That is very sad, thankfully he is ok. The word "lost" sounded kind of
ominous, but it should be fixable, Did the person that hit him have insurance?
Supposedly there has never been a Bricklin wrecked beyond the possibility of
repair.
George
In a message dated 4/22/2004 7:51:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
jblair1948@cox.net writes:
> I just received the following email from Les. Unfortunately, we've lost
> another one.
>
> John
>
>
> >
> >Hi John T.,
> >
> >I lost number 118 yesterday, a speeding full size pickup came out of the
> >fog yesterday and broad sided it just aft of center as I was making a
> >left turn. I guess he wasn't watching the road, no attempt was made to
> >stop, I think the collision was at about 50 mph.
> >
> >I was lucky to walk away from it, had I been in my S-10 pickup I don't
> >think I would have survived, took a hell of a shot!
> >
> >Might make an interesting picture comparison, the passenger side is all
> >pushed in, the frame bent, the seat twisted upward, I don't think a
> >passenger would have had much chance to survive this particular crash.
> >The driver air door still works fine, the seat is intact, my greatest
> >injury is the rig cage where it banged into the center console, that
> >thing was a pain while I worked under the dash.
> >
> >The irony is that I had finished it completely the day before, after
> >some 4 and a half months of almost non-stop effort getting everything
> >just so. I really liked the car, it was a very pretty car and I had
> >done so much to make it better, for me it was perfect.
> >
> >Today I'm sad and my ribs hurt, my neck took a little hit too.
> >
> >Damn! Hope your world is going ok.
> >
> >Les
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