mastertech Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Can you say EMBARRASSING? Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 That's what happens when you slam on the brakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 1953 Chrysler.Bernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Frame Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 No X frame Must not have tied it down very well? What happens to drivers when things like this happen? How do they get the car upright without damaging it or the truck further? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 No X frame Must not have tied it down very well? What happens to drivers when things like this happen? How do they get the car upright without damaging it or the truck further?They call in a crane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whtbaron Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 When I worked in a body shop in the 70's we repaired a truck load of Datsun pickups that got their roofs ripped off going under a short underpass. In 1953 I doubt there would be many cranes around to rescue this one. More likely they tried to hold the Chrysler up and backed the truck out from under it. I wonder if the frame and front clip got replaced or if it got scrapped. The buckled fenders would indicate some fairly serious frame damage but a lot of things got fixed back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skyking Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 My guess is that frame never even bent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Frame Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Any pictures of a rescue of this kind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 My guess is that frame never even bent.I agree. I don't think there is any way that frame got bent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Frame Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 I agree. I don't think there is any way that frame got bent.I think they are seeing the fenders bent meaning that the frame could have possibly been sprung upwards due to the weight hitting the ground at an angle on the attached bumper? Nothing major that a machine can't fix but damage just the same that could potentially throw wheel alignments off let alone body panels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfourfire Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Stopping for nose drops? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLynskey Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Where are all the people with cell phones taking selfies with the wreckage?Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick60 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 I was working at an Olds dealer in 1980. A transport driver arrived with a truck load of Toronados. The top row of cars were badly damaged. The front one lost it's roof. The second one was missing it's roof with major damage to the front of the vehicle. The last one was badly damaged in the front and rear. It had been knocked off the trailer. I talked to the driver. He stated that he deviated from his prescribed route to see his girlfriend. He encountered a low bridge at 30 mph. He said he would no longer be employed after this delivery. The cars were donated to a local junior college with an auto tech program. None of them were repairable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 There doesn't seem to be enough room on the top of the truck for the car. Did the second car roll forward as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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