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  1. Ney

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    #51 Ney, Sep 23, 2008
    I would guess that his survival had to do with this car NOT having shoulder harness allowing his upper torso to fold down into the cockpit. While I am not certain what equipment this car had, I see many cars in vintage racing with modern 4/5/and 6 point safety harness yet no roll bar, keeping the driver bolt upright in the seat and keeping the drivers head to act as the rollbar. There are times when lack of current safety equipment is as important as having it.
     
  2. Napolis

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    #52 Napolis, Sep 23, 2008
    All of these cars are VERY fragile. You really don't want to have a shunt in any of them. He was very lucky.
     
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    #53 amenasce, Sep 23, 2008
    Ahh yes, can i fit them in the breadvan ? :)
     
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    #54 Daytonafan, Sep 23, 2008
    My view was from directly across the track where the car ended up. Mass' body was half in half out of the car, the hump on the bodywork behind the cockpit left just about enough space for him to fit between the car and the ground without being crushed. The back of his overalls were covered in grass stains.
     
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    #55 dretceterini, Sep 23, 2008
    Thanks!
     
  6. Tarek K.

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    #56 Tarek K., Sep 23, 2008
    Superb pictures........thanks for posting.
     
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    #57 MarkCollins, Sep 23, 2008
    Hi Doug, I've added a little more video to the end :)
     
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  9. Doug Nye

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    #59 Doug Nye, Sep 23, 2008
    Exactly right. Wearing seat belts is merely one part of a twin package which should ALWAYS include roll-over protection. If a driver chooses to run without belts he could still benefit from roll-over protection. But if a driver chooses to wear belts WITHOUT roll-over protection he really is playing Russian Roulette with more than one chamber loaded. I have seen several drivers emerge relatively unscathed when unbelted in cars without roll-over protection. I have also seen a driver really severely injured because by wearing belts in a car without decent roll-over protection his head, neck and upper body were crushed in a roll-over. The ratio in my own experience over 40-odd years is in the order of 10 to 1...

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  10. Doug Nye

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    #60 Doug Nye, Sep 23, 2008
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    I appreciate what you mean but not really true in this case. The D50A chassis and body structure is really very strong and in simple terms very protective...in fact the primitive opposite of fragile. They tend to survive little damaged while the same cannot always be said of the fragile little pink organism rattling around inside them...

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  11. Napolis

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    #61 Napolis, Sep 23, 2008
    I'm sure you're right in the case of the D50A. I was comparing in my mind my 412P to a modern Audi LMP 1.

    Cheers
     
  12. SilverF20C

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    #62 SilverF20C, Sep 23, 2008
    I'll echo that. Glad to see he came out of it ok.

    BTW Mark, nice photos of the event! Thanks to the OP and the others who also posted coverage of Goodwood. One of these days... :)
     
  13. SilverF20C

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    #63 SilverF20C, Sep 23, 2008
    Always good advice. In any car, of any year.

    Sorry for the quick tangent. The image of the Dino reminded me of the article I saw in Octane magazine recently. Congrats to you and Hrabi on the write-up and the great photos.

    Back to the event topic....
     
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    #66 Nembo1777, Sep 24, 2008
    Aswers the question I was going to ask you: Thanks!
     
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    ok , you weren,t kidding when you said smoking !!!!!!!
     
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    #73 Jack-the-lad, Sep 27, 2008
    Paul and Tom, thanks for the pictures. This was one of the best Revivals ever....it was great seeing the 330LMB finally beat all those hot-rod E-Types!

    Jack
     
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    #75 PSk, Oct 2, 2008
    Surely they are all hot rods now :( ...

    Perspective has been completely lost for many.
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