Ugh, we cringe at the thought of a car hauler losing its load, particularly when carrying a cool old car. Years ago, we were chatting with a body shop owner who had a client drag in a ridiculously wadded-up ’68 Charger R/T. Bright red with white interior and matching white bumblebee stripes wrapping around the tail, the Charger was a factory original 440 four-barrel, four-speed car and had the pedigree to demand a heck of a price tag.

After forking over some serious cash, the new owner arranged to have the Charger shipped to his Florida home from a couple states away. Unbeknown to the owner, the shipping company opted not to honor the arrangements, and chained the exceptionally valuable R/T to the back of a double level open car hauler, not an enclosed single level like he had paid for.

The Charger dangled off the back of the second level for hundreds of miles before the twin chassis hooks tore holes in the sub-frame and broke free, tumbling from the trailer and skating across the highway before coasting off into an embankment. Every inch of sheetmetal required severe work along with a day spent on a frame-straightening jig. Thankfully the shipping company avoided a lawsuit by offering to pay for the repairs.

While this knuckleheaded flatbed driver’s mistake wasn’t nearly as egregious, he does make a surprising sequence of bad decisions that adds up to an injured C-Body Plymouth and a F-150 Ford pickup. We guess it pays to pick your car haulers carefully…

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