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MG Horrors - Death and Destruction

Here are photos that truly are difficult to look at. These are fates we hope our cars will never face but sometimes it is inevitable. If you have photos to contribute which are related to MGs, please e-mail them to me so that others can learn from them.

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Mother Nature's Wrath
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Ferarri California Spider replica (based on MGB chassis) suffers Hurricane Ivan in Florida.
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MGB trying to survive Hurricane Ivan...
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Same MGB after the storm.


Collision Damage
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The end of a classic.
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Honey, where is my mallet?
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Crash testing a MGB convertible in the 60's.
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MGA Coupe (with sunroof!) gets it hard.
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Ralph Yingling's MGB meets a higher bumper.
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Fiberglass MGA fender.
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MGB GT hit hard. Windshield intact!
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Crashed MGB GT.
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Another angle.
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1959 MGA Coupe crashed out at Carerra Panamericana, Mexico.
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Another angle of MGA coupe at Carerra Panamericana, Mexico.
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MG K3 C 53009 crashed out of a race.
(For more information, see the Early Historical Photo section)
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Broadsided late
model Midget.
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Another angle.
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MGB with serious front end damage.
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Wrecked Midget.
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Another angle.
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MG ZB Magnette wrecked.
It looks so sad.
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Modern Magnette meets its end after a hard life.
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MGA Twin Cam Coupe rolled over.
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Matt Kemper's 1973 Midget suffers a drunk driver at 35MPH.
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Jan Koerts' MG TD meets a tree in the 1970's at the Dutch Zandvoort Racing Circuit during an MG Car Club meeting. A sign by the car read "Here stood a tree".
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Wrecked MGB in the 2002 Grand Prix Historique de Pau.


(Submitted by Jesper Petersen)
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Goldie Gardner pensive before his wrecked MG in the 1932 Ulster TT at Ards-Belfast.

(Submitted by Jesper Petersen)
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James Woolf's '69 MGB
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Another angle of James' MGB showing damage, with structure now removed
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1973 Midget. Yet another windshield intact!
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This MGB went off the road, then into and over a stone wall. This is what was dragged back up.
(Photo courtesy Rich Stinchcomb)
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MGB after driving off the road into a ditch.


(Photo courtesy Rich Stinchcomb)
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Another view of the MGB.



(Photo courtesy Rich Stinchcomb)
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Midget putting its
roll bar to use
(Submitted by Dave O'Neill)
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Another view of
rolled Midget
(Submitted by Dave O'Neill)
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Wrecked MG R-Type
(For more information, see the Early Historical Photo section)
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Crashed MG Special, 1939
(For more information, see the Early Historical Photo section)
   


MGA Total Loss
 


1971 MGB Front End Collision
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MGA Broadsided and flipped onto its tail
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MGB after a Car-BQ
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Amphibious MGA?
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MGA underwater...
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Same car being retrieved.


1972 MGB Wreck
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This 1978 MGB spun 180-degrees, went off the road and into the end of a guard rail. The driver suffered some back injuries but recovered.
(Photos courtesy Rich Stinchcomb)
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70's MGB meets pole-like object


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I was hesitant to include this photo because the driver died in the crash. It sat for over a year in my inbox. But I've decided that we can't ignore the reality of the dangers of driving. So click the image to the left if you want to view the photo. For the story about the incident, click here.

(Submitted by Bill Taylor)