Holden VE Commodore being dropped from a crane

Bobman · 24-08-2011, 10:04 PM

Photo credit: Matt H

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This is a new Holden Commodore being dropped from a crane, speed when it hits is around 95 to 100klm's per hour, the vehicle has sustained some damage prior by being dropped on its side.

Link to video: http://mattau.smugmug.com/Other/vari...2_2t9qJtH-A-LB

TheInterceptor · 24-08-2011, 10:13 PM

Would be interesting to see whats left of the inside...

Auslandau · 24-08-2011, 10:27 PM

........ Why?

Road_Warrior · 24-08-2011, 10:42 PM

I'd say because they could, looks like it was already a write off to begin with (note the lamp-post shaped styling on the driver's side back door)

Interesting to see the A-pillars still held their shape after that drop.

Road Games · 24-08-2011, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Auslandau

........ Why?

Why not ...

I mean it'll BUFF out .......

nstg8a · 24-08-2011, 10:44 PM

im guessing some sort of road safety thing?

uranium_death · 24-08-2011, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by nstg8a

im guessing some sort of road safety thing?

Yeah, because part of a normal family weekend is to be picked up by a crane and then dropped...

We used to do it all the time, yet we were stuck with the XF Wagon for 13 years...

Bobman · 24-08-2011, 10:58 PM

It looks like a Commodore that Holden donated.

They donate new Commodores to road safety things, so fire crews can cut it open etc. They also donate new cars to TAFEs for apprentices to work on. These cars can not be registered in most cases, so it's a fitting end.

A lot to learn from tests like this too I would imagine.

Auslandau · 24-08-2011, 11:09 PM

Doesn't look very scientific ..... especially when the car was wrecked to start with. Looks like it was done ..... just because!

XRGhia · 24-08-2011, 11:18 PM

The crane operator was a Ford owner/enthusiast? haha....

blue sleeper · 24-08-2011, 11:26 PM

When Jonny's wife asked him to drop the kids off for soccer, this wasn't what she meant....

TheInterceptor · 24-08-2011, 11:26 PM

falconnut · 25-08-2011, 12:35 AM

Seems to hold together fairly well.

All new holdens should be dropped from cranes :p

Bobman · 25-08-2011, 12:36 AM

Beats those lab tests any day though

XR6Runner · 25-08-2011, 01:07 AM

Its not something from Top Gear Australia maybe?

Falc'man · 25-08-2011, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Road_Warrior

Interesting to see the A-pillars still held their shape after that drop.

If it weren't for those massive A-pillars the car wouldn't have been t-boned in the first place....

BAGT514 · 25-08-2011, 02:18 PM

My next door neighbour at my wrecking yard in Adelaide is an automotive engineer that does crash testing for ARB and the like. We set up a trolley to fit the car on with tracks - a "big block" XE 250 carby motor with a winch drum set up that pulls the trolley (with car attached) into a 4ft thick concrete bunker. He can hit speeds of 110kms/hr in a very short time with the 250 singing at 5500rpm.
Gravity only accelerates objects at 1.8m/s/s....
Have a spare VE GTS you need destroyed? We have the equipment

Now where is that body kitted Taurus?

mik · 25-08-2011, 04:16 PM

looks like it has no engine in it the way its almost flat to the firewall.

4.0i OHC · 25-08-2011, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Road_Warrior

Interesting to see the A-pillars still held their shape after that drop.

With A-pillars that massive, it's really not.

Oxa384 · 25-08-2011, 07:24 PM

aussie bogan version of will it blend??

MAGPIE · 25-08-2011, 07:35 PM

Was probably for the Australasian & World Road Crash Rescue Competion held in NZ last month, Holden provide most of the vehicles.

http://www.nzimagery.com/Images/arro/index.html

1TUFFUTE · 25-08-2011, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by XR6Runner

Its not something from Top Gear Australia maybe?

PAH if it was theyd prob use an FPV and then go onto pronounce that the HSV would in there expert opinions survive much better....or something along those lines lol

sudszy · 25-08-2011, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by BAGT514

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Gravity only accelerates objects at 1.8m/s/s....

Its 9.8m/s/s here on planet earth

The drop time on the video looks close to 3 secs or so, so the estimated speed of 90-100km/h(25-28m/s) is consistent with that.

HULK EF · 26-08-2011, 01:35 AM

holden/HSV experimenting acceleration times of new chev v8 engines to beat the FPV supercharged V8? -this photo being the only way?

BAGT514 · 26-08-2011, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by sudszy

Its 9.8m/s/s here on planet earth

The drop time on the video looks close to 3 secs or so, so the estimated speed of 90-100km/h(25-28m/s) is consistent with that.

Sorry sudszy,
I left high school 22 years ago so I guess my memory isn't that great. I stand corrected

TC200six · 26-08-2011, 03:59 PM

This is not the first time a VE Commodore was dropped from a crane. I remember a similar test being done 3 years ago where a red HSV Commodore was dropped as part of practice organised by a fire and rescue service in some state (can't remember which state exactly) for crash scenes

Bossxr8 · 26-08-2011, 10:08 PM

One down, a few hundred thousand to go.

LANKY 1 · 26-08-2011, 10:24 PM

It's no wonder holden have so many cars to 'donate'. Alot of holden drivers are useless (partly due to being so many more of them)

Bobman · 26-08-2011, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by LANKY 1

It's no wonder holden have so many cars to 'donate'. Alot of holden drivers are useless (partly due to being so many more of them)

You should see some of the "new" cars which have been donated to TAFEs across Australia for apprentices.

When I did mine at Chisholm in Frankston back in 2003, there was a new VP and some others I can't recall. Amazing to see those cars so mint, after all the years. Nice glimpse in automotive history. I'm sure there are some Falcons around too.

LANKY 1 · 26-08-2011, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobman

You should see some of the "new" cars which have been donated to TAFEs across Australia for apprentices.

When I did mine at Chisholm in Frankston back in 2003, there was a new VP and some others I can't recall. Amazing to see those cars so mint, after all the years. Nice glimpse in automotive history. I'm sure there are some Falcons around too.

Yeah when i started an auto electric course i was shocked at some of the cars TAFE would recieve. was a 300c. a corvette, and a couple other normal cars. which would be fixed by tafe, but had to be crushed anyway