Anyone heres Marauder- Chicago storm damage

[BODYMAN]

got this of CSVT someone posted over there anyone heres car

http://www.chicagosvt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58102

A Marauder Lifting the frt tires :eek:

[DOOM]

Photoshop!!!

[a_d_a_m]

Yeah, that doesn't even look real enough to be possible.

[Motorhead350]

I believe it, but it's not mine. I'm not zoned for that weather.

[BODYMAN]

Photoshop!!!

You think Photshop Doom? Well it tricked me then Doh! I guess knowing how bad they got hit with storms a few days ago made me beleive it???

[kirk]

Photoshop!!!

That's what I thought at first, but I don't think it is. Looks like it was parked close to the tree, and when the tree tipped the roots jacked the car up.

[justbob]

Mine flexed it's muscles at the storm and came out on top. She's never really been a victim of such weather. Tornado sirens going off every fifteen minutes for over an hour!

[Bluerauder]

I am not sure about photoshop or not.

The pic just doesn't look right. If the tree rolled "away" from the MM, then it would be lifted like that. Don't know how the MM would get lifted with the tree rolling "toward" the MM. Seems that the front end would show some evidence of damage from being forced up the tree root ball. If would take alot of force to lift the front of the MM that high. Seems the MM would have been shoved backward rather than ride up the way the pic shows.

On the other hand, the rear suspension compression does look about right for the angle the MM is sitting at.

+1 for photoshop. I just can't see how it ended up in that position with the tree coming toward the car and nothing behind the MM to keep it from being pushed backward.

On 2nd view .... maybe there is a wall or embankment behind the MM. Maybe it is possible that this is real. Still think that the front end should show some damage and maybe the rear too if it was held by the wall as it rode the tree.

[TFB]

Defiantly a photoshop job...

Why would someone park any car between a fence and tree & how would have they gotten it in that space??? With a fork lift??? Also a tree that large would have ripped a much larger hole and as mentioned the car shows no damage on the left front corner...

[1of327]

I think its legit...it has reflections of the surrounding leaves on the quarter panel, as well as the shadowing underneath.

[BODYMAN]

I think its legit...it has reflections of the surrounding leaves on the quarter panel, as well as the shadowing underneath.

Thats what I saw in the pic to. As for how the tree fell I can see that. Had a buddy get a huge elm blown down in his yard opposite way from house and was amazed what it did to his foundation. U dont down a MM that way so how is the rear squated like that?? I truly dont know But leaning towards legit

[RacerX]

I think its legit...it has reflections of the surrounding leaves on the quarter panel, as well as the shadowing underneath.
Yup! And if you zoom into the lower front bumper, you can see wood and the coloring, pixelation is accurate. He just parked with the bumper to the tree not realizing the root structure went under the car and that the darn thing was going to fall. Lucky it didn't land on the car.
Taken with a Nikon Coolpix S4000 @ 10:21 am 6/22/11

[TFB]

Nobody's explained how it got between the fence and tree in the first place...

Also what's a tree doin' in a parking lot???

[BODYMAN]

Nobody's explained how it got between the fence and tree in the first place...

Also what's a tree doin' in a parking lot???

Looked at for the millionth time it is for sure REAL! What Racer said. As for tree in driveway well MY house has that, tree was little when orig built by side of drive way. As for fence is it moved? This was one massive storm they got

[TFB]

Welp till a pict is posted with it being winched(or however)out of it's predicament, I ain't believing it...

We had a storm through here about a month ago and all the trees I saw uprooted of comparable size, that could possibly lift a car, had 3-4x times more root structure...

[Blackened300a]

Bunch of lazy bums can't even post up the pics??? :flamer:

http://blog.chicagoweathercenter.com/018%20%5B640x480%5D.JPG
http://blog.chicagoweathercenter.com/019%20%5B640x480%5D.JPG

[jimlam56]

Somebody out there is laughing...my vote is photoshop. The angle of the tree is all wrong.

[CBT]

I vote for real, as much as I hate to say it.

[tbone]

The main trunk of the tree grew on the edge of the road and the root structure is what you see uprooted. The roots grew under the street, as well as other directions. So, the the wind blew it in one direction, it tore the other roots apart and came up under the street. Pretty simple.

PS The tree was definitely growing on the far side of the fence. You can't tell depth perception from a pic.

[Vortex]

I think its real; the front bumper cover is bent up. Bummer.

[BODYMAN]

shoot since this created such a debate We should start a poll HA,HA LOL