That is indeed a 'horror' Alpine story - which had a 'more or less'
happy ending - for your sister at least.
What caught my eye was the comment about the wooden steering wheel -
which splintered and went through her hand. It gave me a kind of
'eerie' feeling to remember the message I posted a while back on the
subject of wooden steering wheels - I won't quote the whole thing - but
just the last part:
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That wheel was such a pleasure to grip - in the
Black Beauty SIV where I used it for a couple of years.
The Mole now has that car back on the road (I think) - maybe he can
comment on how the wooden steering wheel is holding up?
'Pineless in Victoria
Barrie Henderson
P.S. Would love to know how the wheel came to be in so many pieces -
but complete - the fellow from whom I bought the parts car and the parts
didn't know either. Somewhere out there in Alpine Heaven - there is a
person who can answer that question.
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It's an awfully long way from Florida - if that's where the accident
happened - to Victoria BC.
harold wrote:
>
> In 1968 my sister left the road at about 75mph (according to witnesses)
> sailed off a 25' embankment, then went end over end, followed by five or
> six roll overs. She was able to crawl out from under the capsized
> Alpine (SI) only slightly injured. I have always attributed her
> survival to her use of her seat belt, and my Dad's installation of an
> excellent roll bar. Among her injuries was severe bruising by the seat
> belt.
>
> The hard top landed in a tree, the driveshaft was driven about six
> inches into the transmission, which in turn drove the output shaft and
> input shaft through the front of the transmission, which in turn shoved
> the crankshaft forward in the block, slightly, but it doesn't take
> much. The exhaust and intake manifolds were torn from the head, and the
> gas tank ruptured. Very little of the car was salvageable. The wooden
> steering wheel splintered and went through her hand.
>
> In the confusion after the one car accident someone stole her purse.
>
> So it goes, but I would certainly recommend a roll bar and of course a
> seat belt.
> --
> Harold
> http://www.users.talstar.com/halmc/
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