On Sunday, June 7th, I competed in the demolition derby at the 128th Manitoba Summer Fair in Brandon, MB. I used a 1986 Ford Crown Victoria which I had “purchased” 2 years earlier for 24 beer.
We started working on the half finished car two weeks before the derby. Poor planning I know. After sitting for those 2 years, water had gotten into the engine and it had seized. We managed to break it loose and replaced the seized carb with on off of one of our trucks.
The car was in some serious need of a face lift. My brother, Cory, gave the car a fresh coat of paint as well as some website plugs. Props to him for doing an awesome job.
Photo Credit: Travis Froese
Video Credit: Travis Froese
We ran in Heat #1 and did surprisingly well for first timers. We placed 2nd in the heat which put us into the Feature at the end of the day where the winner would take home $1500.
Photo Credit: Steven Keeves
In the feature we didn’t do quite as well. Placed 9th out of the 14 cars in the final event. This round the car took a lot more serious of a beating. The rad was crushed, two tires blew, and I’m very sure that I saw some crucial wires melting.
Photo Credit: Steven Keeves
We were unable to get the car running again for one of our mechanics, Matt Miller, to run in the mechanics heat sadly, but it was still an awesome experience for us all. We did have a few cameras running throughout and I will hopefully throw a video together within the week.
Driver: Wes Gill
Pit Crew: Matt Miller, Travis Froese, Steven Keeves, and William McFadden
Special thanks to Grant and Cory Gill who both put a huge effort into the car.
UPDATE: Video is here!
More pictures can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wesgill/sets/72157594483657302/
i really wanna see the vid that you took from inside the car.
Sadly I think the camera didn’t run when we went into the first heat. I think we have some footage when the inspection was about to happen, but I haven’t reviewed the videos yet.