Wrecked 800 hp Cobra at the Gumball 3000

[rodneym]

Originally Posted by LMH

There were two original 427 Cobra's used in the movie, CSX3243 and CSX3255, plus a replica. Neither of the original's were ever "lost".
Larry

On the topic of Gumball and 'lost'...
Just this weekend I drove one of my standard routes over the Vincent Thomas bridge in Long Beach/San Pedro.
I'm coming down the 710 and can't find the connector to the bridge(s) - due to construction. I continue on, right down the same thoroughfare that leads to the Queen Mary, just like in the movie, all by myself (there isn't a whole lot of by myself in LA). The General Parking entrance was closed, so I had to find my way out. No Linda Vaughn, either. So I blasted by a few of the un-smogged harbor bombers (port semis) and headed back home.

[Dominik]

Matt Back was cool - in the 90s...
Nothing wrong with BFGs - in the snow! :-)

[flipper35]

This tire let go at highway speed about a mile before I got home.

[rodneym]

Ho-Lee crap.
I thought that blowout (topic) might have just been a story.
A blowout like that? You'd think a major tire manufacturer would have better Q control than that.
How fast were you going?

[Mark IV]

Hell back in 1971 I was helping to mount some BFG TAs on sunburst wheels for CSX3327 and one of the rears blew the sidewall off at 30-40 PSI while seating the bead! Made one heckava noise! It was fresh shorts time.........

[flipper35]

Originally Posted by rodneym

Ho-Lee crap.
I thought that blowout (topic) might have just been a story.
A blowout like that? You'd think a major tire manufacturer would have better Q control than that.
How fast were you going?

I was running about 60mph and felt a vibration and was down to 45 when it got bad. Ordered tires from Roger Kraus the next day. I have to disclose that those BFG tires have seen the north side of 145mph at least once a few years before it let loose when I was dumber. These were replaced a while ago.

[rodneym]

MarkIV,
I'll bet. And probably not the forst time.
The inside of Sunbursts are not tapered like new wheels.
Phil Schmidt has a few stories similar to your about Sunbursts.