Tipsysmile Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 It come out pretty easy, for being pushed back as far as it was?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_Venable Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 so, is it flatty time then? lol Justin, glad to see your moving ahead with this so quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coke Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 It come out pretty easy, for being pushed back as far as it was?... We chained the rear of the car to a tree in the yard, then hooked a J hook to the front of the car, and pulled it out with the tractor. I was able to bring everything forward to get the engine out. The transmission crossmember was slammed, and the bolts holding it to the body were sideways, tilted back. so, is it flatty time then? lol Justin, glad to see your moving ahead with this so quickly. I figure I may as well begin removing the important stuff now, I got nothing else to do. Working on finding a replacement, I have a couple lined up, I just need to check them out and make a decision on which to get. Not sure if it's flatty time just yet...maybe, but maybe later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessN16 Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 (edited) Just wanted to make a couple of comments (I'll save my opinions on organization for the other thread)... 1) Coke, glad you're OK. You did the absolute best thing you could do by hitting that specific tree. Sometimes it isn't about what you hit, but what you miss. To borrow from golf, you hit it in the trap to avoid hitting it in the water. 2) Someone asked about/commented on the safety record for StarQuestClub meets. Here's what I can remember off the top of my head as far as incidents go: (a.) Scottsboro meet, Chris M. got sideways on the SCCA Mountain Run road (Jackson CR 33), but saved it. No damage.(b.) Pigeon Forge, Steve and Blake got together on the Cherohala thanks to roads slickened by the moisture at 6,000 feet. Wasn't even a high-speed incident. Slight damage to a front bumper.(c.) Pigeon Forge, Wayne A. went off the road, no damage.(d.) Scottsboro meet, Miata Jim nearly did a header into an Oldsmobile Aurora but both cars went to the shoulder to miss one another.(e.) Coke's wreck. Over the last seven years of organized meets, with more "spirited" driving than any of us want to tell our insurance adjuster about, we're pretty d*mned good at what we do. The same year in Scottsboro that Chris M. got 90 degrees against the stripe, a bunch of "experts" from one of the local BMW clubs managed to total out a priceless Concours d'Elegance car because someone forgot that bias-ply tires don't play nice in the rain. In addition to this club having some of my closest friends as members, we've also got some serious driving talent (sit down, Fanta ) who were also blessed from birth with a great deal of discretion. Jess Edited July 7, 2010 by JessN16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minagera Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 ^^ Word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmyers151 Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Paragraph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverFlatty Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Paragraph. silly dale.. thats not a paragraph!! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coke Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Paragraph. That's the easist paragraph I've ever read. Then again, its Dale. Everything about you is "easy". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psu_Crash Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Wow Coke! I just came to this thread and shed a tear for you man. That's incredibly heartbreaking. And I was supposed to cruise with you!? I hope it's working out well and like the others said Thank God you weren't hurt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmyers151 Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 That's the easist paragraph I've ever read. Then again, its Dale. Everything about you is "easy".Haha, thanks dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coke Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 ^Hahaha. Can everybody who reads this, do me a favor and keep an eye out for a clean roller for me? It should be a 5 speed, wide or narrow, and rust free. The days of rust are overwith for this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helrazr70 Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 (edited) (a.) Scottsboro meet, Chris M. got sideways on the SCCA Mountain Run road (Jackson CR 33), but saved it. No damage. The same year in Scottsboro that Chris M. got 90 degrees against the stripe... That's because we were all pushing our cars pretty hard that day and I tried to drift that curve like the rest but there was too much debris across the road in that curve and it got the best of me. I am just glad nobody was coming in the other lane. It's too bad Jeff Hall didn't get it on film! (for those who didn't know, Jim Barber--the Miata guy who attended a few meets and drove while Jeff filmed passed away a few weeks ago. I am not sure of the details) The funny thing is that was the first time Becky ever rode with me on a driving meet and swore to never do it again! She told that story a few times after Justin's car came in on the flatbed. She had envisioned my car turning out like his on that SCCA road! Her fingers hurt for a couple of days from holding the seat frame so hard on that course! I have calmed down a lot since those days. Edited July 7, 2010 by helrazr70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntercooledFlatty Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 I figure I may as well begin removing the important stuff now, I got nothing else to do. Working on finding a replacement, I have a couple lined up, I just need to check them out and make a decision on which to get. Not sure if it's flatty time just yet...maybe, but maybe later. dood, it's ALWAYS flatty time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarquestRescue Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 That reminds me, i really need to put my new bumper reinforcement on. http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t4/nutdpl/ab3cd511.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDodson Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 heck at least you got a lift, im jealous about that.....wish i had a lift, I dont even have a big enough garage to work on my car in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_crandall Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 (edited) i wish i had a garage to put mine in to. keep in good spirits man and you will find another clean quest. you dont like red, right? Edited July 7, 2010 by joey_crandall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coke Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 i wish i had a garage to put mine in to. keep in good spirits man and you will find another clean quest. you dont like red, right? I've had 5 red Starquests in a row, in the past. I am done with red. I loved the Atlantic Blue so much, because it was my first NON red Conquest I've ever owned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_Venable Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 there still might be a 86 wide rust free roller out here in Minnsota for $500, guy I got my flatty from has/had it... BUT it was red, want me to check into that more for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessN16 Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 That's because we were all pushing our cars pretty hard that day and I tried to drift that curve like the rest but there was too much debris across the road in that curve and it got the best of me. I am just glad nobody was coming in the other lane. It's too bad Jeff Hall didn't get it on film! (for those who didn't know, Jim Barber--the Miata guy who attended a few meets and drove while Jeff filmed passed away a few weeks ago. I am not sure of the details) The funny thing is that was the first time Becky ever rode with me on a driving meet and swore to never do it again! She told that story a few times after Justin's car came in on the flatbed. She had envisioned my car turning out like his on that SCCA road! Her fingers hurt for a couple of days from holding the seat frame so hard on that course! I have calmed down a lot since those days. Heh, I'll believe "calmed down" when I see it firsthand. If it wasn't clear in my first post, I was also actually complimenting you on saving it. I saw the whole thing unfold in my mirror and I thought you were going to park it in a squirrel's nest, but your own driving ability saved you (and Becky). Contrast that to last summer -- someone died on that road during the SCCA event. Either the same curve you were in or the one at the top end of the track. And according to my guy with the Chamber there, they pick folks out of trees all the time on that road. For us to have gone through Scottsboro so many times unscathed ought to come with its own grille badge. Closest anything has ever come to dyin' in Scottsboro was that da*n beaver. Jess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underpaidslave Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 is it weird that i picked up my starquest the day this happened? probably around the same time too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coke Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Imbalance in the Chemical Makeup of the SQ World causing one to spontaneously crunch itself to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underpaidslave Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 man that is such a sweet color too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Damn! Very sorry to hear/see this! I'm glad you guys are ok though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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