey; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Good news from the Swedish crash

Just as scary, I had wide boots when I stepped on the brake in my 89 Wagoneer. The right part of my foot mashing the gas. The back wheels where squalling and the front wheels dragging as I mashed harder, it kept speeding up. You instint is NOT to let off the brake. I hit my trailer!  Bill 1362

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike Dailey <panteraplace at hotmail.com>
>Sent: Jul 4, 2012 12:12 PM
>To: detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: [DeTomaso] Good news from the Swedish crash
>
>I had my throttle sick wide open on my 1960 Ford that I owned at age 19.  It
>was a 292 V8 and a three speed manual floor shifter.   I had the air cleaner
>off and when I put it back on it was turned so the throttle lever would 
>stick open.  I pulled out of the service station and floored it in 
>first gear.  I started to back off a bit in first gear and realized my 
>throttle was stuck to the floor.  It all happens in absolute 
>nano-seconds, and by instinct alone my left hand went for the key and 
>my left foot for the clutch.  My left foot on the clutch beat my hand to the key and thank
>goodness the rpm was limited by valve float.   It sounded absolutely
>horrible.   The engine survived fine, but from then on I've always been very
>careful with free throttle movement.   
>
>Anyone else have a throttle stick wide open?  I wonder if this type of 
>WOT crash event could be related to a person that normally drives an 
>automatic and the instinct is to go for the brake rather than the key and clutch.
>
>Mike        
>
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