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What forum is she on? Mention of her wreck on this thread is all I have heard of it... When did it happen? Was it in Florida?

Jim, I know she is on Rodding Roundtable, and also the HAMB, I think. They live in Ohio because she mentioned they are near the Flaming River factory. She was returning from some show (maybe T Bucket Nationals?) and that is when it happened. Not sure in what State though. She said it happened August of 2006.

I should have gotten more details from her, but I was a little foggy from just driving up to Daytona when she and her Husband came over to my car and introduced themselves. My hearing wasn't up to par from all the wind rushing by for 5 hours either, so I missed a lot of what they were telling me.

They did say the body stayed remarkably intact, and even the little rubber wellnuts that hold the body to the frame didn't come loose. Mickey from Total Performance called them a couple of days later and wanted the car back for research purposes so they could learn what a wreck does to a car like this.

That is as much as I know, and maybe someone else can fill in the blanks and give better facts than I have given here. I kept thinking of her wreck as I was buzzing along at 70mph coming home from Daytona. It wouldn't take much to end up off of the road and these things sure don't afford much protection. You also can't relax for a second and have to keep watching traffic all around you to make sure some rubbernecker isn't moving over into your lane as he looks at your car (happened a couple of times on the trip)

Don