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Close call!

Started by Troy, September 07, 2009, 10:32:40 AM

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Troy

Heading home from a cruise last week...




I saw it (dove?) come out from the side of the road and swerve. Then I heard a thunk and the body came flipping over the car (I ducked but it missed the windshield too). I didn't even stop until I got home because I was sure I was missing a big chunk of grill. I guess it hit the bottom of the hood though.

Troy
Sarcasm detector, that's a real good invention.

jaak

Wow, your lucky you aren't posting a wanted ad looking for a 68 grille.

Jason

Rallyecharger

Very lucky indeed !!!  :cheers:  go buy a lottery ticket now !!

68X426

You live right.  :angel:

Are you sure that wasn't a Ford Falcon?


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Troy

Quote from: jaak on September 07, 2009, 10:34:24 AM
Wow, your lucky you aren't posting a wanted ad looking for a 68 grille.

Jason
I have spares - I just didn't plan on using them right away!

Troy
Sarcasm detector, that's a real good invention.

BrianShaughnessy

Lucky!    Maybe it hit the bumper.   :shruggy:

Black Betty:  1969 Charger R/T - X9 440 six pack, TKO600 5 speed, 3.73 Dana 60.
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Quote from: BrianShaughnessy on September 07, 2009, 11:20:50 AM
Lucky!    Maybe it hit the bumper.   :shruggy:



yeah thats what im thinking !! hit bumper first  :scratchchin:  , lucky it didn't take the grill out  :yesnod:
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MoparManJim

Man, went I saw the first photo I just  :smilielol: and the 2nd one was no better.

I'm glad to hear it didn't brake the grill though  :2thumbs: 

But if you want to grill some food, don't use your charger grill for that, used the other kind of grill to grill the stuff though  :smilielol: :smilielol:

Troy

I dunno if it hit the bumper because it would have had to bounce out/up to come over the car without getting stuck in the grill. I didn't find any blood in the grill or bumper either (it was all over the windshield and hood). Either way, it missed the grill and didn't bend or dent anything else.

Troy
Sarcasm detector, that's a real good invention.

Tilar

Oh great, Now I have more to worry about when I get mine running.  ::)

Glad it didn't hurt anything.
Dave  

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MoparManJim

You know Troy, it puzzles even me, how in the heck would the bird get from inside the open area to out an up over the hood tip to hit the windshield also  :-\ :-\   :confused: :confused: 

You would think it would remain in the grill area presley if your driving down the road when it happen.

Steve P.

Glad you AND the car are good, buddy. A bunch of years ago while on my way to work I saw a very large flock of green "looked like parrots", dive bombing into two of the three lane road in front of me. I would have just blasted on through feeling bad, but the lady just ahead of me and in the left lane nailed the brakes and came into my lane crossing in front of me. No one was hurt and neither car connected, but we left many hungry and DEAD birds all over the road.
Once stopped and off the road she told me she has birds at home and she completely freaked when they dove in front of her. I asked her if she would like to be on her way to her own funeral.

Sometimes it's just best to pic a lane and drive through.  :P
Steve P.
Holiday, Florida

1969chargerrtse

What I wanna know is if it happened last week, why the delay.  :shruggy:  :icon_smile_wink:
You are one lucky guy, or your car is lucky.
I kid you not on this story I'm about to tell you.  I was in my buddies 70 Olds Pace car conv.  We were on a main highway cruising when he says to me, you're not gonna believe this but one time while I was on the highway just like now, a bird slammed into my hood scoops.  Just as he said that, a bird slammed into the scoop while we were driving.  We just stared at each other with our mouths open. :o

P.S  I thought your grille had silver vertical lines?
This car was sold many years ago to somebody in Wisconsin. I now am retired and living in Florida.

472 R/T SE

Good thing it wasn't a '69.  ;)

Troy

Quote from: MoparManJim on September 07, 2009, 03:10:59 PM
You know Troy, it puzzles even me, how in the heck would the bird get from inside the open area to out an up over the hood tip to hit the windshield also  :-\ :-\   :confused: :confused: 

You would think it would remain in the grill area presley if your driving down the road when it happen.
It exploded in a ball of feathers. My guess is the rest landed on the highway somewhere but the ones that went into the grill stuck. That's why I think it hit the front edge of the hood - the body bounced up but the feathers went everywhere.

