FS @ CL in Ohio 1973 BMW Bavaria 3.0 $1.5K

[Nachtycoupe]

NM/NA - May be a bargain to somebody, always curious in accidents like this how much damage would have been done with the bumper on?

http://cleveland.craigslist.org/cto/5290263762.html

 

[leonine99]

Lightly tapped? Looks like he was going 20 mph faster than whatever he hit.

 

[Nachtycoupe]

Lightly tapped? Looks like he was going 20 mph faster than whatever he hit.

Agreed Jeff........Ha ha....hence my, "I wonder what a front bumper would have done?" You never know.... hard to say if would have helped any....sad either way!

 

[jmackro]

Ughhh - what a heartbreaker! Every car enthusiast's nightmare.

I'll bet the insurance settlement was painful as well. Between the age of the car ("hmm, the Acme Insurance database assigns a valuation of 37 cents for a 1973 BMW Bavaria") and its lack of a front bumper ("section 48.2, paragraph 10 clearly states that all safety equipment must be in place for our policy to remain in force"), I'll bet the owner didn't collect much.

Lightly tapped? Looks like he was going 20 mph faster than whatever he hit.

I disagree - with nothing structural to absorb the impact - just the grille and sheetmetal - a < 20 mph impact would do that kind of damage.