[Spridgets] Unintended deceleration

[Biff Jones]

Okay Jay,

Way back when (1962) going to work one morning I had the throttle cable on 
my TR3A break and the throttle return springs did their thing. Nothing 
really exciting except I just had downshifted into third in anticipation of 
hitting the apex of a ninety degree right hander and when I hit the gas 
nothing! Usually I would hit the gas and drift through the turn in a 
glorious power drift, straighten up and shift to fourth. However, that 
morning with no power assist the car did "drift" but uncontrollable and 
after doing a 180 my left rear wheel hit the shoulder on the right side of 
the road and over I went. I did a 1 1/2 right hand role and ended upside 
down with the front still on the pavement and the rear on a small incline 
off the road. I had my 5 point harness on and was aided by a small ditch 
between the shoulder and the small incline where luckily my head ended up. 
No injuries to me but the car was declared a total loss.

Biff Jones
'Frogarri' '59 Bugeye
'Ole Gray' '61 AH Sprite in the "Healey Book"
http://sprites2.homestead.com/


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