Vehicles you've ruined

[Hogan]

Should we include parents cars we ruined?

oh boy - if we do, then there are many more stories

In 1971 I was a senior in high school & co-op'd so I worked the afternoons at Newton Chevrolet in Chattanooga. Whenever a hot car came in I would jump in it and circle around my school which was only two blocks away.
A nice, almost new SS454 Monte Carlo came in for service so I went to park it.....circled the school, did some long burnouts for my buddies, got the brakes hot, blew thru a stop sign when they wouldn't work and hit a dump truck. Tore the whole front end off!

Yep, I ruined that vehicle & also my career at Newton Chevrolet.

Dan

That reminds me of when I worked at a dealership when 17 y/o - I took to the buffing & polishing well - so they trusted me with taking cars to/from auctions after a few weeks - I really liked the owner and his right hand guy - fun job, hard work, good job

the bad - I was in a very custom BMW #3 series with ground effects & lots of other upgrades

so what did I do to it - pulled into the lot too fast, ground effects hit curb and front fender was no longer show quality - I kept the job, they like my labor, but I didnt drive the fancy cars again for a while and I got razzed a lot about that

[oldcow]

In 1971 I was a senior in high school & co-op'd so I worked the afternoons at Newton Chevrolet in Chattanooga. Whenever a hot car came in I would jump in it and circle around my school which was only two blocks away.
A nice, almost new SS454 Monte Carlo came in for service so I went to park it.....circled the school, did some long burnouts for my buddies, got the brakes hot, blew thru a stop sign when they wouldn't work and hit a dump truck. Tore the whole front end off!

Yep, I ruined that vehicle & also my career at Newton Chevrolet.

Dan

Oldcow

[oldcow]

1967 VW bug around a telephone pole
1981 Lada into a culvert at high speed Xmas eve after Dad told me not to go out
1970 something Rabbit (parents) put a hole in the oil pan and other damage while parking with a girl in the woods
1981 GPZ 750, hit a Sunday driver during our regular Sunday morning rides
1982 GPZ 1100 in the back of a station wagon showing off in front of kids waiting for the school bus
1983 GS1100 dumped doing a wheelie accross a busy city intersection

That's off the top of my head. My father was right, I really was a dumb ass! Let's not talk about snowmobiles...

Oldcow

[BAMA-ZRX]

What motor in the 62? My bro. had a 63 406 and a 60 w/340/390

It was a puppy V8 motor which I believe 252... something close to that! If it was a 406 I most likely would have kept it longer... it's all about SPEED you know

I remember at the time a guy had a stripped down Galaxy with 406 4 speed car with tri-power. Don't know if it came with the 3 deuces from the factory but it ran really well... it was black on black!

Wayne

[Green Monster]

CARS:
totaled an '88 Pontiac Sunbird

toasted engine of an '03 Suzuki XL-7 suv

all other cars (another 6 of them) were traded in for replacements

MOTORCYCLES:

'79 CB750F - died from engine failure about 3 months after I foolishly though the cam chain tensioner needed to be adjusted (bike was 15+ years old at the time, shoulda left it alone) while doing the work, I dropped a bolt down into the engine casing. I had already been riding it for a year at the time, had bought it for $500 and didn't want to split the cases to fetch the bolt out. So I buttoned it all up, and rode it for those 3 months until the loose cam chain eventually wore the cases and leaked like a sieve.

'87 Yamaha FZ700 - totaled on a leaf peeper ride in VT, about 20 minutes into the ride. Cold tires, somewhat wet road, and a downhill left hand turn = low-side get-off. No injuries to me, was wearing my Motoport 1 piece riding suit (similar to Aerostich). The bike ended up upside down in a ditch on the side of the road.
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'00 ZRX1100 - totaled during Bikeweek 2002, hit a nasty frost heave on NH back roads, only had my throttle hand on the bars, due to flipping up face-shield with left hand at the worst possible moment. tankslapper into a Highside, I broke both wrists as well as dislocated my right wrist. Both surgically repaired.

[ZrexRich]

1965 Chevrolet El Camino: Oil pan plug backed out and seized the motor while on the highway.
1992 Mitsubishi Mighty Max V6 4x4: A deeper than it looked puddle submerged the motor and ecu.
1999 Kawasaki ZRX 1100: Over modified it, then parted it out.

[MZ-MANN]

delete a p601

[TGHW]

delete a p601

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1000's of East Germans thank you!


TG

[MZ-MANN]

1000's of East Germans thank you!


TG

2 stroke all times faster
this engine was make a lot smoke with my handswork on it.
i have love the strong ground going fire it up , an some i was one have come on with an hydrochmechanismen gearing, was much faster in shifting as a handshiftgear.
i city i was most time first on the red yello green hanger
the trailer was often by the side from car

[kazman]

One of your best posts ever MZ.

You're our German Sillyhillbilly

[IceCold4x4]

Only one really, I think, but not the shabbiest one unfortunately

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1985 Porsche 911 turbo 3.3, aka the widowmaker. Too fast in a corner, missed the downshift, locked the front wheels (no ABS here), and straight down into a steep ditch, only to be stopped plugged between two trees that stopped me from hitting the riverbed beneath. Still hurts 20 years later.

Guess that's two of those that have been ruined by forum members, My dad had a Black 930 with the Gold center BBS rims with the chrome lip. He spun it doing about 140 or 150 leaving Talledega Gran Prix track one day racing another one of the guys. I distinctly remember looking at the other Porsche's headlights and I knew we were gonna die. Car slid into the center ditch and required extensive bodywork after it almost rolled, I was probably 10 and pissed myself literally. Not proud of it but that car never smelled right afterwords. Nor did the engine last too long after that incident it threw a rod and he sold it. I need to go dig though the old receipts and stuff at my mothers house. I want to find that car one day and own it myself. (My first real trouble with the law was when I was 14 and I purloined it for a few hours late at night. That car will always have a spot in my heart. They really did want to kill the undeserving, as evidenced by my father who was judged and found lacking the right stuff.)

God I love that fat butt and whale tail on the old 930's.

[zrxxx]

1982 Park Ave Electra. Fish tailed in the snow and took out 3 parked cars and wrecked the left side. Had to put the donut spare on to get it home because the rear fender well was pressed against the tire. 1 week later blew the trani, and then spun a bearing trying to get it home with the slipping trani. Had the car for 2 months total; worst car I ever had.

[green12]

It was a puppy V8 motor which I believe 252... something close to that! If it was a 406 I most likely would have kept it longer... it's all about SPEED you know

I remember at the time a guy had a stripped down Galaxy with 406 4 speed car with tri-power. Don't know if it came with the 3 deuces from the factory but it ran really well... it was black on black!

Wayne

They came with 3 twos. My bro's did. Short lived. 427 came out in 63 1/2 . 352 above

[green12]

1982 Park Ave Electra. Fish tailed in the snow and took out 3 parked cars and wrecked the left side. Had to put the donut spare on to get it home because the rear fender well was pressed against the tire. 1 week later blew the trani, and then spun a bearing trying to get it home with the slipping trani. Had the car for 2 months total; worst car I ever had.

3.8? wooda spun a bearing anyway

[TGHW]

3.8? wooda spun a bearing anyway

Wooda been a 4.1 V6, 5.0 V8 (307 ci.) or the infamous GM 5.7 V8 diesel.


TG

[zrxxx]

It was the 5.0. I saved for almost a year to buy that car too. It was gorgeous. Triple gray; half landau roof, double cushion velour interior. It was like driving a couch.

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