Dat Lurka Posted April 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 AHha thats what I said while I was in the hospital! If the suspension is intact I'll at least try it! Really though if anyone wants the truck RATSUN price is 500$ before I start parting it out. Great engine! Quote Link to comment
Dat Lurka Posted April 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 So I lost both my jobs. And now I'm looking for jobs and all I ever look for is driving jobs ollz I don't know where to start... Quote Link to comment
Spoona_Jay21 Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Dude I just noticed this, I'm glad your ok, and hope, if you decide to drive again(I have only read the first page so idk where that went) you find yourself in another Datto soon. Sorry about the truck and I hope you are doin even better soon. Quote Link to comment
Dat Lurka Posted April 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 "8 lives left" Ahaha was that you? Quote Link to comment
Burabuda Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 nobody post anymore funny shit his crash already left him in stitches Quote Link to comment
devilsbullet Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 sucks about the wreck and the truck, good that your alive, and is making me realize more and more how safe these "unsafe old cars" (as a few people have taken to calling my wagon) really are. you crawled out of the truck and walked to the sidewalk...truck looks like you should have been headless not walking. the guy in cali that rolled his z on a cruise walked away from it. laotsu's truck tore half the front of a Honda off, his bumper is a bit askew now but if you didn't know it had been rear ended you probably couldn't tell. my girl got my z into a tussle with an 08 mazda, tore off the other cars entire rear bumper, one side of my front bumper now sticks in about a quarter inch more than the other side. her aunt drove a 260z into the back of a parked dump truck at 65 mph, has a bum knee and some memory issues, but is still alive and kicking 25 years later...I say we're safer in our 30-40 year old tin cans than we would be in a brand new anything. Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 sucks man I am glad your ok you can replace the truck but not your life If your head goes other places while driving DONT DRIVE it is dangerous Quote Link to comment
.sunlover Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Glad you're okay. You didn't ask, but all I'll say is, all you can do is live, and learn... Learn to listen to yourself and pull over, when your gut tells you to, but live. Not driving a Datsun isn't living, not driving at all is just waiting to die anyway. Yeah, we know, wasted a damn good truck, but its the body that's all cracked up, you can get somebody's "project I just don't have time for now", or whatever on the cheap, just move on, and let this shit make you stronger, and better than before. Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 My brother was driving our 1952 Hudson [what a tank it was!] when a brand new Oldsmobile tried to cut him off at a toll booth. The Oldsmobile lost big time! He hooked the Hudson's right front bumper which proceeded to tear the Oldsmobile sheet metal from the front wheel arch all the way to the rear bumper. Our Hudson wound up with a bent front right bumper popped out about 30 degrees and a slight dent on the front right fender sheet metal. We punched the dent from the rear and it popped out without even cracking the paint! A monkey wrench and a cheater bar returned the bumper to original position. The Oldsmobile was towed away! The Olds driver wondered why his car was so much damaged [we politely declined to state that is was because he drove like an A.. H...] and tapped our fender - THUMP! then tapped his fender TING!. Heavy gauge sheet metal wins. Since the Hudson was designed to win stock car races when they were really stock cars it even had the chassis rails outside the passenger compartment providing side crash impact bars by design, you had to step down into the floor pan. Quote Link to comment
Dat Lurka Posted April 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Yeah I was a little over the top about not driving. It's my career. And I can't wait to get a track car. I just wander sometimes. And I've been especially lost due to losing a good friend on Friday to a truck accident. He's the first thing to come to mind as I began to spin through the air. Anyways. I'm supposed to be going to my aunts house soon to start tinkering with her 67' 1600. It's been on blocks and tarped since hurricane Ivan. Parked it because the clutch master went out. I don't know the last time it even ran was. Sounds like a good home for the L20b Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 "8 lives left" Ahaha was that you? (yeah) sucks about the wreck and the truck, good that your alive, and is making me realize more and more how safe these "unsafe old cars" (as a few people have taken to calling my wagon) really are. you crawled out of the truck and walked to the sidewalk...truck looks like you should have been headless not walking. the guy in cali that rolled his z on a cruise walked away from it. laotsu's truck tore half the front of a Honda off, his bumper is a bit askew now but if you didn't know it had been rear ended you probably couldn't tell. my girl got my z into a tussle with an 08 mazda, tore off the other cars entire rear bumper, one side of my front bumper now sticks in about a quarter inch more than the other side. her aunt drove a 260z into the back of a parked dump truck at 65 mph, has a bum knee and some memory issues, but is still alive and kicking 25 years later...I say we're safer in our 30-40 year old tin cans than we would be in a brand new anything.Comparing apples to oranges. In both cases the trucks had a frame and a bumper which adds rigidity to them. They keep their shape better in some cases, and lets be honest the trucks were hitting cream puffs. If you hit a brick wall at that speed the trucks would stop instantly instead of absorbing energy. You would find the driver impaled on the one piece steering column. The newer cars suffer more because of crumple zones which make them more survivable in a severe accident. Quote Link to comment
