29th Nov - Castle Combe - Camp corner - oh dear :shame:






Friend had an initial look at it today. This was his comment

Started having a proper look today. Forgot the camera - putting it in the car now, ready for tomorrow!!

Stripped off the bumpers and the plastic bits. The vultures started turning up today, let alone circling on here!! Couple of silly offers for the wreckage...

Phoned up the jig man and secured a low-cost high favourage borrow of the gear for next week.

Arranged a borrow of a 7.5 tonner with tail lift + driver too.

Phoned local friendly race repair shop and told them of Gary stackage. They agreed to pitch up for a look see.

When they turned up, the mocking started with a vengeance. Comments like "that's not a stack, its a slap, and not much of one at that" etc

They asked who had pushed Gary, but when I explained he managed it all on his own, the laughter really started...

Des has very kindly volunteered to come over (they are only over the road anyway) when the gear and Gary have arrived to split his time between straightening out the car and straightening out the driver...

The rear 1/4 will be repaired, hopefully, as no one really fancies unpicking a secondhand panel, and a new one is £300. A few extras required - one engine mount ripped in two - there is a scar on the chassis leg where the engine has moved a good 4 inches to hit it, and then moved all the way back. Radiator stuffed, fan shed 3 blades. Rack banana'd. Oil cooler beaten, but probably OK.

Gary has the list.





Thinking of buying a dunce's hat.....

 

Oops I guess this is always a possibility in a track focused car. Shame after all the work you put into it. I'm sure it will be back to normal in no time though.

 

It will keep me busy over the winter

 

Should be ok for easter weekend then Gary?

 

Not going to say yes. That was our planned completion date when we first made it. We were a year late in the end ;D

 

Sorry to see that gary, but it's only metal and no one was hurt. Hope you get it sorted soon.

p.s. My track pug is back on the road, going well too!

Sean

 

Really sorry to see that Gary after all the effort you put in to building it How did it happen?

I hope you can get it repaired as easily as it sounds because reshelling it won't be easy because of the effort you put into it. Do you still have the 205?

 

Combe on Saturday. Temp 1 degrees, foggy, pushing too hard too soon. Driver error.

The 205 is still in Germany and it needs to come home. Been saying that for a while now, just havent made it happen yet.

 

Bugger.

 

Another novice bites the dust at camp.LOL

Hope its not to much damage.

 

Camp has claimed a few Ironic that after so many laps of the ring Wiltshire's finest bites you!


I know you've put a lot of time and effort into the car, so I hope you get it back on track again soon.

 

What a shame Gary, i kinda folowed the build of the Bmw.......

I stuffed my Mini at old tower many moons ago, in fact, the year before they installed the chicanes........ hit the tyres at 60 odd sideways.... ouch!! cost me a re-shell....
Hope you get off lighter!!!

 

New wing, bit of panel beating bit of tcut job done

 

I had no time to work on the Jaffa Cake today, as some paying work came through the door... Makes a change...
Took some pictures, although you can't really see much unless you know what you are looking at.
First off, a shot of as she now sits with the broken plastics removed.

A view down each side. You may be able to see the front moved over to the nearside. If not, just nod and say "yes, yes, I see the problem, Hmm..."


A quick look in the boot. Can't get the battery out yet... You can see the chassis rail has a small pinch in it. Or not. (do the yes thing again)


Poke around under the hood. You can see the kink in the chassis leg.... You're getting it now!!

When I got home, my 3 year old had created a 'Gary's crash tribute' diorama with my best Caterham 7 model on the living room floor...

Ahh, bless...
Grr.

 

Maybe I should have been in the novice group, I might have been ok then

 

shame you binned it, at least it wasn't on its first outing

love the Caterham tribute

 

Camp is about the only one i have not have an off at but only had a armco session at Tower.

But i have been on fire at Camp lol

 

Thatll pull straight with a bit of a warm.

 

This might be a good time to get it seam welded. I think that youd have got away with quite a bit less structural damage had it been done initially.

 

What damage wouldnt have been done if it had been seam welded?

 

The chassis leg and the rail at the back (depending on how far you took the welding away from the suspension points).

 

You think the front chassis leg wouldnt have moved had it been seam welded. Not sure I agree, but then hey I guess we will never know

 

Its impossible to know. Im confident that it wouldnt have been as badly damaged, but the energy would have still have to have been absorbed somewhere; so the panel damage would have been more severe...

 

What happened was :whistle:

 

ouch !!!!
im sure you'll get it all sorted and back on the track Gary.

ps: the car still looks mental even damaged up a bit!!!!

good luck

 

I could of held it

 

Should have got a Scoob...







D

 

ahhh I am just out of veiw in them picks and have had a few battles with him on track brings back memories,He no longer competes in the series.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...SC_0040-11.jpg


we can all do that.

 

Damn, what a sickener

Something to remember it by though (sorry, pics were too good to miss)