Safety Fast Inspections
From my March 2007 column in The British Marque:
Help Wanted
Safety Fast Inspections
Spring is in the air (although, as I write this we're getting ready for first real snowstorm of the season) and the lbc's will be coming out of hibernation. The CCBCC Head Honcho, a/k/a, Paul Hinchcliffe, and I are of a mind that it would be a great time to cast a critical look at member's cars in hopes of staving off any unforeseen incidents.
What we're hoping to emulate is a car inspection along the lines of the Safety Fast Inspection of the NEMGTR as performed by Rick Smith at GOF's. It's noted that the T-Register's Safety Fast form is copyrighted, so we can't very well just use it without incurring some wrath. So, what I'm hoping to do is to gather up a number of existing safety inspection procedures that may be out there. I'm hoping that there are some of you out there who would be willing to share what you have along these lines. I'll promise to share the results with everyone who sends a contribution to me. You can send it to me by email at Bud@ttalk.info , or you can send it by mail to Bud Krueger, 46 Summer Street, Plymouth MA, 02360. This edition should be arriving around the 1st of March, so that should give enough time for me to correlate the results and present at least a digest version of them in April's Marque. I will also open a new page on the ttalk website ( http://www.ttalk.info/ ) devoted to this topic. Just opened it, it's called www.ttalk.info/SafetyFast.htm.
Our intent is to start this going for T-series cars. However, we do recognize that our Tcars do represent a minority in the realm of CCBCC and we do wish to share our concerns for safety with owners of other marques. After we get this kicked off we'll be looking for procedures for you other folks.
Bud Krueger
Bud@ttalk.info
Latest (2/16/07): We have permission from Rick Smith to use the forms that he has developed for the NEMGTR.
email to:Bud@Ttalk.info