Uh oh, crashed MY car!!!

[Jonny69]

Bet that got your attention! Went to the Hotrod Hayride at the weekend and signed on to put the car on the dirt oval to whup some ass. Was a touch slippery out there in the mud and down on the far corner I ran a bit wide and smashed it down the barrier

Here's me on the dirt with not much opposite lock:

And afterwards cleaning the mud off the windscreen so I could see out to drive home

Anyway, back home I took some pics, nothing too serious. Bit of mud:

Bit of a bent wing:

That's my GOOD wing damnit! But it should pull out no probs. Back wing got a bit smashed up but should glue back together since it's fibreglass, got a spare light somewhere I think:

 

[Jonny69]

Oh and two mashed hubcaps:

I reckon that was the best £5 I ever spent! There's mud everywhere, interior is caked, it's all up the headlining, all over the back window and it's packed solid underneath.

Oh, and I won the race

 

[Stolly]

What sort of Mondeo or 5 Series is that ?

Tw_Fox will NOT be amused !

 

[Muffin`]

Good thing you don't have to clean it

Any YouTube footage?

 

[Dogbreath]

Excellent stuff, good to see someone having fun in a classic rather than polishing (oops, I mean detailing) it

 

[Wicksta]

What sort of Mondeo or 5 Series is that ?

Tw_Fox will NOT be amused !

Why bother acting the idiot and derailing an interesting thread?

 

[Jonny69]

I thought it was funny

 

[thecremeegg]

I thought it was funny

Me too

 

[Vix]

Looks like you had lots of fun! It's great to see a car being used properly and not polished to death

 

[Firestar_3x]

Needs some sort of V8 in it, manifolds coming out the bonnet and exhausts down the side.

Make it so!

Oh good effort on the Mud

 

[Repta]

looks like a lot of fun

 

[gillywibble]

Nice post

 

[Wicksta]

I thought it was funny

Funnier than the 14,583 other times when a similar comment has been posted?

 

[Jonny69]

Videos are out there already! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0vTK1G71Ow

You can tell when it happens because it's like rrrrrrrrrrrr... *short pause* thud... rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Here's new hero Rottenpop Russ showing us all how it's done too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyYZ9TE9Tdw

 

[DreXeL]

Great stuff, it's fantastic (and refreshing) to see cars like this actually used rather than stuck in a museum somewhere or in stuck in a bearded man's garage only to be bought out once a year to be taken to a concours.

 

[AmDaMan]

what engine is in that beast?

 

[Siliconslave]

nice was this down by alton? i drove past signs for it Sat morning on the way to look at a car for the missus and saw a load of nice old cars

Whats the general idea? and what did you win?

 

[Jonny69]

what engine is in that beast?

It's the sidevalve I built last year, then rebuilt again a few months ago. Added some extra tuning goodies at the end of last week, vintage chromed 4-1 exhaust manifold and a big carb

nice was this down by alton? i drove past signs for it Sat morning on the way to look at a car for the missus and saw a load of nice old cars

Whats the general idea? and what did you win?

Yup, just off the A31. It's an all-traditional hotrod meet so the idea is strictly pre '66 cars, loads of rockabilly scene, loads of beer and dirt track oval racing on the Saturday. No prizes so didn't win anything other than some dents and a few cheers

 

[Hxc]

Fantastic stuff mate, I love your car and love that you use it

 

[Jonny69]

We have an impact photo folks ;D

Wooooaaaaarh look at that mud!!!