I had a friend that got rear ended in a 78. He was stopped at a light and
an explorer hit a stopped suzuki samurai going 45mph and the samurai hit
him. It wrinkled the rear end a bit and they had to have the frame
straightened but the car was very savable; they walked away with sore necks
but that was all.
James Nazarian
71 MGB Tourer
71 MGBGT V8
85 Dodge Ram
----- Original Message -----
From: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
To: "v8" <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 4:46 AM
Subject: How crash-worthy is an MGB?
> All,
> A little off-topic, but has anyone here ever crashed an MG, or been
> t-boned? I've read in a million places about how the MGB is a really
> strong, and over-designed car,but that was 1962, and other than the
> collapsable steering column, I cant think of any other significant
> safety changes (bumpers and padded dash don't count in my book).
> I don't know how I started thinking about this morbid topic, but I was
> just curious what my survival chances were if I got t-boned or
> rear-ended or if I slamed head-on into something in the MG vs. other
> common cars.
> Any survival stories here? How about horror storries?
> Penny for your thoughts.
> James J.
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