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Originally Posted by grant hutchison
As I recall, the driver of the modified bus used in the original Italian Job was protected by a reinforced wall and a lot of padding, and was shifted forwards a couple of inches by the low-speed impact from behind.
Grant Hutchison
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Grant,
I'm quite sure you are right about the driver protection, and accidents in practice will have been invitable. But they seem to have got it right for the takes used in the film. While the red and white cars' entry to the bus could have been studio shots with a moving background, the blue car is shown from a car mounted camera - and it doesn't hit the white car!
See:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?...Job%2069&emb=0 19:40 to 20:14 minutes.
All the Minis are suddenly very much cleaner as soon as the bus doors close!
John