A diifferent point of impact would have made a noticeably different result - but I still wouldn't want to be in the '59.Originally Posted by Erelyes
Loud and Uncouth
A diifferent point of impact would have made a noticeably different result - but I still wouldn't want to be in the '59.
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Loud and Uncouth
I thought EVERYBODY knew what a '59 Chev looked like???
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Ta
Not this cat. I'm not good at remembering all the details of that sorta stuff.I thought EVERYBODY knew what a '59 Chev looked like???
All I know, is I want a Dodge Charger, it's the '69 or '70 with the headlight cover thingies.
Forum whore
That's what I was thinking.
Good video though - shows that designers are learning.
I bet the Chev could still be fixed, the other car, well .........
Forum whore
It's all about fixing the occupants rather than the cars, nowadays. The less damage they suffer the easier they are to fix. Death sux.
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Forum whore
Yeah with a complete cut from the boot forward. By the new owner. Cos the old one is dead.
Forum whore
So, how have the crash results improved on a motorcycle in that time ? Oh, we all wear better gear, but in that sort of impact still die very well.
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Forum whore
Or very badly, depending on your point of view....
You don't get to be an old dog without learning a few tricks.
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Royal Enfield user
Modern cars channel the forces around and under the "survival Zone" the load paths are designed to fail at certain loads and "channel " the forces
the old chev , just , um failed
also the dashboard acted like a bacon slicer , esp the glovebox door ....
Top gear did one , with a volvo and a small suzuki ? ......
According to mythbusters , 60g?? about---- is fatal ( not sure on the exact number )
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Forum whore
that old chev has been decomposing since 59
Hardcore Punk
Is that the one from the fast and furious movie? Thats a 79, and very very nice.
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Forum whore
Both could be fixed, but given they would bother require another car to be a donor, it's really defeating the point.
Ta
69 like this one.
Hardcore Punk
Was supposed to be 69 in that other post, hadnt had enough coffee methinks.
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