[tcb] Re: Friday Fun With Watercooled VW's
- From: "mprime" <mprime6807@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 23:04:43 -0600
At the south end of George Bush Park where the road goes over the dyke I
used to jump my 67 Ghia. The landings were a lot easier due to the
slope of the road. Geez, that was 17 years ago..
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Mark Sawyer
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 3:04 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Friday Fun With Watercooled VW's
The worst one I ever did was going south on gessner across memorial
drive (about a 2-1/2 foot change in elevation) in a 77 suburban at
approx. 60 mph. when it landed, both front A arms collapsed. Not a fun
call to make to your dad when your in his new truck.
Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
i lost control of my moms ford taurus when i was 17 and jumped a 3 foot
ditch and came inches from hitting a tree and going off an embankment.
drove
the car to the carwash, hosed it off picked my mom up from work and told
her
the car is driving funny and it should probably be checked out. the next
day
i get a call at school my mom wanted to know exactly where all the red
clay
built up around the motor and transmission came from. i told her i have
no
idea. she asked me where i was from and i said i don't i was at home.
she
then said you wrecked the car and i want to know if anyone else was with
you. i said no. she asked me what happened. i told her i swerved to miss
a
stick in the road and hit a wet spot in the road.
yea well what she never found out is i was doing 75 in a 35. needless to
say
the car is fine and still runs today. oh that happened like 7 years ago.
>From: "Denis Dodson"
>Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To:
>Subject: [tcb] Re: Friday Fun With Watercooled VW's
>Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 14:26:31 -0600
>
>I did that once in a Buick Electra 225 into a grape vineyard in San
>Bernardino CA. It was the largest production car in the world at the
time.
>It was not intentional. I doubt I got that much air. I went to the car
wash
>and picked stones and sticks out of the engine compartment and put it
back
>in my parent's garage. They never knew.
>
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Conrad Klahn"
>To:
>Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 2:09 PM
>Subject: [tcb] Re: Friday Fun With Watercooled VW's
>
>
>>Reminds me of jumping the railroad tracks on Sunset Ave. in San
Antonio.
>>My friend and I used to try and out-do each other - me in my bus and
he
>>in his diesel rabbit. My bus always won. ;-)
>>
>>As I remember it, he tried it in a Renault Le Car he drove for a short
>>while - until he broke the axles coming off a really good jump.
>>
>>On Dec 9, 2005, at 1:46 PM, Dan Martin wrote:
>>
>>>I saw that one on the BSKA list!
>>>Looks like a good use for a watercooler!
>>>Kinda makes my lower back hurt when I watch it............
>>>
>>>
>>>On Dec 9, 2005, at 1:24 PM, Ge rald V. Livingston II wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9168358727012692471&q=vw
+rabbit
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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