You have to be careful.....

[pgermond]

Wanted to share with you what can happen if you're not careful. A guy in our group (NorCal Cobras) let someone drive his SPF. The guy lost it making a right hand turn and stuffed it under a utility truck that was parked. He had just gotten it re-painted this spring.

[RJacobsen]

Wow Phil, I hope the passengers are OK. looks like it hit pretty hard.

[ralphscott]

Looks like chopper gun fiberglass rather than the Unique hand laid woven. Wow what a difference in impact tolerance. Anyone got the pictures of the Unique that slammed at 80 mile an hour into a concrete baricade? Thanks for the pictures Phil. Hope the driver and passenger were all right.

Ralph

[Naumoff]

Hope they are OK.

You should not play in a turn with a Cobra, especially on the street and especially if it is not your car.

[clayfoushee]

For the older veterans of this site, pardon the repeat, but some of you new guys may be interested in this story.

I acquired my 98 Unique in 2003, and two weeks after I took delivery, a young woman in a Ford Focus decided to back into my passenger side, broadside, in a shopping center parking lot. Obviously, it was low speed, but hard enough to severly crack or dent the average car.

My car suffered scuffs on the door and fender, but no cracks of any kind. All I had to do was wet-sand and polish, no painting at all.

It is a very strong body, indeed.

[Justin Upchurch]

This car was so torn up because of the way it hit the truck at the corner of the bumper. The biggest advantage of having a Unique is that if you do have an accident you just call the factory in Alabama and tell them what parts need to be laid up. I am sure that getting a front clip from S.Africa (pick your brand) is more time consuming. People need to consider this when choosing a replica builder.
I sure feel bad for the owner and the person driving the car, as long as there wasn't an injury everything else can be fixed.

Justin

[pgermond]

The jury is still out, but judging from the (different) direction of the front wheels I wouldn't be surprised if this is near a total loss. In the second photo the car is still under the corner of the trucks barden bumper - the car hit damn near dead-center. Too bad - the owners a nice guy and he had just finished freshing it up with new paint, seats, etc.