Some fallen Tr's. ....don't hate me for this....

[Odog87]

Don't know if anyone seen this one yet but WOW...had to post!

 

[HelloBozos]

R.I.P 86' GN no power opptions (extremly light weight),113,000 miles on o.d.,Ran mid 12's all day with stock peices still under GM warrenty...let someone drive becuase i was under the inflence..can't win either way...heh

Enjoy!

 

[turbocliff]

Well to keep with the theme... here are a couple of my GN that tagged the wall at great lakes dragway a couple years ago. A close friend of mine was driving, he was fine, but won't be driving someone else's car at the track again....

 

[chopped39]

I seem to remember a thread going around a while back about a GNX that was on ebay. This was the GNX below and they used a GN as a donor to build it back up.

I remember the donor car was for sale on ebay and the guy that passed in the car had a brother that put those pics up on ebay so people knew the car was wrecked. There was a lot of controversey about the shop swapping the vin tag from car to car. I cant remember if they said if the car was totaled and repaired or not. The finished car looked awesome. they did a nice job. The pics that were on ebay were the ones of it sitting in a fenced in lot.I would have done the same thing with that car. You know it was not cheap to fix.

 

[jdpolzin]

Well to keep with the theme... here are a couple of my GN that tagged the wall at great lakes dragway a couple years ago. A close friend of mine was driving, he was fine, but won't be driving someone else's car at the track again....

Hey Now!!!!! I'm still trying to convince our little Indian friend to get this car back up and running as the Turbo Farm race official race car!!:biggrin:


I'm trying to get him to race it without body work!!!! I dont think he's interested though!!!!!!!:redface:

 

[Fast87Buick]

Here's a few from the June 16th update on Cars in Barns site.

CarsinBarns.com

 

[Pittsburghkid]

 

[Ryan phillips]

here is one i remember like it was yesterday...i wonder if anyone has some pics.

GROOM AND BEST MAN KILLED IN CAR CRASH AFTER L.I. WEDDING
Published: April 4, 1987

To clarify a bit for this...vincent laezza got 3 years for 3 counts of vehicular manslaughter. Both bride carol, husband pete, and best man john all died. Im unsure what he was racing, i was told it was another nat, but he was racing, one went around the limo and the other being vincent, split the limo. Carol died shortly after in the hospital on april 21. Coleen, johns wife, had a fear of limos and opted to follow the limo...she watched it happen.


John, the best man was my father.
Coleen, my mother.
Carol and pete - my aunt and uncle.

I was 3 when this happened, and never got to know my father, who like me, was big into cars. He built customs, painted, and raced. I have no pictures of the Nat, only pictures of how i got to know them at the cemetary.

Be careful out there...it could be anyone's family....could even be yours.



A 27-year-old Long Island man, who had just been married, and his best man were killed on the way to a wedding reception in Lido Beach yesterday when a speeding car slammed into their limousine.

Five other people, including the bride and the maid of honor, were also injured.

The groom, Peter Phillips of Levittown, L.I., and his brother and best man, John J. Phillips, 30, of Islip, were killed.

The bride, Carol Ann Zagorski, 24, and her sister, Debby Zagorski, 21, both of North Massapequa, were also riding in the 1985 Cadillac stretch limousine. They were both listed in critical condition at Nassau County Medical Center in East Meadow. Collision Near Reception Hall

According to the Nassau County Police, the accident happened about 5:55 P.M. when a 1987 Buick Grand National traveling eastbound on Lido Boulevard crashed into the westbound limousine. The limousine was making a left-hand turn across a stretch of the four-lane thoroughfare into the Sands Beach Club in Lido Beach, where a reception honoring the newlyweds was planned for 7 P.M.

The bride and groom had been married minutes earlier at St. James Roman Catholic Church in Seaford, L.I.

Members of the bridal party who had been trailing the limousine spilled from their cars after the crash. Some of the guests, dressed in tuxedos and formal dresses, dashed to the wreck to help the injured passengers, while others collapsed to the ground screaming and in tears, according to the police.

The driver of the Buick, Vincent Laezza, 21, of Selden, L.I., was listed in fair condition at South Nassau Community Hospital in Oceanside. A passenger, Daren Bovino, 19, also of Selden, was listed in critical condition at Long Beach Memorial Hospital in Long Beach.

The driver of the limousine, Thomas Quinn, 29, of Palisades Park, N.J., was listed in fair condition at South Nassau Community Hospital.

The police said the case was under investigation and that no charges had been filed. However, a police spokesman, Detective Nick D'Avanzo, said that ''it appears that the Laezza vehicle was in excess of the 40-miles-per-hour speed zone.''
A version of this article appeared in print on April 4, 1987, on page 232 of the New York edition.

 

[fast86gn]

Really sad looking at those pics. But it does remind us how many of these cars that are no longer on the road. Just makes the ones left that much more valuable.

 

[1fastcobra]

I remember that I was on dearpark ave the day that happend when i heard the news. he was racing a monte ss.

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[1fastcobra]

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[tbone87]

Man I am going to have bad dreams tonite don't wish that on anyone. (CRY)(CRY)!!!

 

[fast86gn]

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Wow all of these salvage yards with just TR's... these deserve a inside place to stay not to rot in the weather. Very sad.

To hell with saving whales, let's save TR's!

 

[buickpassed]

NOOOO not the rosewood cars toooo

 

[aminga]

Man I am going to have bad dreams tonite don't wish that on anyone. (CRY)(CRY)!!!

There's no Crying in TR's

 

[tbone87]

I cry every day I see it without a engine but soon

 

[no-nos]

awful ! all around ,

 

[Meg's Dad]

After reading thru this thread, I had to flick on the light in the garage and take a quick look at the GN. Some really sad stories and pics here...


Regards,
John

 

[Boston GN]

Sorry!!!

Where did you find this pic? This is actually mine after a run in with a telephone pole

 

[JOHNDEEREGN]

You will not get a reply from the guy that started this thread.