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"Joe Garrett" <j.garrett@gte.net> said:
>Thanks to all for the off-list replies about my big 5 ton accident. I
>appreciate the thoughts and the stories. I have been driving since 1968,
At 35 mph shouldn't one be able to avoid, even by just braking, just about
_any_ situation? You say you 'never touched the pedal', but if you had
been observing the 'incoming mail' that never slowed down, wouldn't this
have been possible? One reason I do like today's 'spokey' wheels whereby
peripheral vision can readily clock an approaching veh @90 degrees.
Odd assumption: If you had _locked_ that front wheel by panic braking, the
car would've been pushed aside rather than run over. (!?)
Drop-down bumpers for the Deuce, along with full 'ground effects kit'- I
can't wait. Driving cars since '58. 8^)
>Anybody got any front spring hangers for an M54A2? I need them
>immediately ($40 a day storage until I get this truck repaired).
>Insurance will cover it, I guess, but I am the one who has to go fix it.
>Towing it to a large truck facility will cost $1000. Fixing it in place
>will cost maybe $100.
I'm curious why you didn't run a few loops of 3/16 inch steel cable thru
the spring ends and frame so you could limp home?
>Joe Garrett
Bill
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