<VV> 76 convention accident, was: Damn bambi's and FCs

[Charles Lee]

Ah, yes, I remember that well !

If my memory serves me at all, the FC hit a new Lincoln Town Car in its left 
rear, trying to get between it and the wall, but there was no room.

The FC's right front end was damaged, but not as badly as the Lincoln, whose 
roof line actually buckled as I remember it.

What was even more badly damaged was the driver of the Lincoln was a Ford 
employee (executive) whose ego was severely damaged since no one cared about 
his new car, and everyone was devastated by the damage to the Corvair.  He 
was "bruised" into despair and no one cared about his car (although we made 
sure he was personally not injured) !

I remember off-handedly saying to the Ford guy that "you can just go get 
another one of those - these (pointing to the Corvair) can't be replaced as 
easily!  He was not convinced though.

At another of our conventions, someone ran a red light and totaled a 1958 
Edsel Citation, and at another someone rear ended a 66 Corsa crushing the 
rear beyond repair.

Insurance really does nothing really, since even if you get enough to buy 
another one, there is one less Corvair for the rest of us !

It seems NONE of these accidents were the fault of the classic car's owner, 
and it's always someone to whom whom our cars mean very little that cause 
these accidents.

BTW, just got back from a great resurrection the Fan Belt Toss, and there 
are some great cars there, so if you have been there, go, go NOW !!!

Charlie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <airvair at earthlink.net>
To: <kenpepke at juno.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:44 AM
Subject: <VV> 76 convention accident, was: Damn bambi's and FCs


> The FC was eventually repaired. It was Charlie Biddle's 'brier. He came up
> over one of the Southfield's infamous roll-a-coaster humps only to find a
> stalled vehicle in his (fast) lane. He couldn't brake fast enough, nor
> swing right due to traffic, and he was running close to the wall on the
> left. He did what he could, but a crash was inevitable.
>
> I hauled it home for him in my trailer.
>
> -Mark
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: kenpepke at juno.com <kenpepke at juno.com>
>> Subject: Re: <VV> Damn bambi's and FCs, was:  Corvair #1 Death Trap???
>>
>> I was at that 79 Convention ... I remember the former fire department FC
> and the accident.  Nobody suffered more than superficial injury.  In fact,
> although it was quite a hard hit, it turned out to be still drivable.  It
> was obvious that the agility of the FC almost got it out of the accident 
> as
> it only caught the corner of the vehicle which it hit. The passenger door
> still functioned and I convinced the owner to lay on his back under the
> front of the FC and look up.  From that angle there was no visible damage
> ... I never heard what happened but there was no reason to not repair that
> vehicle.
>> Ken P
>>
>> ********************************************************
>>
>> airvair at earthlink.net wrote:
>>
>> I just bagged an 8-point buck two days ago with a F**d Escort. The air
> bags
>> went off, and the hood was shortened to half its original length. Even 
>> the
>> windshield was smashed and the "A" pillar pierced. I'd hate to do that in
>> an FC. I'm all for more hunters! (and always was.)
>>
>> As a friend is so fond of saying, with an FC, you're the first one to the
>> accident.
>>
>> On the other hand, at the first Detroit national convention in '79, one
> CCE
>> guy piled his FC into a stalled car on the Southfield. Fortunately the
>> damage was more on the unoccupied passenger side. But the passenger
>> intrusion was still not pretty.
>>
>> -Mark
>
>
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