Re: Sad weekend for the Amc Team and gremlin fans

["amc74hornet" <AMC74HORNET@xxxx>]

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Davis" <martin-davis@xxxx> wrote:
> Well gang,
> Unfortunatly the Amc Team Gremlin met its demise saturday on it's 
> first run. 
> Billy (the owner) and I met his Brother John there and John was to 
> be the driver for the day. On the first run he went 10.62 @ 129.5 MPH 
> Just over the finish line the left rear tire blew out and the car 
> mad a hard left into the guard rail. Then flipped 8, thats right, 
> EIGHT times before comming to a rest on it's roof. Fortunatly NHRA 
> know's what they'r talkin about when it comes to safety. The roll bar 
> held up and John un hooked the 5 point harness, dropped to the roof 
> and was able to shimmy out the broken ds window. He was outta the car 
> befor the rescue crew got there. They got him strapped to a board and 
> into the ambulance. 
> Then a fork truck came over and flipped the car back over. When it 
> landed back upright the whole inside erupted in flames! They went 
> through 4 fire extingushers trying to put it out with no luck and the 
> fire truck was nowhere to be found! Finally it showed up and got it 
> put out. 
> John was taken to the hospital and turns out all he had was a small 
> scratch on his chin and a small cut on his lip like if you 
> accidentally bit it. Thank God for the safety equipment! 
> I am definitly putting a roll bar in my car now! 
> This was the gremlin I bought 15 years ago and built. Now it is gone 
> 
> Bill wants to give up but I am already working on him. He has a 
> spirit drag car he is getting from his B inlaw in CAnada.Plan
> was to get the car and strip it or sell it but now I am trying to 
> talk him into playing with it. He said he will never build another 
> gremlin though. ( I offered him my 73 body) 
> 
> I posted a few pics 
> A very sad,
> Davis

Man that was some crash, it's a amazeing the driver was not seriously injured. I saw a post on the AMX files about a Gremlin that crashed and somehow had a bad feeling it was you guy's car. Sorry, it dosen't look like there is anything salvagable there.
"Doc"