Steve-B Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 here ☹️ ☹️ ☹️ ☹️ ☹️ Steve B Big Black Beast^3 Lighten up everybody....NOW USA 2005: How the West Was Driven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mav Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 They'll soon bounce back, i'm sure Viv for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossybee Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 *thumbdown* Not so good. At least nobody badly injured Rrrrrrrrrrrrossssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!! here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 Ooops, Sorry Steve wrote mine at the same time. Still bad enough to warrant muli posts. I'll see if I can make contact tomorrow from the office and post an update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-B Posted July 6, 2004 Author Share Posted July 6, 2004 i'll dig up john's mobile number as they're coming with us to USA2005 next year ❗ Steve B Big Black Beast^3 Lighten up everybody....NOW USA 2005: How the West Was Driven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 V. bad news ☹️ Thanks heavens the injuries are ot too serious - from experience I know that French hospitals are very good so I'm sure he'll be well enough to come home soon. Hugh & Kay will be looking after them well. Steve/Mav - if you make contact, give them our love from the sheds Tam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 ❗ ☹️ Best wishes to all - let me know if I can help. I rebuilt my car onto a new chassis after a cat C write off so maybe I can offer some useful advice... HOOPY R706KGU Hoopylight R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Just in case you missed this in chitchat here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibster. Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 What a great thing the FIA bar is and to think that some people complain when they are not allowed on club track days without one Again here's to a speedy recovery of everyone and everything involved Supercheese R250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Paul - I think you'll find that Barbarella has a standard bar, not an FIA... Certainly some of the pics on Barbarellas homepage show a std. bar AFAI could tell. ...so doubly amazing that they 'got away with it'. Me? I've got side impact bars, honeycomb etc. - just as well I don't usually have a passenger - they haven't got anything like that. Keep BC free and open for ALL. Membership No. 43xx Alcester Racing 7's Equipe - 🙆🏻™ Alcester-Racing-Sevens.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossybee Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Looks like a standard bar in the photo . Not very pleasant seeing something like that Rrrrrrrrrrrrossssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!! here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 tam Not my business not my area etc but I think Fletch didn't want people to see pics like that (understandable really) and a guy edited his post on Chit chat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La vache espagnole Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Omigawsh... May I repeat the sentiment: Thank God and whatever spirit it is that protects the car (knowing that you are of the pagan persuasion Jen*) that Fletch wasn't too seriously injured. Get well soon. And I know it's only metal and stuff, but it's hard not to shed a little tear [sniff] for poor Barbarella... ☹️ ☹️ ☹️ ☹️ ☹️ nothing... * (Er, hope I didn't cause offence there. Nothing but respect intended.) Edited by - MisterToad on 8 Jul 2004 23:14:08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Elizabeth Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 Gawd, these cars are strong aren't they. Scary pictures, but comforting in a strange way, that we are well protected. Glad Fletch is now out of hossie Can't believe the chap didn't stop My father was run off the road in France 2 years ago, whilst towing a glider. Chap did a stupid overtake completely forgetting how long a glider trainer and Estate car are. Father and glider ended up a ditch, with Monsier Plonker carrying on his merry way. Guess it happens here too ☹️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.Mupferit Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 Just thinking about what Hugh Dent was saying the other day when he was hypothesising about the reason for the car doing what it did. I think Hugh said they were Minilite type wheels but looking at the pic thay appear, to me, to be Prisoner types. Now someone else who had a wheel break (can't remember who it was-well it is Friday, and after the pub ❗) confirmed that theirs were also Prisoners. Are the Prisoner wheels a lot weaker than the Minilites I wonder 🤔 ☹️ ☹️ ☹️ Brent Zetec 209 Reassuringly Expensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 Brent.. They are the 16" HPC wheels. Dannyboy - *tongue*back in blat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 Seriously though. Glad that they escaped major injury. But not nice seeing someones pride and joy reduced to that by someone else's stupid actions. Edited by - Dannyboy on 9 Jul 2004 16:40:32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.Mupferit Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 Ah ok but are they any weaker than the Minilite type I wonder 🤔 No, not nice at all and if I showed that pic to my wife I think it would only serve to confirm what she has always (erroneously I feel) believed about travelling in the 7. Brent Zetec 209 Reassuringly Expensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 I would assume that they are, given the larger diameter giving a much greater lever arm on the wheel in the event of a shock loading. Going back to the wifey thing...would they have suffered any less injury in a normal car? I think it's a pretty indication that the Seven is a fairly robust bit of kit Dannyboy - *tongue*back in blat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.Mupferit Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 Now Dannyboy, you are assuming that wifey things are logical and understand engineering Let me guess........you aren't married are you 🤔 😬 I think it's robust but you try telling that to Mrs C Brent Zetec 209 Reassuringly Expensive Edited by - BRENT CHISWICK on 9 Jul 2004 17:04:59 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 Brent.. Well spotted that I'm not married..... Don't get any complaints from SWMBO though as she owns her own seven Anyhow, enough on this....Get well soon Fletch!! Dannyboy - *tongue*back in blat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.Mupferit Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 Ah good, an enlightened girlie but yes you are right, all good wishes to Fletch and hope to see him in fine fettle soon. Brent Zetec 209 Reassuringly Expensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbarella Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 The 'official' pics of the demise of our Se7en are here. There are some more to come when I get the ones that Phill Ambrose (Sumo) took. You will also find some pics of the happier times during the Bordeaux Blat. I am still editing, more to come here too. Se7en's - the most fun you can have with clothes on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric McLoughlin Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 The wheels look like what Caterham used to call "5 Spoke Alloys". To my mind, they consist mostly of "space", certainly more so than on a standard "Supalite". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mav Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 Shocked by those piccies, just glad everyone is relatively ok Viv for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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