Heck, all you gotta do is get each of the FOT members to
each send one road sign from their home state and you'd
have all your leg work done for you.....:)
Brad
On 2 Jun 2003 at 9:40, Bill Babcock wrote:
> I'm fine, though I feel like seven kinds of fool for dinging my great
> little weird car. I'm in the shop this morning assessing damage. Not as
> bad as I first thought. I thought that the left front suspension was
> totally trashed with the possibility of frame damage. Turns out to be a
> bent tie rod. The rear end (It hit front first, then rear)has a crackked
> wheel that made it look like the axle housing could be tweaked, but it
> might be OK too. Mostly it's bodywork, and that will take a month because
> I need to go steal a bunch of road signs.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Kahler
> To: Bill Babcock
> Sent: 6/2/2003 7:57 AM
> Subject: Re: Crumpled Peyote
>
> Ah dang. Of all the odd and weird little cars out there Peyote
> was something special. Hopefully you can get him back to
> running shape soon.
>
> More importantly though, how are you?
>
> Brad
>
> On 2 Jun 2003 at 7:46, Bill Babcock wrote:
>
> > I stuck Peyote into the wall at Sears Point last weekend. Damn. Got
> into a
> > tankslapper accelerating out of turn ten. I'm pretty sure I could have
> > saved it on Hoosiers, but those Dunlop racing tires that HMSA requires
> > feel like they've been greased. I'm just not used to them.
> >
> > Anyway, Peyote is pretty badly damaged. I hit the wall pretty hard,
> and
> > that concrete is unforgiving. It'll probably take me at least a month
> to
> > fix it. I guess I should have taken that busted trailer shackle as a
> sign
> > that I had no business going to California.
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