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I noticed my heart was racing while watching it.... hoping nothing bad would happen.... but knowing it would.

It's a bit like hoping the titanic would miss the iceberg!

Your wipers still worked! You can salvage those!

Glad to see you guys were OK.

Thanking our lucky stars the embankment was there - would not have been much fun heading off into the trees.

No sticker on it as far as I noticed. The cage doesn't have a scratch on it - have asked Meridian their thoughts on salvaging bits of it.

Unfortunately my do it once, do it properly philosophy seems to apply to crashing as well! Will get some other opinions but things look to have shifted too much for a repair. I don't want to risk ending up with a compromised result. Would be looking for a no accident, high km full car, maybe import one as race/rally and sell off the bits I don't need.

The front left suspension tower has shifted down a fair bit after taking the initial impact. You can see the bend in the strut brace and ABS lines. Engine seems to have escaped unscathed minus the little fire that only looks to have taken out some wiring next to the turbos, no interference with the fan / balancer area. The radiator might even be ok.

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Roof is buckled above drivers seat, through to the windscreen frame.

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Rear left quarter has also dropped and the wheel is shoved backwards so the subframe is probably a mess as well.

One weird thing, can't see it here, but the passenger side floor checker plate is folded right over where it runs next to the transmission tunnel . . . transmission tunnel looks ok though - interested to see what the hell happened to cause that.

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Not a hint of a bend or crack from the cage.

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Your crash is very similar to how I crashed in Arrowsmith 08 (was even a R5>3), I was just lucky I fell into a ditch at slower speed, and didn't get any style points for a triple pyke.

You would be surprised how well they fix. Dad's R33 has had 4 big hits in the front left (3 by us, 1 by Glenny). We replaced the left front tower after our first hit, cause Glenny had a rushed job to fix it when he crashed, and it was no good after a second hit. The 3rd and 4th hits were fixed on a chassis aligner.

Your crash is very similar to how I crashed in Arrowsmith 08 (was even a R5>3).

Haha driver induced understeer of fail, it's how all the cool kids do it :thumbsup:

Well yeah could be a repair job and a front cut as Woo suggests. The metal guy we used on my 32 shell is a wizard - no doubt he would be able to get it straight again just depends on dollars. Once I get it back in Melbourne and up on stands I can get him to have a look.

Seems a good opportunity to pee-off(!) :rolleyes: those seats and get something a little better.....if somewhat inconvenient on transports. Teensie-tiny in-car suggests no HNR, going by the head movements....been there, done that, have the impressive array of X-rays!!!!

Cheers mate much appreciated. Might have a spot a bit closer to home but will let you know.

You said you always wanted to keep each racecar you built . . . new deal - you build and develop them, sell them to me, I crash them and bring you back the shell for your museum :P

Cheers mate much appreciated. Might have a spot a bit closer to home but will let you know.

You said you always wanted to keep each racecar you built . . . new deal - you build and develop them, sell them to me, I crash them and bring you back the shell for your museum :P

God I watched that video with my heart in my mouth mate. So glad you guys are ok after what could have been SOOO much worse. The cage did an incredible job, worth every cent methinks. Sad to see my old car looking so hard done by, but it's only sheet metal!

God I watched that video with my heart in my mouth mate. So glad you guys are ok after what could have been SOOO much worse. The cage did an incredible job, worth every cent methinks. Sad to see my old car looking so hard done by, but it's only sheet metal!

Yes certainly worth every cent - Andrew will definitely be building my next cage. Will give you a yell when the dust settles about possible shell options.

Sad to see Paul, but glad the car held up well and is a testiment to both chassis strength and the quality of the cage. Shows how quickly it can all go wrong!

Hope you can get it all sorted and back to full health ASAP.

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