Many thanks for your commiserations, particularly as I know Aeroman's kite had small prang courtesy of some bounder who did a runner.
Fortunately our incident was witnessed by two locals sitting on a bench outside a pub, along with quite a few others who heard my rather loud yell pre-impact, and the evidence makes it all pretty obvious that we were not moving at the time.
Ignoring totally the fact that the pub was in the village where I was born, and that my parents still live there, it was possible to detect a certain bias in the comments of the locals afterwards (who once again liked the car & colours, couldn’t believe how quickly we got it.. ”still got a wooden frame....” etc. etc.)
Look away now if of a sensitive disposition, but some pictures of the bruises below....would welcome any ideas on seriousness of injury, and nature of surgery required – although will hear from BHM on Monday anyway. Wing bent in at rear & buckled out at top of wheel arch; paint worn at corner of body as well as wing.
