JEEP hit by Lightning strike in US car park

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 15 Jul 2008, 11:43 pm

#657987

Here are some pics of a Jeep sitting in a car park in the USA last month when it was struck by Lightning..

not much left....

Lee

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Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 · 16 Jul 2008, 12:07 am

#657990

Heh - yeah - that'd majorly suck.

Though, I wonder what happens if lightning strikes say big mining/construction truck that DOESN'T burst into flames ???

The attached PDF is a real incident report on what happens...

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ancientbugger Custom Title Time!

1,986 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 16 Jul 2008, 3:45 pm

#658089

You wouldn't want to be hit by one of those tyres when a truck goes off!! Surely the vehicle would need to be earthed to the ground by something to get hit or else wouldn't it be happening more frequently? Many years ago I saw lightning actually bounce off of the roof of a car in front of me and then to the ground when driving through rain in England. The car had a fibreglass roof so I don't know if that had anything to do with it?

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1,921 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 16 Jul 2008, 4:24 pm

#658102

Its just a Jeep thing we wouldn't understand 😉😉

Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel

baybuscamperkid prince of insufficient light, ruler of heck

4,316 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 16 Jul 2008, 5:06 pm

#658113

so THATS what you gt when you put bling rims on a Jeep!

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Notch Nut Custom Title Time!

1,011 posts · joined Apr 2006 · 16 Jul 2008, 6:00 pm

#658126

The hand of god works in mysterious ways..😎🙄

If you can't fix it with a hammer,
you have an electrical problem....

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 16 Jul 2008, 7:41 pm

#658153

Notch Nut wrote:The hand of god works in mysterious ways..😎🙄

I've never heard of a beetle getting struck by Lightning...

Lee

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---