CMP test crash

[hrpearce]

WOW good footage for the "loose 5 and stay alive" campain.

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by hrpearce

WOW good footage for the "loose 5 and stay alive" campain.

You reckon 5ks less and you wouldn't get impaled? I think I'd still be ducking off to the left just in case...

There have been some serious accidents involving WW2 MVs over the years. There was one in Europe I think where a FGT was being towed which resulted in a fatality. We tend to think just because these things have survived 70 odd years they must be safe when the opposite can be the case.

This does serve as a warning of sorts to show what will happen if the steering box comes into contact with a hard object. Most vehicles of that era had a similar outcome which is why the steering columns were redesigned to avoid this.
Actually I can think of at least one very modified CMP which would not have this outcome - can anyone tell me which one it is?

[Howard]

Mine,
It won't go fast enough to cause any impact damage.
But seriously folks... Andrew's Big Orange Chev?

[US6]

I seem to recall you have a photo of a wrecked Stude on your site Keith showing a similar result, steering column against the back of the cab,

[hrpearce]

I understand what you are saying Keith but that bladder wasn't restrained to modern RTA standards to escape its bonds at only 30mph.

[Robert Farmer]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

You reckon 5ks less and you wouldn't get impaled? I think I'd still be ducking off to the left just in case...

There have been some serious accidents involving WW2 MVs over the years. There was one in Europe I think where a FGT was being towed which resulted in a fatality. We tend to think just because these things have survived 70 odd years they must be safe when the opposite can be the case.

This does serve as a warning of sorts to show what will happen if the steering box comes into contact with a hard object. Most vehicles of that era had a similar outcome which is why the steering columns were redesigned to avoid this.
Actually I can think of at least one very modified CMP which would not have this outcome - can anyone tell me which one it is?

Wouldn't be a Chev MCP on a C60S chassis from the Newcastle area????

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Robert Farmer

Wouldn't be a Chev MCP on a C60S chassis from the Newcastle area????

Yes, Robert that was the one I was thinking of with the universal joints to make the steering work. Barry Peters I think owns it?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

This wasn't a test!

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