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Just seen this posted on register forum,happened on saturday serves as a reminder to be safe out there, and be aware of the fact our cars are getting on. Its a Tr6, no matter how addvanced the 7 was its still not as strong as a modern

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if you factor in the earth's rotation, we are all speeding

No wonder. They where driving on the wrong side of the road!

But seriously hope they where all ok.

Craig '75 2.0 FHC

People die here every month or less, even in new cars/trucks. Usually it's because it's one driver crossing over into other lane, even on divided highways. In one intersection it's drivers turning left into oncoming traffic. Talking about taking the lights out and putting in traffic circle there. There's no way you can stop bad driving, just hope you aren't in the way when some one does something stupid. I was once but the 7 got me out of it, don't know if I would have been able to in the Toyota or Acura.



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Looks like the damage to both cars is similar. The one difference is that the bonnet of the 6 hit the windshield. Our cars have hooks to prevent that. I can vouch that they work from direct experiance.

Edward Hamer
Petaluma CA

reading on the original thread it seems the 6 came around the blind bend to find trafic stationary due to the temproary lights, then swerved into oncoming

if you factor in the earth's rotation, we are all speeding

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Looks like the damage to both cars is similar. The one difference is that the bonnet of the 6 hit the windshield. Our cars have hooks to prevent that. I can vouch that they work from direct experiance.

Edward Hamer
Petaluma CA
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The damage may look similar on the outside, but consider the Ford Focus has a safety cell, deformable front end, multiple airbags, collapsible steering & pedals, anti submarine seats, pre tensioning seatbelts etc etc, I know which one I'd rather have been in.

Andy
1981 UK SPEC TR8
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Nasty, good to hear no one seriously hurt.

I guess at some time we have all chucked the car into a corner for a bit of fun but always make sure you can stop within the distance that you can see ahead. On today's crowded roads that's even more of a maxim to be followed.

Tony

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1980 3.5L V8 DHC Jaguar Regency Red - sadly sold!
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That highlights the biggest problem with our cars...brakes that were designed when stops were meant to be planned well in advance.

TR7 Convertible
Sprint Motor
MegaSquirt EFI

actually the Foci seemed to have taken the hit very well....there's not to much buckling around the passenger compartment, or even much sway in the front end....the Six is just massacred, look how far the door was pushed back into the quarter...and the hood (bonnet) is just plain ridiculous!!!!


............but honestly the scariest thing about this accident scene has to be what the bystanders are wearing [B)]

Ron.

The TR6 is demolished, looks like someone is trapped in the car, were they ok?

At least the road is closed off.

Pete
1981 Carmelian Red 2 litre DHC - out for the summer.
Polybush, KYB shocks, electric fan, electric windows and electronic ignition roller bearing struts and anti-dive kit - otherwise standard
1979 Pageant Blue Spitfire 1500 - In hibernation - Engine overhaul needed.

It looks like the TR6 may have hit something else before the Focus, judging by its skid marks.

TR7 Convertible
Sprint Motor
MegaSquirt EFI

doesen't always work this way a couple of weeks ago some guy drove in the back of my parked 61 Land Rover in a clio at around 30 mph, Land Rover still drove fine and only had bent X member which was fixed inside a couple of days, the clio was some 18" shorter than it should have been!

The tr7 will be significantly better than the tr6 in a crash as it was designed to meet the U.S. standards of the 70's whereas the tr6 pre-dates any crash requirements, mind you best advice is to avoid the crash in the first place!

My panel beater reckons that if he was going to be in a crash, he would like to be in something as heavily built as a 7, with it's thick metal.

I have on a couple of occasions looked at the front slope of a 7/8s bonnet, & the stump jumper skid plate at the front many of our bush 4X4s, particularly those with high clearance adaption, & figured my bonnet matches the slope, & would be a perfect launching ramp. Should lift said 4X4 straight into the windscreen I would think.

I'll take a Mac truck thanks.

Hasbeen

Our cars were amongst the safest of their time, but we've moved on a bit in the last 35 years.

I think it was 5th gear who recently crashed something substantial from the mid 90's in to a car from this decade. The old car's driver would have been crippled whilst the safety cage of the modern remained intact.

And in my garage I'm restoring a 90's Mini Cooper. The driver's the crumple zone in one of them[:0]

Adam



TR7 V8 DHC Jaguar Solent Blue. 9.35cr Range Rover V8, Holley 390cfm, JWR Dual Port, 214 Cam, Lumention, Tubular Manifolds, S/S Single Pipe Exh, 3.08 Rear, 200lb Spax & PolyBushes all round, Anti- Dive, Strut-Top Roller Bearings, Capri Vented Discs & Calipers, Braided Hoses, 4 Speed Rear Cylinders, Uprated Master Cylinder & Servo, AT 14" 5 Spokes or Maestro Turbo 15" Alloys, Cruise Lights, S/S Heater Pipes, Replacement Fuel Tank. No Door Stickers. Mine since July 1986, V8 from 1991 courtesy of S&S V8 conversion and big brake kits.