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IAN WILSON CRASH

Posted: 09 Dec 2007 09:59
by john mc nulty
THIS IS THE GUY WHO OWNS TRIUMPH ROVER SPARES TWO WEEKS AGO AT THE CLASSIC ADELAIDE 2007.
[url][/url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECy-shlwlek

Posted: 09 Dec 2007 11:28
by Chunk
Big Ouch !!!!
Looks like he walked away, which is the good news.
The bad news is the car.

1979 TR7V8 FHC 3.9 Litre
19 years of tinkering and tuning...... So Far!
Laying down a rubber road to freedom.

Posted: 09 Dec 2007 11:30
by Hasbeen
Thats expensive. He was asking $50,000 for that, in full race trim.

That WAS the car that took 11Th outright in the 2002, or 3 Targa
Tasmania. The only things that beat him were the full race Porsches.
No Ferraris Lambos, or rice burners, just the Porsches.

He'd been in a similar position the year before, but he had another big off.

Hasbeen

Posted: 09 Dec 2007 11:33
by john mc nulty
He was fine he has started to build another one with the running gear from that one.

Posted: 09 Dec 2007 11:35
by john mc nulty
Hasbeen that was his new car he started to build it about two years ago he had two yellow cars

Posted: 10 Dec 2007 09:49
by Beans
Most important he walked away from it more or less unscathed.
and it proves how strong a TR7 body is
or maybe that's thanks to the cage he welded in.

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<font color="blue"><i>1981 TR7 FHC Sprint (better known as 't Kreng)
1981 TR7 DHC (not very well known yet, but back on the road)
Also a 1980 TR7 DHC, 1980 TR7 DHC FI, 1981 TR7 FHC
http://tr7beans.blogspot.com/</i></font id="blue"></center>

Posted: 14 Dec 2007 13:14
by john mc nulty
This is before he had the crash sometime over the weekend in the classic Adelaide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCwCo5p0O_s He has an on board camera in the cab would like to see that one wonder if he would post it on you tube.

Posted: 16 Dec 2007 18:27
by john 215
Hi,
John thats sounds awesome [:D] shame about the accident but as mentioned the strenght of a rally prep TR7 well demostrated.
Cheers John.

LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!
1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)
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1982 2.0 DHC Soon to be a 4.6 fire breather!!
Read My Blog http://www.waringstowntr7s.co.uk/blogs/ ... hp/John215

Posted: 30 Dec 2007 16:35
by Diane Pringle
Just proves how strong TR7's are ! I was very glad I had a roll-cage in mine when I went off on late afternoon ice 2 years ago - only suffered cracked ribs and collar bone ! Car now reshelled and should be ready to rock and roll this year !
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PS I have a TR4A cage on ebay for sale !

Posted: 30 Dec 2007 18:46
by Beans
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You better hurry, only 28 hours left [:D]

Looking at (the remains of) your car it's clear why they put cross braces behind the doors nowadays.
But most important you walked away less "dented" then the car

<center>Image
<font color="blue"><i>1981 TR7 FHC Sprint (better known as 't Kreng)
1981 TR7 DHC (not very well known yet, but back on the road)
Also a 1980 TR7 DHC, 1980 TR7 DHC FI, 1981 TR7 FHC
http://tr7beans.blogspot.com/</i></font id="blue"></center>