'69 Z28 Wreck

camaromb · #1 04-19-2009, 08:07 AM

This was my best attempt at moving a tree with my first '69Z in 1980. It was also a great seatbelt lesson, I flew out the passenger window and was found in the neighbor's yard. I was luckier than most, I only broke my back and jaw.
Mark

camaromb · #2 04-19-2009, 08:10 AM

Another pic...

**quick-bowtie** · #3 04-19-2009, 08:11 AM

Holy Crap someone was watching over you!! I cant believe your here to say you were in that car.

396L35 · #4 04-19-2009, 08:12 AM

I love the for sale sign...

Dayton · #5 04-19-2009, 08:19 AM

Hopefully you saved the cowl tag to later affix to a Dynacorn body.

camaromb · #6 04-19-2009, 08:22 AM

I was at the junkyard in Arlington Heights 9 days later looking at the wreck. They couldn't believe I was driving the car. If the angle was different I would have shot into the tree, if I had a seatbelt on I would have walked away. The 3 days I don't remember that I'll never forget!
Mark

**chads454Ls6** · #7 04-19-2009, 08:41 AM

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I was at the junkyard in Arlington Heights 9 days later looking at the wreck. They couldn't believe I was driving the car. If the angle was different I would have shot into the tree, if I had a seatbelt on I would have walked away. The 3 days I don't remember that I'll never forget!
Mark

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C'mon mark,that car was very fixable.

**Rixls6** · #8 04-19-2009, 02:06 PM

Amazing you were able to walk after that.
Were you on a test drive about to buy the car, or was it up for sale by you?

**njsteve** · #9 04-19-2009, 03:26 PM

You do realize you were driving on those recalled Firestone 500 radials don't you? I think you should immediately call a lawyer and start suing Firestone.

You were definitely a lucky man to survive that one. 99.9% of the poeple who are thrown from a wreck like that, don't live to tell about it.

**m22mike** · #10 04-19-2009, 03:36 PM

RE;
"Firestone 500's"

Back then we called them.... Killer tires....