It also tallies with the two wrecks I've been in with B's. The first one
I rear-ended at forty mph a full sized Buick at a dead stop after the
guy between us swerved to reveal him. (My fault, I admit) I walked away
without injury and no one else was hurt, thankfully. I was actually able
to re-use some of the front suspension bits and the engine survived.
In the other *I* was rear ended, at a dead stop waiting for a light, by
a kid with a cell phone but no insurance or skid marks at about 35 or 40
mph. I limped away but didn't require a hospital visit. I'm still using
the rear end, prop shaft and transmission from that car. And the engine
is in the bay waiting a rebuild.
And they were both roadsters. Sturdy little cars. I have a suspicion
that the rust formed crush zones that Sid or the factory hadn't thought
about.
The other thing I noticed in the photos was WOW, what a slick way to do
a paint job!
Think about it - do the smoothing, and apply a polymer plastic film that
has an underlayment of POR-15 to stop the rust! And that's only for the
first layer! You could have rip-off colors!
Glenn "Too old to see it through" Schnittke
On 3/26/2013 1:00 PM, mgs-request@autox.team.net wrote:
> From: "PaulHunt73"<paulhunt73@virginmedia.com>
> To: "Hans Duinhoven"<h.duinhoven@planet.nl>,<mgs@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] Stupid movie coming up
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> The thing that struck me was the relatively small amount of damage, which
> tallies with the crash-tests of the day. This car, however, is probably
> more than 40 years old and in poor condition externally at least.
> Originally the tests were 30mph square on to a concrete block. Hitting the
> front of lorry I would have expected the chassis rails to go under the
> bumper and the damage to extend a lot further back on the upper parts of the
> car.
>
> PaulH.
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