<VV> Corvairs really are "unsafe at any speed", even sitting still.

[BBRT]

I wish y'all would be more careful...I am afraid it might rub off on me... 
Be careful-Heal well, Randy.

Chuck S
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JRVIDRINE at aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 6:10 PM
Subject: <VV> Corvairs really are "unsafe at any speed", even sitting still.


> Folks,
>
> Actually that's not true, it's the owners who can be unsafe.  I just 
> wanted
> to pass on a mishap that happened to me last Friday evening (April 15th) 
> while
> working on my 62 Monza Coupe.  Hopefully this will be a safety alert to 
> the
> group.  My purpose in working on the car was to get it ready for a trip 
> the car
> club I belong to was taking today (April 23rd).  They were driving up to
> Forrest Hill, LA to visit a sawmill museum with a working steam boiler, 
> engines and
> machine shop which supported the enterprise.  They were also having 
> antique
> tractors and cars there.
>
> While I was working on the car I was using a "creeper."  You know, just 
> like
> the one you probably have.  I've always been aware they pose a danger and 
> made
> it a practice when not using it (whenever I wasn't on it), to roll it 
> under
> the car.  Anyhow, I had rolled it under the car but, either not far enough
> under the car, or my little terrier dog (who loves to lay on the padded 
> cushion)
> may have gotten on it which could have moved it.
>
> In walking from the rear of the car to the front my left foot stepped on 
> the
> creeper.  It went out and I came down on my right ankle like a ton of 
> bricks
> (or at least 230 lbs worth).  I knew instantly that I had fractured the 
> ankle
> and sure enough that is the case.  I will be in this cast for at least 5 
> more
> weeks and the worse part is not being able to finish the work, missing the 
> tour
> and suspending work on the Corvair until I heal up.
>
> In the future, I will never leave a creeper horizontally on its wheels 
> unless
> I'm laying on it.  If I'm not on it, it will be standing on it's end on 
> the
> wall or on it's hook on the wall (which is where it goes when the job is 
> done).
> Just wanted to pass this on in the hope that it will perhaps keep one of 
> you
> from suffering the same mistake.
>
> Randy Vidrine
> 62 Monza Coupe
> Branch, LA
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