The ‘57 Chevy slammed into the back of the VW bus which is a fairly lightweight vehicle. This particular type is outfitted as a camper with a subhatch cut into the roof so it’s probably around 2600 pounds, easily a thousand pounds lighter than the Chevy.
Those old Westfalia camper conversions were built off of a basic panel bus which weighed a scant 2200 pounds since they’re basically an empty box.
The bus being lightweight with higher ground clearance was shoved into the Tempest and it popped up while being shoved by the Chevy. The heavy damage on the back of the Tempest was caused by the front of the Chevy impacting it hard, after that the bus settled back down onto the front of the Chevy.
Must’ve really been something to see, that’s a crazy and unusual end result.
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1964 Tempest Coupe LS3/4L70E/3.42
1964 Le Mans Convertible 421 HO/TH350/3.08
2002 WS6 Convertible LS1/4L60E/3.23
1966 VW Type 2 Single Cab Pickup 140hp 2276
1956 VW Type 2 Panel Van 36hp 1200
1957 VW Type 1 Beetle 180hp 2276
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