Tragedy from the past...

[EFI]

Tragedy from the future....

[Rob07002]

Wow, that friggin breaks my heart!

The GSX, I mean!

[rwhite692]

Geez..The way the pics are presented, is like "Oh my Gawd, can you BELIEVE that they crushed this car??" Well, yeah, I can...It was a wreck.

I don't think this is a case of someone carelessly crushing a good, repairable car....even if it was 1975.

Notice the pic on the upper right, the front wheel is still on the car, in the other pic (in the claw, up in the air) the wheels and it looks like most of the suspension /drivetrain are already gone. It looks like the pic in the upper right is not crusher-in-progress/claw damage, but rather, one taken as the car was, as it arrived after the accident. The bottom pic as well.

That amount of damage, to that part of the body and likely the frame would definately be a total insurance loss. Looks like it was put into a pole right at the A-pillar...ouch.

Hopefully, the drivetrain lived to fight another day in another bad Buick!

A much more painful thing to watch on video was that mopar (a 340 Challenger, I think it was?) that went into the crusher whole and completely undamaged in the original "gone in 60 seconds" movie. Now, THAT was a shame. The whole agonizing crush, from start to finish, is in the film...

[Ummgawa]

If I am not mistaken, The original crash car was a Challenger, but if you examine the wreckage, it appears to be something other than a Chrysler product.

With the talent out there right now, That GSX would be streched, hammered and repaired and in The BJ by the end of the year, lol. Strange to that although one shot looks as if the drivetrain is missing, the interior shot has the shifter in it. Hmmmm........

[3kidsnotime]

Originally Posted by rwhite692

Geez..The way the pics are presented, is like "Oh my Gawd, can you BELIEVE that they crushed this car??" Well, yeah, I can...It was a wreck.

I don't think this is a case of someone carelessly crushing a good, repairable car....even if it was 1975.

Notice the pic on the upper right, the front wheel is still on the car, in the other pic (in the claw, up in the air) the wheels and it looks like most of the suspension /drivetrain are already gone. It looks like the pic in the upper right is not crusher-in-progress/claw damage, but rather, one taken as the car was, as it arrived after the accident. The bottom pic as well.

That amount of damage, to that part of the body and likely the frame would definately be a total insurance loss. Looks like it was put into a pole right at the A-pillar...ouch.

Hopefully, the drivetrain lived to fight another day in another bad Buick!

A much more painful thing to watch on video was that mopar (a 340 Challenger, I think it was?) that went into the crusher whole and completely undamaged in the original "gone in 60 seconds" movie. Now, THAT was a shame. The whole agonizing crush, from start to finish, is in the film...

The gone in 60 seconds film is a killer for me the salvage car is actually a 70 440 R/T I have the vin in slow motion JS23U0XXXXX And the crushed car is actually a 70 with 72 grille and tail lights check dash pad and marker lights seats steering wheel is all 70 also the R/T badges are It makes me cry every time...Damn now I have to watch that movie agin when I get home

[TonyL]

My dad owned a wrecking yard when I was born. (we sold it when I was 18)

I cannot tell you how many classic cars we crushed. Hemi cudas (sans engines of course) challengers, 69 camaro rs/ss, I could go on and on. It sickened me every time. My older brother and I would beg my dad to not crush them.

"bah! they are worthless junk!"

oh, how he rues the day now though. Thankfully we still have a lot of collector stuff sitting around.

[rwhite692]

Originally Posted by 3kidsnotime

The gone in 60 seconds film is a killer for me the salvage car is actually a 70 440 R/T I have the vin in slow motion JS23U0XXXXX And the crushed car is actually a 70 with 72 grille and tail lights check dash pad and marker lights seats steering wheel is all 70 also the R/T badges are It makes me cry every time...Damn now I have to watch that movie agin when I get home

Cool, thanks for the details. It would be neat (if painful!) to see that clip again. Maybe someone will post it on YouTube, or something.

[GTX]

http://www.carsinbarns.com/

[Ummgawa]

Originally Posted by GTX

http://www.carsinbarns.com/

Cool and painful at the same time. Who knew there were so damn many Superbirds and Daytonas dieing such ugly deaths.