Tough old bird.

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Thought that I would share the following images. Without going into tooo much details as to the exact specifics of the accident. The following is how a BA XT Falcon shaped up against a 5-6" round tree (50-60kph rated road)

Damage includes right chassis rail, and goes back into the "K" frame. Power steering pump is snapped back off the block(as is alternatior at a guess - can't see that far down into engine bay)


Front axle has shifted forward in the wheelarch.


Steering column has collapsed. Wheel is now touching the top of the dash cowling. Both Airbags deployed. Plenty of broken plastics in and around the cabin.


Seatbelt tensioners fired (stalks are about 3-4" shorter)
B Pillar plastic detatched from car.


May not be real pretty, but the car did do its job. Driver is still in hospital under observation, but expected to make a full recovery. Mostly bruising.



Be safe out on the roads people. Incidents such as this one can and DO have much MUCH worse outcomes...