sad day

june of 73, about 2 hours after i "met" a telephone pole.

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Ouch!

 

So your still not over it?

 

Time to move on.

 

I met a telephone pole in January of 1976 in a '64 Olds. Damage looks similar.

 

dime a dozen.

 

POOR CAR. Brain damage ? Glad to here from ya . Least cars were cheaper back then
B.B.

 

Not nice at all, but telephone poles do not just "jump" out into the road. They are usually trying to avoid being "met"

 

I too was a magician back in '85. I turned a '77 vette into a tree in less than a second.

 

I miss the old Iowa license plates with the county numbers (the 82 on the left side). Counties were numbered by alphabet (i.e. county 01 is Adair, 99 is Wright). Was a fun game as a kid guessing where cars were from.

Thanks for humoring me, people of the HAMB. Sorry about your Impala.

 

43 stitches, no brain damage, (depends on who you talk to) cheaper? dunno, thats $700.00 sittin there btw, the pole and transformer was another $300.00

 

Someone I know.. her son took out a pole at a major intersection, a whole lot more than $300! You got off cheap.

Bob

 

Usually when I see these I say to myself "alcohol was involved" 9 out of 10 I'm correct.

 

The accident or this thread Chaz?

 

Ouchh!

 

cheap, well, lets see, in todays money the pole would be 1500.00, add the price of the car, 5100.00 total in todays money,quite abit for a 17 year old kid to have over his head. i had to bale alot of hay, and shovel alot of s**t to pay that off, btw no, alcohol was not involved, i was coming home from the hospital from seeing my dad, hows that for a kick in the ass!

 

Neighbor had a really nice black with red interior 62 impala hardtop. Put a pole right dead center in the front. Drunk as a skunk. In the end he junked the car even after I tryed over and over to buy it.

 

I recall seeing a wrecked '64 Impala SS ragtop when I was a kid.... that guy went home in a box. About 3' of the telephone pole was still imbedded in the engine compartment. A real bloody mess of a wreck for a 11 year old to see.

Bob

 

Yeah, I did it also. Put my 1956 Plymouth into a pole. Beat up the front of the car. I bought another one for the parts to repair it. Cost $70 bucks. Stripped off the radiator, bumper, hood and front clip. Put my stuff on the donor and sold it to a wrecking yard for $40.

 

Ahh, the good old days !!

 

My brother-n-law center punched a pole so bad, it was a closed coffin. He was high on alcohol and marijuana at the time.

 

I ran into a telephone pole once. Heading down the sidewalk and turned to say something to my buddy and walked smack into it. Didn't hurt me, but the pole sustained discoloration form the blood

 

Damn man, that car is nearly identical to mine, aside from the damage.

Luckily, mine is out in the garage with a lot fewer problems.

Paisley red I think they call that color. Mine has the 327/300 with a Powerglide. Red bucket seat with a console interior. It's awaiting a 409 swap.

What drivetrain did that one have?

 

Was it a traditional telephone pole?

 

mine had black interior buckets and console, 275 hp 327 with a glide. was gonna paint it, go thru the motor and put in a 4sp, but..............

 

grad nite 1993 my buddys all original 70 Buick Skylark with only 40xxx miles. had the same fate no one had a seatbelt on only minor scrapes and bruises, except for my buddies bruised ego... as it happened in front of the high school, with a bus loaded full of kids. I still drive down the street and can see where the pole leans in away from the street.

 

I spilled a glass of milk in 1976 - I still cry about it occasionally...

 

Thanks I needed a laugh today

 

Sorry bout your 'pala.
One of the "toughguys" in High school borrowed a chick's Belvedere and mowed down a tree then center punched a power pole. He was showing her how to go fast.
It was soooo funny to watch him trying to look cool, while the cops were talking to him and she was losing her mind.
I've only hit a light pole in Kmapart parking lot, while dancing like a fool on the rear deck of my convertable with the idle turned up and the steering wheel tied into a turn.

 

those darn walkin georgia pine trees will do it every time