Crazymike

Hello.... I normaly lurk..and don't post..( I have nothing to add...) Well this is news. Thursday I was rear ended by to old ladies in their Oldsmobile ( A high speed impact on I35 going north in my Brat ( Zap's old silver Brat..) and got rolled twice and spun. Car is a totaled ( to say the least ) but ..to the shock of all the rescue workers, police and firemen and the witnesses there I walked away..here is a copy of the report I gave to the State trooper: Around 4:39pm yesterday I heading North on I35 going to work. Just north of the WalMart distridution center the traffic is slowing down to merge because they have one lane ( the left ) shut down. I'm listening to Greg Knapp on 570am talk about a "macdonalds" bill in the Texas house. I put my car into third and slow down. Then in second with my foot on the brake. As the tach is at 2800-2700, I get the urge to get into the left lane. I don't know why...I did, I just did! So I check my mirrors first left.. then rear...as is my habit. I looked into the rear and see a big Oldsmobile sedan with two older ladies barreling down at me...no time to do ANYTHING.. I think in a flash "they can't stop in time" and ... WHAM!!!!! they hit me in the rear at full speed. ..... .......... The car launches forward..out of control, though I try to get control. I swerve right twards the shoulder, then left into the left lane and almost in to a red Pontiac ( Thank God that I left plenty of forward room in my "space cushion" ) and then.... she starts to tumble!!! thats right...ROLL!!! as she starts to go over on the driver's side front corner I say "Well Mike this is it!" and pull my self into a ball in my seat covering my head with my hands and pull my legs in.... and ride it out. She stops on her side ( driver ) and facing 180 from where she started in the left lane..so I spun in the air too!! Front windshield is gone, passenger side window and t top are shattered..rear window..who knows. I unbuckle my self and get out through the windshield. I walk away and sit down on the shoulder..in shock. People on the scene come over to me and tell me to stay down and help. The Olds is in the ditch, front end all pushed in, the two ladies still in the car talking to each other. A guy who stops to give aid and call in the accident lets me use his cell phone and I call Beth: " Beth...I've been in an accident up here on 35 at the Wal Mart distribution center could you call work and tell them I'm not coming in today? " ........... Mudrat made my rollbar and bumpers/front guard. If he had not made it so high..and so well...the Troopers say I would most likly be dead. They saved my @$$!! No kidding!! here are some pics: Now I've got to get my documentation together to prove that a Brat is worth more than $700..which is what they will try to say it's worth! ( I want it replaced!! It was too bamn handy and useful !! ) I'll try to salvage what I can. My body is now big raw spot. Thank You Mudrat. I miss her already!!

eletric_monk and I have looked at trying to make a diesel out of a ea81...all of it is theroy right now. but we may try to make a bench one soon.