grumpyvette Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 http://rides.webshots.com/video/3026513330101149359WVpyxw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naviathan Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Holy crap! He acted like he wasn't even surprised about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravRMK Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 That is the firat time I have seen anything like that! WOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.I.jonas Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Rofl!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIM73240Z Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 just by looking at the guy, im sure his thought was "wow my car is baaaad ass. look at what it could do." not "oh crap i suck as a fabricator". pretty funny though. jimbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB26powered74zcar Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Oh crap.... I can't see the drive shaft, or what happens to it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8dats Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 oops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyvette Posted October 1, 2007 Author Share Posted October 1, 2007 what amazed me was the ladder bars both broke away clean and equally, allowing the rear differential/tires to roll the car up and over the wheels, usually one side lets go and the other bends and shears pitching the car at an angle when the rear suspension self destructs due to bad design or installation, almost as if the rear was simply bolted to the ladder bars and there were no rear springs , brake lines , pinnion snuber or shocks installed at all?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfly Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Darwin award recipient waiting for his award to arrive... Dragonfly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big-phil Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 it looks like right after the burnout you can see something has gone wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 My guess is they got tacked really well during assembly and never got the final pass. They just broke too perfectly to have been full welded. Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.I.jonas Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 almost as if the rear was simply bolted to the ladder bars and there were no rear springs , brake lines , pinnion snuber or shocks installed at all?? Exactly-this made me wonder if this was just a hoax or something.How could everything attached to the rear just come undone so easily.Like you said where are the springs,lines,and i never could catch a shot of the driveshaft.?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Looks like the diff and axle spun within the ladder bar clamps and then the clamps snapped. Hope he didn't pay anyone for that work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1noel Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Hooked up nicely though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buZy Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 He better work on his reaction times too.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eec564 Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 I'd agree with the tack weld analysis. I tack welded some cut up pipes to some flat scrap metal last July 4th in an attempt to make a nice roman candle holder. I carried it by one of the pipes to where I was going to test it, and the pipe I carried it by broke off when I put a roman candle in it. The thing weighed over 10lbs, and the roman candle maybe half a pound. I went back, and finished the welding I forgot about when I'd been interrupted, and all was good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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