I'm fine, though I feel like seven kinds of fool for dinging my great
little weird car. I'm in the shop this morning assessing damage. Not as
bad as I first thought. I thought that the left front suspension was
totally trashed with the possibility of frame damage. Turns out to be a
bent tie rod. The rear end (It hit front first, then rear)has a crackked
wheel that made it look like the axle housing could be tweaked, but it
might be OK too. Mostly it's bodywork, and that will take a month because
I need to go steal a bunch of road signs.
-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Kahler
To: Bill Babcock
Sent: 6/2/2003 7:57 AM
Subject: Re: Crumpled Peyote
Ah dang. Of all the odd and weird little cars out there Peyote
was something special. Hopefully you can get him back to
running shape soon.
More importantly though, how are you?
Brad
On 2 Jun 2003 at 7:46, Bill Babcock wrote:
> I stuck Peyote into the wall at Sears Point last weekend. Damn. Got
into a
> tankslapper accelerating out of turn ten. I'm pretty sure I could have
> saved it on Hoosiers, but those Dunlop racing tires that HMSA requires
> feel like they've been greased. I'm just not used to them.
>
> Anyway, Peyote is pretty badly damaged. I hit the wall pretty hard,
and
> that concrete is unforgiving. It'll probably take me at least a month
to
> fix it. I guess I should have taken that busted trailer shackle as a
sign
> that I had no business going to California.
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