Make a grown man cry!!!!!

[EF347]

Just got an email - XY GT $95K worth of resto trashed on the drive home from the restorers.
Don't know how, where or why - check the photos

[TEaaron]

Oh em gee.

Oh em ef gee

So bad.

Lost for words.

[Mongoose]

That actually looks pretty safe, the cabin hasnt crumpled at all, shame to see one in that condition though :(

[Kryton]

hang on....i remember this.
this was a fair while ago - it didnt just happen.
im also pretty sure it happened before the dates in the photos as well.
there was a story behind it which i cant really remember.
i think this thing was part of a wedding or something like that?

[plext]

Funny that he decided to put wedding ribbons on it for the run home hey?

You may also note one has GT badge on the grille, the other not.

Don't believe everything you see on the net.

[blackers10]

the ribbons give it away that it was part of a wedding..
prolly another VL Turbo wedding gone wrong incident .. given that its hit a PARKED CAR

[Falcon Coupe]

[Falcon_Phill]

Yeh, thats an old one.

[Falcon_Phill]

Originally Posted by plext

Funny that he decided to put wedding ribbons on it for the run home hey?

You may also note one has GT badge on the grille, the other not.

Don't believe everything you see on the net.

I dont know if thats a wing on the back, on the first pic either.

[v8falconsrule]

yep mustta been a massive shunt to rip the rear spoiler off like that......notice inherent sarcasim.

[JD86]

gee that is terrible

[MR HO]

Originally Posted by EF347

Just got an email - XY GT $95K worth of resto trashed on the drive home from the restorers.
Don't know how, where or why - check the photos

If that was my car, and i saw that i would have an instant heart attack :

MR HO

[AUIII XR8 MAN]

Before & after photos, just the wrong way around.

[Kryton]

just to go CSI on you all.
the tread on the front right tyre is DIFFERENT.
top picture has the tread pattern as /
3rd pic (smashed) has the tread pattern as \

[Schmee]

Maybe he hit the parked car so hard the tread on the tyres moved ( remember just like the old man used to say growing up "I'll kick your butt till your nose bleeds..!!!), just like the original spoiler flew off at terminal velocity...(approx 125 MPH)

as always everyone just happens to get married/drive for a mates wedding on the day they pick their car up I cant tell you how many times this has happened to me its just amazing but I can say I have owned as many cars as I have been to weddings...lol

So much for the internet and e-mail being fast....lol... Isnt there a postcard of this one...???

[Falcon_Phill]

Originally Posted by davway

just to go CSI on you all.
the tread on the front right tyre is DIFFERENT.
top picture has the tread pattern as /
3rd pic (smashed) has the tread pattern as \

One has an aerial too.. though it is pretty munched up in that area. I dont think its the same car though.

[Auslandau]

Those pics have had a few birthdays. I swear there is a sunroof in the second car? Its like one of those 'Spot the difference' pics!!!



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[Kryton]

and also (i could be mistaken on this one) on the third pic it looks like there is a gauge near the drivers side wiper blade on the outside of the car.
(i could be something from the engine bay as well???)

[Kryton]

Originally Posted by auslandau

Those pics have had a few birthdays. I swear there is a sunroof in the second car? Its like one of those 'Spot the difference' pics!!!

yep, couldnt see one on the first car either but its a hard pic to tell from.

theres 7 differences...............

[SpoolMan]

Originally Posted by auslandau

Its like one of those 'Spot the difference' pics!!!

The wreck on the truck I cant see the iron board boot spoiler..

[RG]

Looks like the GT stripes down the sides are a different colour too, funny that.

[Rodp]

Is that a gauge on the bonnet on the wrecked one?

This wreck was posted at least a month ago, don't believe everything you get in email!

[4Vman]

Originally Posted by auslandau

Those pics have had a few birthdays. I swear there is a sunroof in the second car? Its like one of those 'Spot the difference' pics!!!

spotted another 1, the aerial..!
The crashed car was a replica. :

[Fev]

saw those pics about 3 mths ago, was during a wedding, hence the white streamers over the bonnet.

but still every time ya see it, it makes you cringe

[Nostalgia]

Originally Posted by Fev

saw those pics about 3 mths ago, was during a wedding, hence the white streamers over the bonnet.

but still every time ya see it, it makes you cringe

Same here. Saw it 3 months ago. Back then it said the driver lost control after laying a patch and hit a parked car. Good spot davway and Falcon Phill.

[whales]

Same car or not (Which it is doesn't appear to be the same), genuine or replica its still a damn shame to see the second one like that, as it looked like it was in fantastic condition.

[scribr]

clearly not the best spot to lay some rubber/get sideways!

[dave289]

Just like a bad dream only worse

[yift]

since nobody else has bothered to say it.................


it'll buff out!

by the way thats a heavy hit to cause that much damage. a mate of mine put his through a brick wall at 70km/h and didnt suffer as much damage. its a shame what has happened to it, replica or not, but i just hope we dont see anymore classic fords get destroyed the same way.

[sfr rob]

old news. still sucks to see it, and how could you possibly spend 95K restoring it assuming it started out life as a genuine GT?! It doesn't look that special to me?