Glad both you guys are OK. I had a close call in my 69 about 1994.
Romped on it on a freeway on ramp and car began to go tail out. Not a skid
but as if the rear suspension had shifted. Car went tail end first across
the freeway then stopped. All cars on the freeway stopped except one
driven by a kid. She hit me at 60 mph on the left rear quarterpanel and
spun me around almost 360 deg. I was fine and she was fine and no one was
hurt. In the body shop they found that the rear suspension in the center
(holding the transverse spring) had only 2 of the 4 bolts. One of the two
bolts had broken allowing the assembly to rotate. This then canted the
rear wheels to the right, in this case.

I looked at the receipts the previous owner had given me. While at
Corvette Mikes, a new rear end was installed. Seems they thought that only
two bolts where 4 were needed was good enough. Lucky no one was killed. I
determined that car was 'hexed' and sold it a few years later. Those 'old'
cars need to be thoroughly checked out before you go traveling at 50+ mph in
them. In fact, while I do not think they should be trailer queens, they
should not be used for daily driving either. They do not have the safety
features that modern cars have and that you may need some day.

Vito


"brian" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:15:06 -0500, "Dad" > wrote:
>
>>
>>"uncle_vito" > wrote in message
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>>>
>>> "Ken" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> No
>>>> Not all Vets, but there's enough of 'em
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmeTLcW2TIM
>>>
>>> Have a club member with a 2011 ZR-1. He is quite wealthy but was
>>> smart
>>> enough to buy one that was 2 years old at the time.
>>>
>>> I can just see this car getting into trouble, romping on it in a turn.
>>>
>>> Would the Stability Control prevent these overcorrections and spins?
>>>
>>> Vito
>>>
>>I was forced off the road at speed 2 nights ago by a pair of semis head
>>on,
>>onto a muddy ditch bank and started sliding to my right. Correction didn't
>>work, had to go through the shallow ditch and was able to stay off the
>>fence. There was the cross road just ahead of me and I was on it before I
>>could react much, just able to brake while on the asphalt and stop before
>>I
>>slid on by. ****ed off and covered in mud I got back on the road but had
>>to
>>stop shortly after that to get control of my shaking.
>>
>>To answer your question if the active handling did anything I didn't know
>>it
>>and I don't remember seeing any lights come on but I do remember the
>>chatter
>>of the ABS. Also can't say the ABS was the AH working or if it was because
>>of my hard braking to stop on the side road, just happened to fast. Most
>>likely it only took 20 seconds for the entire event but much longer for my
>>heart rate to become normal again.
>>
>
> Funny how so much information sticks with us after such adventures. I
> had a roll over (not in a Vette) a year ago, broke my neck in two
> places. I can still see and feel those few thrilling seconds.
> Destroyed two good trucks..............