Griffith wreck 1980s

[daltondavid]

I grew up in Springfield Del. co. Pa. and two Brothers, the Goldschmidt's had several Shelbys and Ford  performance cars. one of them rolled this car on a trip around the block in the early 80's

[shelbydoug]

Is that his body tangled in the wreckage there? Good catch!

What "around the block". Where did you live, Pike's Peak?

[daltondavid]

Perhaps the short wheel base and relatively shorter time he owned it led to its demise.

[CSX4781]

Good story written about how the wreck happened in Mike Mooney's book about the Griffith. Another demo ride gone wrong (and in a residential area to boot.....)

Dave

[shelbydoug]

I think that I knew that car? There were three that I knew from around then in the '70s.
I asked Kopec if he knew the owners since I was looking to buy a 200.

He said, "all three of those cars got wrecked since you saw them and the drivers killed".

The term "snap oversteer" came up in talking about the handling.