The truck clearly crumples the front end of the Ford, then, somehow, is seen "T-boning" it.... Ah, Hollywood.
So,
Wig-Wag, did your fuel and temp gauges have the "bullseye" or horizontal-scale design?
Maybe the car came from Crenshaw...before the family moved to 215 Something Street in Pasadena(?)....
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