last phase of the thing about the atoyot has it parked atop a 240ft skyscraper, which then gets blown up. They dragged it off the pile of rubble with an excavator, and succeeded in firing it up and driving it into the studio.
mind, the chassis's broken and the front wheels seem to be on at a rather funny angle.
but it still ran. They're going to put it on a plinth now.
Twas Sun, 07 Dec 2003 21:05:59 +0000 when Austin Shackles put finger to keyboard producing:
I think it earnt it's place there..
the little toyota that could....
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Held together by the bodywork!
Quite rightly so too IMO. I'd be surprised if T*y*t* don't offer to buy it back :-)
Martyn
Mmm. Reminds me of a SIII I once stripped. It drove up and down the road fine as long as you didn't open the doors.
I went to remove the rear wheels and put a high-lift under the rear x-member. It went up with remarkably little effort untill I realised the doors were open and the middle was descending at the same rate.
Alex
I'd like to see them rebuild it I've seen land rovers in worse conditions put back on the road I'd like them to try it with a series 3 At no time did they try to damage the engine or transmission all they did was superficial damage it was dropped 240 feet on a building demolished to come down as softly as possible it's not that I'm a non believer I just think it's not all that impressive I've repaired vehicles that been submerged and as long as the engine wasn't running not much damage is done
Andy
But we all know that if you smash the block, it'll stop working. Personally, I think it's still a talking point, that they've set fire to it, submerged it in salt water, and dropped it 240' (softly? not the same as a sheer plummet but there's still several thousand tonnes of masonry crashing around) and not only does it still start, but it still drives, and stops.
And I'm not convinced that if they did the same with a Defender, it would still be working. :)
David
Defender would - not sure about a P38 tho'
;-)
Graeme
to the interior
takes more than12 hour for salt water to do it's worst
but it still ended up on top of the heap could have been a million tonnes underneath it
I thought the steel on the windscreen was to hold the perspex but it looked a bit more substantial than that
not 100% convinced it was as fair as they made out
Andy
On or around Sun, 7 Dec 2003 22:14:10 -0000, "Andy.Smalley" enlightened us thusly:
well, yeah, but it's obvious that if you flatten it under the debris of a
20-story tower block it'll be broken, isn't it. yer has to have a sporting chance.it does look seriously beaten up now.
So? Put it on Ebay - some sucker will buy it???
Graeme
put me down for £ 50
Andy
I thought the radiator seemed remarkably unscathed myself, though what do I know? perhaps Toyota radiators are much tougher than those on any vehicle I've ever owned? The truth will out!
Jo
I was surprised when I drove my Defender into a telegraph pole (10" variety) at 50 mph that the rad/intercooler etc survived unscathed. The telegraph pole broke however disappeared over the roof but unfortunately sheared off just below the bumper allowing it to bend my track rod + panahard Bar. Rad's still fine 4 years on despite having been knocked a couple of inches back at the time.
Fergus
On the subject of blowing up cars and other motoring related mayhem:
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+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Andy Cunningham aka AndyC the WB | andy -at- cunningham.me.uk | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |On or around Mon, 08 Dec 2003 09:21:17 +0000, AndyC the WB enlightened us thusly:
like it.
oh come on folks, anyone can stop a car from working permanently by cracking the block etc. Lets face it - how many vehicles on the road would be able to take anywhere near the sort of punishment that one has? Shogun? Landcruiser? BMW X5? rangerover? mitsu L200? Defender TD5? i would be very very surprised if any of those would work after being put through the stuff they made that little toymota do.
Nick C
On or around 8 Dec 2003 03:56:00 -0800, snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com (Nick C) enlightened us thusly:
I'd put money on a series III diesel mind.
No, but a series motor would do just as well or better and that is the level of technology the Toyota employs, so it would be a fair comparison.
As I don't watch TV that much what exactly was the purpose of destroying thes vehicle in question? Was it because Jeremy Clarkson didn't like it for some reason?
I think it was more to do with the fact that they appear everywhere and allways eem to be in some run down state, I think it was an excercise to proove how indestructible they are.
Chris
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