wrecked General Lee clone on ebay

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/1969-Dodge-Charger/202337012448?hash=item2f1c39cae0:g:62gAAOSwfCpbGwaD&vxp=mtr

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[Mytur Binsdirti]

Daddy, the top came off.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-pHuT2666s&list=RDS-pHuT2666s&start_radio=1

[krops cars]

Up to $4200.00 WOW.

[Birdflu]

Really, the roof...why? 

[JB400]

I say someone wanted a souvenir, being the roof isn't sold with it

[Mike DC]

  
The ad says "the firefighters thought the doors were welded like the real GL and cut the roof off."    

He may be telling the truth.  Those C-pillars look bitten off, not cut through with a sawzall or torch.

That passenger door looks perfect.  Did they not even try the handle before assuming the doors were welded?

[68RT440]

Maybe they cut the top off to use on LEE 1 after its top was cut off...

[JR]

It reminds me of a news discussion on season 2 of the grand tour.

The hosts were joking about the frequency of roofs being cut off cars after minor accidents. In the end, the best reasoning they could come up with was that all men are over grown boys who will take any excuse to play with their toys, and in this case, the boys are firemen, and the toys are the cutting tools. They maybe right.

Such a shame, looks like it would have been a fixable car. I wonder if the driver was incapacitated, it looks like he could have walked out of it.

[Lennard]

The real reason that firefighters cut the roof off a crashed car is because they deemed it necessary (judging by the crash impact damage) to keep the occupant's cervical spine in line. In order to do that, they put a neck brace on and slide the back board under the patient. Any door, roof or other items in the way of doing so will be removed.  It's cheaper to replace the car, than what a lifetime in a wheelchair because of paralyzation would cost. Once in the hospital after taking a cat scan/X rays, you can tell if it was necessary or not. But by then, it's a mute point.

[Mike DC]

  
I'm picturing a medical alert bracelet:

DIABETIC
ALLERGIC TO PENICILLIN
DO NOT USE JAWS ON MUSCLE CAR

[F8-4life]

4k for that is funny.
I'll give him 400 on the buckets though.

[Brass]

 
I'm picturing a medical alert bracelet:

DIABETIC
ALLERGIC TO PENICILLIN
DO NOT USE JAWS ON MUSCLE CAR

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

The real reason that firefighters cut the roof off a crashed car is because they deemed it necessary (judging by the crash impact damage) to keep the occupant's cervical spine in line. In order to do that, they put a neck brace on and slide the back board under the patient. Any door, roof or other items in the way of doing so will be removed.  It's cheaper to replace the car, than what a lifetime in a wheelchair because of paralyzation would cost. Once in the hospital after taking a cat scan/X rays, you can tell if it was necessary or not. But by then, it's a mute point.

If the point was silent, then yes. Otherwise, it's moot. 

[Kern Dog]

I see that mistake often but if I had pointed it out, Lennard would go off on yet another one of his rant/attacks.   

[timmycharger]

The real reason that firefighters cut the roof off a crashed car is because they deemed it necessary (judging by the crash impact damage) to keep the occupant's cervical spine in line. In order to do that, they put a neck brace on and slide the back board under the patient. Any door, roof or other items in the way of doing so will be removed.  It's cheaper to replace the car, than what a lifetime in a wheelchair because of paralyzation would cost. Once in the hospital after taking a cat scan/X rays, you can tell if it was necessary or not. But by then, it's a mute point.

How did you reach that conclusion from just seeing the pictures?

I'm just curious as I was an auto claims adjuster for 10 years and saw countless crashed vehicles and the ones where the jaws of life were needed or where a roof was cut off were much more destroyed than this Charger. Usually the car was upside down or so squashed that they couldn't access the driver or passenger.

[Kern Dog]

Maybe because the C pillars look pinched rather than jagged like when you use a sawzall?

[timmycharger]

Maybe because the C pillars look pinched rather than jagged like when you use a sawzall?

Yes, no doubt they hacked that thing off but I just am not convinced it was due to trying to prevent further injury.  Would love to know the back story on this one!!

[Mike DC]

  
Look at the stub of the vent window frame in the foreground (bottom right).  That looks more like hydraulic jaws than a saw or torch/plasma.  

Who keeps a hydraulic jaws setup at home and uses it for parting out junk cars?  

Whatever the reason, the roof removal must have been done by the accident rescuers.  

[timmycharger]

my point is that this wreck doesn't match the cars Ive seen where jaws of life were needed.  The seats don't even look bent, usually they are twisted or bent.

The cars I see where the use the jaws usually look like this...

[cbrestorations]

This  thing better have a wicked drivetrain in it

[70 sublime]

This  thing better have a wicked drivetrain in it

The ebay ad says it has a 318 in it

[440]

Someone took offence to the flag.

[Lennard]

How did you reach that conclusion from just seeing the pictures?

I'm just curious as I was an auto claims adjuster for 10 years and saw countless crashed vehicles and the ones where the jaws of life were needed or where a roof was cut off were much more destroyed than this Charger. Usually the car was upside down or so squashed that they couldn't access the driver or passenger.

My reply was to JR, about him saying that "firefighters take any excuse to play with their toys."  I wasn't talking about this car in particular and I didn't reach a conclusion.  I was a professional firefighter longer than you were an auto claims adjuster and I've been there, done that, got the T-shirt and certification so I'm not just talking poopoo.

[Kern Dog]

We need to see this T-shirt to verify your claims...