Tragedy Strikes

After church Sunday (25 Mar 12), I decided to go out to my vacant acreage out in Newton Twp. to do some measuring and rough staking. I decided to take Angel Eyes with me -- he needs to learn to become a country dog. It was a nice day, so we took the convertible.

We're going east on B Drive South, about 50 mph, between 9 and 10 mile roads, in front of a couple on a Harley. We came over a slight rise in the road and all of a sudden saw a half dozen wild turkeys in the road. 5 of them made it. I thought the 6th would too, but I guess not. I slowed as much as I could, but didn't want to panic stop with the Harley behind me.

I'm OK. So is Angel Eyes, who unlike me, was NOT wearing glasses. He seemed a little confused. Glass shards all over the front seat. We had to go almost a half mile to find a safe place to pull over. The Harley couple stopped and made sure we were OK. I'm glad I was in the lead as the Harley man said that big bird would've surely wiped them out --

We turned around and came home... slowly. I got almost the whole 11 miles back and within 1/2 mile of home, saw a cop. I was sure he was gonna stop me, but I guess he must've seen the feathers in the windshield wiper.

 

 

My insurance will waive the deductible on glass damage.  Just need to get parts; should be about a week!

The Type 34 is still in the paint shop and the Type 14 coupe needs a T/S switch. 

3 Ghias and they're all off the road now.

BTW... there's another '69 coupe I've got my eyes on....

Art
(O = | = O)
'67 343 Ghia Coupe
'69 Ghia Coupe
'72 Ghia Convertible
RIP:
'60 Ghia Coupe
'66 Ghia Coupe
'68 113 Sedan
'71 Ghia Coupe
'74 Ghia Coupe
"Always looking for NICE '71 Ghias and that elusive "345"