Quote from: 1969chargerrtse on September 07, 2009, 04:00:38 PM
What I wanna know is if it happened last week, why the delay.  :shruggy:  :icon_smile_wink:
You are one lucky guy, or your car is lucky.
P.S  I thought your grille had silver vertical lines?
Delay in what? Posting? I hadn't resized the pictures yet - too busy. The grill does have silver vertical lines.


I have never hit a bird with a car - although I hit one on my motorcycle once. It deflected off the mirror and went over my shoulder. Usually I'm dodging deer, opossum, and raccoons.

Troy
Sarcasm detector, that's a real good invention.

Back N Black

Quote from: 1969chargerrtse on September 07, 2009, 04:00:38 PM
What I wanna know is if it happened last week, why the delay.  :shruggy:  :icon_smile_wink:
You are one lucky guy, or your car is lucky.
I kid you not on this story I'm about to tell you.  I was in my buddies 70 Olds Pace car conv.  We were on a main highway cruising when he says to me, you're not gonna believe this but one time while I was on the highway just like now, a bird slammed into my hood scoops.  Just as he said that, a bird slammed into the scoop while we were driving.  We just stared at each other with our mouths open. :o

P.S  I thought your grille had silver vertical lines?

Troy was delayed in posting, because he has a life outside DC.com   :nana: :nana:

mopar73


Ghoste

Lucky that bulldozer blade grille had all that high air pressure trapped in front of it.  :icon_smile_wink:

jar1292

Troy in Utah the dove season starts on September 1st! you got your license? hope the DWR doesn't get word of this! lol sorry had to share some humor on this. I think you pulled the long straw and got lucky on this one!
Restoring a charger is like a saying I heard along time ago "I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it".... Jesus I wish I could remember who said that...

moparsons

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I have spares - I just didn't plan on using them right away!

Troy


The first thing i thought was......"glad i sold him that grille."

451-74Charger

I would have sworn youd be at cruisapolusa at Coney this past weekend
But I guess there were NO (i feel let down) I repeat NO Chargers to be seen.
Whats up with that? dont want to catch something from those Chevys and Fords?

Troy

Quote from: moparsons on September 08, 2009, 12:39:50 AM
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I have spares - I just didn't plan on using them right away!

Troy


The first thing i thought was......"glad i sold him that grille."

There's one. I'll have to post some "after" pictures some day. The metal frame on that one was wasted! The rest was real nice though.

Quote from: 472 R/T SE on September 07, 2009, 04:29:59 PM
Good thing it wasn't a '69.  ;)
It probably would have dented that GTO trim huh? :P

Quote from: 451-74Charger on September 08, 2009, 10:49:50 AM
I would have sworn youd be at cruisapolusa at Coney this past weekend
But I guess there were NO (i feel let down) I repeat NO Chargers to be seen.
Whats up with that? dont want to catch something from those Chevys and Fords?
I had misplaced my car show calendar so I didn't know about it until Saturday. I've never been to that show though (probably never knew the dates). I was working on the cars in the morning then Dad and I went to the Frisch's cruise in Bethel Saturday evening. The day I hit the bird I had gone to Mugbee's over in N. KY but I was the only car there so I went to Milford for the Quaker Steak & Lube cruise. The next few weekends will be Felicity (13th?), then Norwalk (maybe), then Monster Mopar, then the Pumpkin Run, then Batavia (Sportsman's Club/Tri State Mopar). I've been hitting the Hamilton cruise-in on Saturdays but it's the same cars every week. I heard Milford had the most cars ever on Friday night but it's tough to make it over there unless I bail out of work real early.

Troy
Sarcasm detector, that's a real good invention.

451-74Charger

Too funny,
I Left Florence to go to Amelia and then upto Jeffersonville, and came back down (past the 1000 cops alll writing tickets) on Sunday, stopping at Red Robin in Milford. still didnt see any Chargers.

Yesterday was spent taking pictures for a wedding and just happened to get about 30 images of Navy1  :coolgleamA: and Air Force1  :coolgleamA: and a certain passenger disembarking as I was driving home
:coolgleamA:

bull

I was always worried about the grill in my old 70 getting smashed, and that was back in the mid 80s.

Road Dog

I never worry about it. :nana:
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