Christine Reborn... as a Killer Olds 442?
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2004 6:15 am
We were at a car show this weekend (Big suprise) and witnessed a Hank Hill miracle...
Here we see some nice cars parked on a steep hill above a nice little tent set up by the local Mopar club (Beautifull day huh?) They had a really nice propane heater running in the tent that morning that I was VERY jealous of...
(Very nice Bullitt mustang by the way)
Now notice in the next picture how the white tent no longer has walls up to block the wind...
That would be because the owner of the gold 442 (seen behind the tent) failed to properly set his parking brake after he left it on a hill. My family and I were sitting at the top of the opposing hill when we heard the comotion... All I registered was a big gold car with no driver careening twards a tent full of people getting lunch.
I bolted down the hill to see if I could help... It was almost a worst case scenario, The Olds had hit the tent and pinned a man under it's driver side front tire. There were a couple of women bleeding from head wounds (One from the aluminum tent pole, the other from the bumper of a 1969 Charger that she was thrown into by the Olds) After they were quickly ushered off to a safe spot, about 6 of us lifted the front end of the car as much as possible and rolled the beast back up the hill. As we were pushing the monster, a regular old propane tank unwedged itself from underneath the front crossmember. Believe it or not, the cold weather of the morning (36*F) had saved the lives of at least 2 people. Had that tank not stopped the car, the man under the Olds and the woman who hit the Charger would have been crushed. Thankfully the propane tank was kind enough not to explode!
Here is the offending car being hauled off to Police impound so they could figure out what happened...
Most likely the car popped out of gear (Automatic Tranny) and the owner failed to set the parking brake. (I can say that because I was holding the dang car from rolling back down the hill until someone could be talked into getting in to manuver it to a safe location)
So Remember kids... ALWAYS SET YOUR PARKING BREAK ON A HILL! Propane may not be there to save your Ass!
Here we see some nice cars parked on a steep hill above a nice little tent set up by the local Mopar club (Beautifull day huh?) They had a really nice propane heater running in the tent that morning that I was VERY jealous of...
(Very nice Bullitt mustang by the way)
Now notice in the next picture how the white tent no longer has walls up to block the wind...
That would be because the owner of the gold 442 (seen behind the tent) failed to properly set his parking brake after he left it on a hill. My family and I were sitting at the top of the opposing hill when we heard the comotion... All I registered was a big gold car with no driver careening twards a tent full of people getting lunch.
I bolted down the hill to see if I could help... It was almost a worst case scenario, The Olds had hit the tent and pinned a man under it's driver side front tire. There were a couple of women bleeding from head wounds (One from the aluminum tent pole, the other from the bumper of a 1969 Charger that she was thrown into by the Olds) After they were quickly ushered off to a safe spot, about 6 of us lifted the front end of the car as much as possible and rolled the beast back up the hill. As we were pushing the monster, a regular old propane tank unwedged itself from underneath the front crossmember. Believe it or not, the cold weather of the morning (36*F) had saved the lives of at least 2 people. Had that tank not stopped the car, the man under the Olds and the woman who hit the Charger would have been crushed. Thankfully the propane tank was kind enough not to explode!
Here is the offending car being hauled off to Police impound so they could figure out what happened...
Most likely the car popped out of gear (Automatic Tranny) and the owner failed to set the parking brake. (I can say that because I was holding the dang car from rolling back down the hill until someone could be talked into getting in to manuver it to a safe location)
So Remember kids... ALWAYS SET YOUR PARKING BREAK ON A HILL! Propane may not be there to save your Ass!
