Another testament to the toughness of an 80 when mine met a Buick yesterday. (1 Viewer)

[scottryana]

Probably not, considering it has been 3 years since he has even logged into mud.

i know this thread is about to turn 10 years old. but could we get the pictures reuploaded? am looking at crash safety in the J80 and would love to have the photographic evidence to go along with this pic

 

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Crash Thread with Photos

A few of us have been chatting about Cruiser crashes with ARBs over here: ARB-type front bumpers (safer?) and a lot of the old crash photos in various other threads are MIA--so I thought I'd start a thread devoted to 80 Series Cruiser crashes--stock, ARB, whatever. One of the many reasons to...

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Crash tested Bumpers

Had some guy crash in the back of me doing 45 to 50 Mph. I was stopped. There was some damage to the tailgate due to the spare being pushed forward. No frame or other major damage. This could have been the end of the cruiser if not for the bumpers. So anyone building bumpers keep the spare...

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Crash worthiness of 80 vs. current vehicles

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety commemorated its 50 year anniversary by doing a frontal offset head-on crash between a 2009 Malibu and 1959 Bel Air, each at 40 mph. This video shows how far safety engineering has come in 50 years. The Bel Air is no doubt a “tank”, but its driver...

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Crash: another 80 crash story with pics

Sooo...last night my wife was driving to Walgreens to get a few things. On the way home, about 2 blocks from our house a lady pulls out in front of her at an intersection. She said she stopped at the red, pulled out and then stopped again. :rolleyes: My wife started sliding on the ice and...

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