What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (25 Viewers)

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Had a few beers Thursday PM and before I knew it, had the rear axles out to make it easier to go down the parking brake rabbit hole. New bell housings, cranks, etc. Already aware those are the wrong pins hanging through the shields.
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Vacuumed glass for about 2 hours, front seats, back seats, inside the dash, steering column clamshell, inside door... Think I got it all...

Got forced off the road at about 80kph to avoid a head on. Guy was 5.5 feet into my lane according to my tire tracks. Mirrors didn't quite avoid the collision.

Found the mirror motor in the passenger footwell.

Pulled the window mount and mirror off, sourced a new used glass yesterday 2 hours away. Buddy picking it up for me today on his way back from a wedding, looking for a mirror - then it's all back to normal!

Other than the mirror, no body damage. Other than the cuts on my hand, no body damage. I think that's about as close as you can get to total carnage without total carnage.
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Vacuumed glass for about 2 hours, front seats, back seats, inside the dash, steering column clamshell, inside door... Think I got it all...

Got forced off the road at about 80kph to avoid a head on. Guy was 5.5 feet into my lane according to my tire tracks. Mirrors didn't quite avoid the collision.

Found the mirror motor in the passenger footwell.

Pulled the window mount and mirror off, sourced a new used glass yesterday 2 hours away. Buddy picking it up for me today on his way back from a wedding, looking for a mirror - then it's all back to normal!

Other than the mirror, no body damage. Other than the cuts on my hand, no body damage. I think that's about as close as you can get to total carnage without total carnage.
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Damn you are lucky!!!
Yeah, I hate to think of where I would be now if I hadn't moved over as far as I did...

Don't know if he was asleep, on the phone, texting, adjusting the radio, dreaming of cruisers...

I went back the next day with my tape measure... My right side tires were almost 12' from the center line.

As I stopped I looked in my mirror, his brake lights came on, went off, came on, went off, came on, went off.... I pulled a u-turn and chased after him. He stopped 300M away after he saw me coming (and heard me on the horn). Told me "I told my boss these mirrors stick out too far!" Knucklehead!

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Vacuumed glass for about 2 hours, front seats, back seats, inside the dash, steering column clamshell, inside door... Think I got it all...

Got forced off the road at about 80kph to avoid a head on. Guy was 5.5 feet into my lane according to my tire tracks. Mirrors didn't quite avoid the collision.

Found the mirror motor in the passenger footwell.

Pulled the window mount and mirror off, sourced a new used glass yesterday 2 hours away. Buddy picking it up for me today on his way back from a wedding, looking for a mirror - then it's all back to normal!

Other than the mirror, no body damage. Other than the cuts on my hand, no body damage. I think that's about as close as you can get to total carnage without total carnage.
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