Pic of it from Nats: Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

shame dude. i spose you wont know too much about the running gear and the interior for a little while but hopefuly they werent damaged too badly and you could just fix up another calais body.

OMG i loved this car i have a Showcar in the making Same Colour and everything 8-( Good to see everyone is ok thats the main thing as For Conversion put it in a Calais Shell For sure Roll in style once again Bro !!

fark man we were talking about this lastnite saying how mint it was sorry to hear it man gud luck on next one man

geez not good to see mate, towing cars is damn risky. hope to see it back some day. cheers

Quote: Originally Posted by jdm Sorry to hear about the loss on your car dennis.. If you need a shell yell out ,as i got a few there mate.. thanks john appreciate it bro ill come past in da nxt few days too see ya.....

Quote: Originally Posted by IWRNDU heythe truth is da trailer got into a whip n i couldnt get it bak straight n i lost it..... ... just a question, not pointing fingers or thinking otherwise.. but.. why was the trailer in a 'whip' by whip you mean..sideways ? or just a strong wind ? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by cengiz just a question, not pointing fingers or thinking otherwise.. but.. why was the trailer in a 'whip' by whip you mean..sideways ? or just a strong wind ? as we were coming into the dip (just inside hidden valley) a gust of wind caught the trailer and that started her swaying, we had to try and get up the other side of the hill or it would roll back down. Mustve hit something/ruts in the road as it just got more forceful and in the end we couldnt control her and were being driven by the force of the trailer. Felt like we were the ball in a game of pingpong between two trucks it was that strong signed, the missus

Its so easy to get a trailer off balance, simply by over correcting, i've seen it a few times around where i work.

very sorry to hear i hope you and everyone is ok!

Quote: Originally Posted by IWRNDU as we were coming into the dip (just inside hidden valley) a gust of wind caught the trailer and that started her swaying, we had to try and get up the other side of the hill or it would roll back down. Mustve hit something/ruts in the road as it just got more forceful and in the end we couldnt control her and were being driven by the force of the trailer. Felt like we were the ball in a game of pingpong between two trucks it was that strong signed, the missus ahh i see, well explained bro, sorry to hear about the car. regards,

mate i know how u feel, same thing happened to me on the hume with my calais turbo (vn :P) where exactly did it happen? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

freak accidents happen unfortunatley. trailers without suspension are more prone to it happening. trailers with electric brakes and suspension are best if you can afford them, with electric brakes if they start to sway you can pull the brakes on the trailer from inside the tow car bring it back straight. i nearly lost the cressida on a non suspension trailer with cable rbake setup, not a nice feeling. glad you and the girl are ok

sorry to see your pride and joy messed up mate, all the best and i hope to see you build a bigger, better strong version real soon. all the best champ Steve

Thats terrible, but at least it did'nt pull your car off the road aswell with you in it. I have a white SL shell, here in Bendigo, if you're interested, pm me.

sorry to hear.. that vl was beautiful !! all the best on ur new project !!

we learnt a lesson when we jack knifed when towing my calais. We strapped the axle and wheels but it was the swaying of the actual car body which caused the trailer to start wandering. After we strapped the tie downs to the car body it was solid. Lesson learnt. Lucky we didnt roll. Sorry to hear, all the best wit it.

my dad rolled a car onto its side once, same thing realy, towing a trailer with limestone, he saw them loading it more from the back and said he wasnt comfortable, they assured him it would be fine (his mistake for not being firmer), sure enough down a hill it got a sway up, theres nothing you can realy do in that situation apart from floor it and try pull the trailer inline, but then you run the risk of crashing at 120km/hr instead of 70. its not that uncommon for this to happen...

what was the tow car?

best thing you can do in that situation is put the pedal to metal in the tow car and use the power of the tow car to pull it out