LPG back fire on my POS early on in the piece was pretty loud.............. shattered the snout on the (chev) starter motor, took 2 teeth off the flywheel and obliterated the muffler.Quote:
Originally Posted by NavyDiver
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LPG back fire on my POS early on in the piece was pretty loud.............. shattered the snout on the (chev) starter motor, took 2 teeth off the flywheel and obliterated the muffler.Quote:
Originally Posted by NavyDiver
DL
Are you here, James?
https://youtu.be/l8kWUbOLdDI'si=OQPCCWHHvskJ7qvN
How's your fleet, John?
Probably now OK after a trip to the Chinese Podiatrist. [bigrolf]Quote:
Originally Posted by V8Ian
Lucky he was in a Discovery 4 and not a legacy Defender or he may not have got out of it alive.
Defenders are slower than Disco 4s.Quote:
Originally Posted by cripesamighty
The tree would have fallen over and a traffic jam would have assembled before it got there 😇
Not far from me. The D4 didn’t save him, the bank on the other side of the road did. A mountain ash, even a small one like that, doesn’t give much. They are called widow makers because if a falling branch doesn’t kill you the falling tree will. And they fall often as they have a very small root structure for something so big, they rely on the others to hold them up so they are really weakened by the cut of a road.
Still , yeah, probably better off in the Disco. But without that bank it would have been flat.
I was kind of thinking back to this horror smash a decade or more ago where (in this case) the D3, kept it's occupants alive because it is very well built.
HORRIFIC ACCIDENT WITH A D3 IN SOUTH AFRICA
Yes, I remember someone, Tombie I think, linking to that. The cell integrity is amazing. We’ve had a few people killed here by those trees. I’d prefer to be in a D3 than any of my cars, even the ROPS certified OKA probably. But I’d rather be somewhere else tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by cripesamighty
https://youtu.be/GJAqLwaeM1s'si=HLlkybLJk34_hbGC
These cars seem quite pedestrian compared with their modern counterparts, but so much more interesting. Win on Sunday, sell on Monday, there's even some Alfas for you, John.
Not only the cars have moved on but so has the coverage and the times in general.
Gotta love the black and white, highly limited coverage, compared to today's colour coverage, instant replay and multiple views of every inch of the track. I was highly impressed by the up to the moment (non apple) computer. [bigrolf]
Safety was viewed slightly differently too, little if any spectator control, flag marshals almost and actually on the track, no chicane at the end of Conrod, officials and pit crew crossing the track. No separation between the pits and racing surface. How on earth did anyone survive? (Insert sarcastic emoji here.)
Then again, it was over fifteen years before seat belts were compulsory.
