<VV> If it weren't for bad luck... (long)

[Norman C. Witte]

Ned, how terrible!  

Thank goodness you are ok.  Whatever you decide to do with the car, don't lose
heart.  I am sure someday you will have a great story to tell.

Norm Witte

Quoting AeroNed@aol.com:

> ... I wouldn't have any.
> 
> Rewind to last year's convention, my first, my engine ate a couple of rod 
> bearings on the way. Flat towed the car to the convention and ended up having
> a 
> great time without a car. When I took the engine apart, we found some 
> 'defective' parts. The vendor stood by their parts and help with the rebuild
> with some 
> new parts. The engine runs great, better than the first one ever did.
> 
> Now this year...
> I was looking forward in driving my car in the convention events in 
> Lexington. My employer decides that it would be a good thing to shut down a
> week before 
> Christmas. This combined with my brother's wedding meant that I didn't have 
> the vacation time for the convention. Yesterday, they decided that the year
> end 
> shut down would not be needed. This meant that I could go to Lexington and at
> 
> least make the autocross. I was a bit hesitant about making the trip solo but
> 
> the desire for the convention fun was greater. I loaded up the car and headed
> 
> out last night around 9:30 PM. My plan was to do 200-300 miles of the 700 
> mile trip and finish today. I made it about 250 miles, got through KC and 
> thinking about stopping for the night. At this point, enter Bambi.
> 
> I was about 100 yards behind a Semi, doing about 70 MPH, the speed limit, in
> 
> the right lane. A good sized Doe stepped into the right lane, I swerved to
> the 
> left but clipped Bambi with the front right side. The damage is extensive to
> 
> the quarter panel, hood, and front panel with some minor damage to the 
> passenger's door. I had to do some adjustment to the quarter to get some
> clearance 
> for the tire but the car was drivable. I proceeded to the next exit which
> wasn't 
> too far.
> 
> Needless to say, I decided not to proceed to Lexington. I made a few more 
> adjustments to the sheet metal and headed west. The car ran and handled great
> 
> despite roadside modifications. I'm very thankful, and actually feel lucky
> that I 
> was not hurt.
> 
> I had lots of time to think about what to do now, do I still don't know what
> 
> I'm going to do. I may look for a "Ultra" rust free body and transfer my 
> existing running gear. I'm also thinking about parting out the car (is
> someone 
> trying to tell me something). I'm going to take some more time to figure
> where to 
> go from here.
> 
> Ned
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