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« on: May 27, 2006, 18:34:16 pm »
I get a call this morning at 11.15 that the brown WPK-split-window-beetle crashed. Nobody should be injured, but the car should get destroyed. Does anybody knows more about that?
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« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2006, 18:59:17 pm »
damn -that's awfull -couldn't see it in the flesh…and now it's gone -but good to hear that no one got hurt!
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« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2006, 16:12:16 pm »
Car went sideways when 3rd gear was hit with the NOS...

Car is totalled, Driver is safe...

Frank
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« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2006, 18:58:21 pm »
Happy to the see Rudi waking away unhurt but what a shame that the lovely split is gone forever.  Embarrassed
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« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2006, 09:52:26 am »
I found this Picture on the net...

Sad to see this brilliant Car in such a mess....but then again a Car can be replaced...

Frank
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« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2006, 10:14:34 am »
It's sad to see this, that was a great car! Glad he's okay.
Are they still racing on that narrow road??
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« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2006, 13:30:23 pm »
SORRY to see and fine car is crashed

but good to heare the driver is OK

what happent when it crashed

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« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2006, 14:18:10 pm »
Another one, taken by Walter Jelinek from the Bug Box in Germany.
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« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2006, 17:47:08 pm »
It's realy a pity for the car, having read on another forum that Rudy wasn't injured seriously. It still was a split window beetle... I wish him to find the force to start again with a similar, fully detailed project!
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« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2006, 17:52:11 pm »
that was  the first run of the car and his last  Tongue  i just have pict from the wheels the car was under a cover all the week end
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« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2006, 08:58:53 am »
Quote from: Georg/DFL on May 29, 2006, 14:18:10 pm
Another one, taken by Walter Jelinek from the Bug Box in Germany.
Note two things:

a) The car only had a rear roll-cage – see how far the front of the roof has been crushed? Racing = full roll-cage...

b) The seat appears to have broken. Lightweight seats MUST have some means of support to the back of them to stop this happening in an accident. If the seat breaks, then the seat belts become loose...

Combine a) and b) and you have the potential for a bad situation... Glad Rudy was OK. Looks like he was lucky.
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« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2006, 09:13:13 am »
Scary stuff, sorry to see such a good car looking like that but at the end of the day the main thing is the driver's OK. All the best to the WPK guys.
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« Reply #12 on: May 31, 2006, 10:00:35 am »
Quote from: Mat Sanchez on May 30, 2006, 09:13:13 am
Scary stuff, sorry to see such a good car looking like that but at the end of the day the main thing is the driver's OK. All the best to the WPK guys.

Couldn't agree more... the driver is the most important part...

After checking this car out at Spa last year it is a shame it is wrecked  Sad , but thank God the driver was not hurt.
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« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2006, 10:27:24 am »
i just found the video on liou's blog: http://s.hutchings.free.fr/l76/l76.mov
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« Reply #14 on: June 04, 2006, 20:35:17 pm »
Sad to see those pics, however I realy think that the car is not gone forever Roll Eyes

Quote from: Frank LUX on May 29, 2006, 09:52:26 am
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