It is with a heavy heart that I have to inform the forum community that my BA Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo, affectionately known as "BOOF", is dead.

After work on Thursday morning at 3:15am Boof was involved in a 1/1000000 bizarre incident. Whilst traveling down Glenhuntly rd in Glenhuntly, at 61kmph, a metal plate that covers switches for the trams has become dislodged. The metal plate weighs about 30-40kg and is in the shape of a triangle, it is about 40cm on its longest edge. The plate has got jammed between the car and the road and at one stage lifted the car over 30 cm's off the road. The plate has gouged the floor from under the right hand drivers seat rail to under the back seat. The back floor has been lifted about 10cm. It has damged the sill of the car and caused both drivers side doors to be out of alignment. There is also a little crease just in front of the back wheel. There is also a big split in the side skirt. When it happened I thought a bomb had gone off under the car.

AAMI today told me that the car was a right-off. I had spoken to a panel beater and was prepared for the news. Even so it still made me sad. It makes it even harder to accept with the fact that "boof" still drives perfectly. The damage hasn't affected the cars performance or handling. The only difference when driving is the wind noise coming in through the gaps in the doors.

I'll post some pitures latter but theres not much to see, if I drove past you on the road you wouldn't know the "boof" was a right-off.

I will be looking at different options to replace "boof", at the moment "boof 2" is the popular choice.

Geea

Craig OMFG that is just heart breaking.

After all the effort you have put into boof just devastating. WTF was that thing doin on the road

Mate hopefully you can salvage some of the good bits for boof 2 , Insurance company permitting.

Sincerely wish you all the best for a positive outcome

Jewels

sorry to hear that... especially after all the hard work, and the excellent progress you were having with BOOF!!

Bring on boof mk11!!!!

really sorry to hear that craig you must be in shock it feels like we have lost a member of the family......when will you be holding the wake.

that's terrible news Craig. What a bizzare incident!!

Craig that is unbelievable!!! So sorry to hear, that car is/was a rocket, rip all the mods off and bolt them onto the brand spankin new series 2 xr6t insurance replacement, all but the auto mods I spose. Boof was a legend RIP

Nooooooo not Boof ...Craig if feels like a nightmare or a dream to hear you say that BOOF is dead, after all that work and effort put in BOOF.......l don't know what else to say

Mate that's just plain unbelievable.

How about an insurance payout then buy the wreck for the track. With the funds left buy a garden variety second hand T.

Geea, That is the most bizarre story I have heard. Black cat, broken mirror, walked under a ladder - what on earth did you do to deserve bad luck like that.

All the best in finding BOOF mark 2.

Geea, sorry to hear.

Rob