RedBanner Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Good grief man.... glad your alive! Small prediction for the future. ..... A South Carolina man is in serious condition after a three-vehicle crash on Nine Mile and Chemstrand roads, Tuesday night. Charles A. Brown, 21, of Pendleton, S.C., was sailing west on Nine Mile Road in a fucking sailboat and approaching the intersection as two other vehicle began driving through the intersection, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Brown ran a red light, because there are no brakes on a sailboat, and entered the intersection, striking the front of a 2001 Ford Explorer driven by 51-year-old Russell G. Norton of Milton. Brown then sideswiped the front of a 2009 Hyundai being driven by Alyssa N. Boyer, 38, of Cantonment. The impact of the crash caused Brown’s sailboat to spin clockwise and flip several times before coming to a final rest on the port side of the intersection. Brown was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital where he was listed in serious condition. Norton and Boyer suffered minor injuries. But where very surprised to be struck out of no where by a boat The FHP has cited Brown with running a red light and no proof of boaters safety card 1 Quote Link to comment
devilsbullet Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 (yeah) Comparing apples to oranges. In both cases the trucks had a frame and a bumper which adds rigidity to them. They keep their shape better in some cases, and lets be honest the trucks were hitting cream puffs. If you hit a brick wall at that speed the trucks would stop instantly instead of absorbing energy. You would find the driver impaled on the one piece steering column. The newer cars suffer more because of crumple zones which make them more survivable in a severe accident. maybe, but what about the 240z on its lid, my 280(same thing with the bumpers, I think), my girls aunt, I do believe theres another forum member that rolled his 510, and dat's truck was upside down too. yes the bumpers and frame add the extra rigidity, which is great for the fender benders compared to newer cars. but the amount of people that have ended up upside down in these and walked away from it, as compared to what I used to see and the stories i'd hear when I worked at a body shop...i'd rather roll my z than pretty much anything from the 90's on up. everything I saw rolled that came thru there looked more like sick620's truck...convertible. and inevitably someone died or had to be life-flighted to a hospital. Quote Link to comment
red76datsun Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Glad your okay man. You can't buy a new you. You'll find a dato man. Take it easy Quote Link to comment
mantas Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Glad you are ok. I was involved in a really bad accident in 2008, until this day i have fears of getting hit or hitting something and thats why i can't stand assholes with their phones up their asses driving and texting - one mistake and you are gone. Anyways get that 1600 going and keep your head up, oh and don't drive through intersections when you can't see the light - I've almost blasted through a red that way, rather be safe than sorry. Quote Link to comment
DatMo Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 good to hear your alive. im sure your next datsun if you ever decide to drive or just build em for fun will be amazing. pray for datlurka. Quote Link to comment
Dat Lurka Posted April 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 It's all goooood. I no longer have to worry about the damn fine. That lowered my stress levels a bit. I want another KC deluxe HAHAHA good fucking luck. I don't believe there is another one around here. The joblessness and homelessness I can get over. I've been working and I got a boat to stay on moored in the bayou. What's hurting me the most is losing the truck. It wouldn't be so bad if it was towed to the house like it was supposed to be so I could start tearing it apart and passing on the parts. I really, really loved that truck. Quote Link to comment
Spoona_Jay21 Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 i'm sorry too hear everything man, hell if mine was in one piece and i was closer i would offer my truck to ya =/ Quote Link to comment
dat77sun Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 get anymore pics of the truck? Quote Link to comment
Dat Lurka Posted April 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 No, not yet. Haven't had a way to get there. I'm at the will of others when it comes to going places right now. I've even offered to suck the full tank of gas out for whoever gives me a ride lol. I saw it the day after when I left the hospital. Wish I had a camera. Mine didn't survive the accident. Standing in the rain in nothing but a pair of scrubs. A dark splatter of blood, glass, and hair on the headliner. The faint smell of sweet strawberries coming from the pile of wreckage piled in the top of a twisted mess that was one a camper top. Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 maybe, but what about the 240z on its lid that was a low speed roll over same thing with reds 510 rollover. newer cars are generally safer, that doesnt mean dattos are unsafe... but technology has come a long way in the last 40 years. Quote Link to comment
Angela Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Sorry to hear about your accident & your truck BUT glad you're alive to drive again another day! Best wishes for a speedy recovery : ) Take care :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
Cleopatra Jones Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 damn. I love my datsun to death but the thought of being in a wreck in the little sardine can of a wagon makes my butthole pucker up and suck buttermilk. glad you're ok, dude! BWAHAHAHAHA!!! Could not have said that better! Really happy to hear you're ok CB. From the looks of that truck you're lucky. I have a long time family friend get cut off driving a delivery truck and he tipped the truck to its side. Broke his neck and now he's paralyzed. That was a year ago. Count your blessings man. Good luck to you! Quote Link to comment
Dat Lurka Posted April 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 My cuts have all healed. Still can't get over the embarrassment or the loss of my truck. Quote Link to comment
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