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Old 09-03-2008, 02:34 PM
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Default Wreck posted on OT forum. 944 or 928??
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Can anyone discern if the helicopter shots of the burned carcass in the NBC slideshow link is a 4 or 8 cylinder car.
Whatever it was, condolences to the driver's family.
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Old 09-03-2008, 02:50 PM
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928. Hope everyone here is safe. Anyone recognize those wheels? They're pretty distinctive.

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No word on who it is yet
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I fear it is one of our own..... car looks familiar... I will not speculate any further.
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Old 09-03-2008, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim bailey - 928 International
I fear it is one of our own.....
That sucks.
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Yes...those rims are pretty distinctive...Sorry to hear that it may be one of our own..Dang..
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Originally Posted by Tom. M
Yes...those rims are pretty distinctive...Sorry to hear that it may be one of our own..Dang..
+1 - I've seen those before
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88Porsche928, and ruderob on this board are not accounted for. These guys are from San Diego.
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Here's my post from OT for those of you that may not have access if it helps anyone ID the person.

Here's the pics cleaned up as best as I could if it helps anyone identify anything. I was so hung up ID'ing the car that I didn't realize the driver was still in it. It feels odd posting it now that I know so I've deleted that part of the images.





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Old 09-03-2008, 03:22 PM
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According to the news article the driver was trapped in the car when it was burning.
http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/...9-bc8bf345ad29
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/17380226/detail.html
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My thoughts are with the family. This is horrible.

Those wheels are distinctive. MorganBowen has them and he is in SoCal but his car is red, this one doesn't appear to be red. Also. his car has GTS mirrors and this car has flag style mirrors.
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Where is all the front and top sheet metal? The window frames on the doors look like they were sheered off. Must have been a huge speed delta to cause this damage. Terrible thing to see.
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I don't think the firefighters needed to cut the top off.

No apparent skid marks. Almost seems like it wasn't an 'accident'.
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The latest reports, say it was a 1989 and it was traveling at a estimated speed of 120mph when it hit the back of the big rig.
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Originally Posted by stolarzj
The latest reports, say it was a 1989 and it was traveling at a estimated speed of 120mph when it hit the back of the big rig.
I hope it was over quickly.......... buck twenty down an on ramp........ that is cooking.
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