SUV Crash Knocks C3 Corvette, Nova Off A Garage Lift
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Unfortunately, sometimes cars hit houses, causing serious damage, like this SUV that took out a C3 Corvette and a Nova. It seems the speeding vehicle hit the corner of the house right at the garage just so, tearing a big hole and leaving quite the mess.This happened recently in Pine Creek, Delaware, leaving the owner of the two classics with a huge headache. After all, if the cars were stored on a lift in the garage, someone obviously cared for them.
The SUV had to have been going at a pretty high speed when it hit the house, ripping away half of the garage door, blowing apart the corner of the structure, and mangling the four-post lift, not to mention the cars.
It's a mess that probably will include extensive repairs to the house. As for the C3 Corvette, we can see it's dangling off the lift in footage shared by 6ABC, but it doesn't appear to have extensive body damage in the angles we're shown.
Honestly, that's surprising. We can't say how the chassis is doing, but hopefully it was the lift that took the brunt of the collision forces and not the cars.
As for the Chevy Nova, it might not have been so lucky. The classic appears to have been sitting underneath the 'Vette and unfortunately looks to have been crushed as the lift came crashing down.
You can see in the first shot of the aftermath the Nova is leaning at a sick angle toward the passenger sign, clearly indicating something heavy is compressing the suspension. While the very back end is all we can see of the classic, surely part of the Chevy is crushed. The owner will have to decide between repairing and ditching the car.
Image via 6ABC Philadelphia/YouTube
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