Ouch!

Post by **LouiseM** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:49 am

Spotted this on the net. Luckily the driver was not too badly injured but it demonstrates how sturdy the Minor is. If he was in a less solid car it could have been a lot worse. Seems to have been a modified car - spot the twin exhaust.

http://www.thecourier.com.au/news/local ... 26285.aspx

Post by **morrisman1** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:03 am

yup, ouch alright!!

good to see that you can survive without abs, and ebd, and esc, and srs, and any other three letter abbreviation.

sure made a mess of the car though

Post by **MarkyB** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:30 pm

Good grief

the truck clipped the rear of the car

is a bit of an understatement.
There is hardly anything left of the rear

Definitely modified, check out the wood rim steering wheel.

Post by **FrankM83** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:50 pm

do you think it can be repaired?

lucky man!!

Post by **Kevin** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:15 am

Thank goodness the driver was OK I wonder if one of our Aussie posters knows of the car.

Post by **dalebrignall** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:43 pm

there was not a lot left a very lucky man.

Post by **badfelafel** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:15 am

Thats modern technology at work. If it had been a Morris 8, I shudder to think.

Post by **Peetee** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:23 am

Looking at the local news seeing the state of the cars that came off on the ice this week and comparing them to the damage to My Albert. Either they were driving faaaaar too fast or the Minor is immensely strong in comparison.

Post by **Pyoor_Kate** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 4:01 pm

The minor *is* extremely strong in comparison. However, the down side of that is that while the minor may come off quite well, you won't get the benefit of the crumply-metal of a modern car crumpling and slowing you down a little more gently. And those soft squishy organs inside your body are prone to being thrown around somewhat.

Mind you, that's not stopped me driving the Minor or the DAF.