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This is a new page on the site to show off and report some of
the adventures of the Tav Demolition Derby team. The team consists
of all the regulars that have managed to write off a car or at
least have an amusing bump. Members so far include Eddie, Ugzy,
Jay, Chris Hill, Ugzy, Spence, Ugzy, Ruddy, Ugzy, Christian Hill,
and oh did I mention Ugzy.
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Its very rare that I take my camera to the Tav, but tonight I
took it along to take pictures of the new chalk boards, and how
glad was I that I did. There I was snapping away when Jay came
running into the pub and told me and Tony to go outside and take
a look at his car.
He'd just pulled into the carpark and as he did his wheel had
popped out of the socket and twisted round, spilling fluid from
his suspension and grounding one end of the car almost into the
tarmac.
Check out the pictures below for the full story of what followed
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"Oh shit" say Jay as he realises the wheel has just
fallen off his car - "Now I'm gonna have to walk to school
tomorrow"
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Looks like he's losing the fluid from his suspension as well.
Not to worry we can dump some wood chippings on that to soak
it up. Just how are we gonna get the car shifted from the middle
of the car park
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Mike has a good idea - Lets jack the car up
and slip under a small metal trolley to try and push the car a
long. A few bits of wood under there as well to get it level
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The cars jacked up and ready to be shifted.
Everyone pushes as hard as they can but it won't budge. Then Jay
remembers the hand brake. Ok second try, I stand back to record
the event on camera leaving Sarah at the back in my place (yep
I'm a true gent)
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It seemed like a good plan at the time to lower the car onto
the trolley and push it along, and it was working fine. What we
hadn't considered though was the small dip in the car park where
we managed to ground the trolley. Back to the drawing board and
after a quick pint we decided to lower the car, get the wheel
off then try to put the joint back in the socket. This didn't
work either. We eventually opted for braun instead of brain -
7 guys at the front lifting the car up and 3 at the back pushing.
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How to knock a wall down and write a Fiesta off
in one easy step : "Forget to turn the corner." Next
time you're on your way to Leek take a look out for the scene
of Ugzy's famous accident. The funniest part is that he managed to write the car off only
4 days after buying it from Ecke (in fact he still hadn't paid
for it)
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