<VV> "structural integrity"-NO CORVAIR

[airvair]

My late mechanic had a similar thing happen to him. A customer dropped 
off his old jap pickup to have an exhaust put on it. When the hoist was 
raised, the truck folded in the middle up to about a 90 degree angle, in 
which position my mechanic took the picture. He then lowered the hoist, 
and the truck settled down into the "normal" position. He told the 
customer that there was no way he could safely put an exhaust on the 
vehicle, and then showed him the pic. Never saw the truck again.

-Mark C

henry kaczmarek wrote:

> All
>
> Thought while discussing this, you might find this interesting.
>
> A member of the Carolina Panthers recently bought a Ford Street rod 
> ('50's model) from a man in California not too long ago, and 
> comissioned a friend of a friend of mine to fly out to CA, and drive 
> the car back 2700 miles to Mooresville, NC ---which he did without 
> incident in 5 days.
>
> Once the car got to Mooresville, the owner asked the transport driver 
> to drive the car up to a local garage, so they could get a good look 
> at the car underneath.
>
> As the car went up on the lift, the frame cracked in 2 different 
> places in the rear. Not small cracks----cracked completely 
> apart.....The guy who just finished a 2700 mile drive in the car 
> reacted---by passing out cold on the garage floor----
>
> this isn't a right wing conspiracy btw, A REAL TRUE story.  I nearly 
> wet myself laughing when I heard the guy tell me. He had pics to prove 
> it.
>
> HANK