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Off Topic => Other cars => Topic started by: pj on March 27, 2015, 22:18:39

Title: Goodwood 300SL front end crash
Post by: pj on March 27, 2015, 22:18:39

I think the article says this happened last weekend.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3007877/Moment-4million-1955-Mercedes-crashed-1million-1959-Jaguar-Goodwood.html#v-4129061726001
Ouch.

Title: Re: Goodwood 300SL front end crash
Post by: GGR on March 28, 2015, 02:41:04

Kind of a remake of the 1955 Le Mans crash "caused" by a Jaguar entering the pits. Thankfully Mass did not fly into the spectators!

Title: Re: Goodwood 300SL front end crash
Post by: Jordan on March 28, 2015, 11:06:36

Wow, thanks for sharing Peter.  Thankfully no one was hurt.  Still have to love some of the comments, especially the one about being thankful there were a bunch of pensioners on hand with a water squirter.  :D

Didn't Jon go to Goodwood again this year?  Maybe he was in the stands.

Title: Re: Goodwood 300SL front end crash
Post by: Flyair on March 28, 2015, 12:07:34

given what kind of written-off wrecks have been brought back to their heydays glory, I have no doubt that both cars will shine again soon.

Remains the question of loss of their value, but at 4 mln US$, this sounds to me more like a notional value than anything else.