Re: Am I the only sane person left??

[allen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hmmmm.... Offset or not, the presence of a drivetrain would
have put more pop ON the Malibu than it apparently received,
and less, inversely, on the Bel Air.

Does this list support file attachments?  I've got photos of
my Dad's 62 Dart 440 sedan after I plowed it into a 3-foot-thick
and 3-foot-high driveway retaining wall at somewhere around 50
mph.  I walked away, and my brother would have too with a
simple lap belt, which the car did not have.  Without one, his
head popped the windshield and he spent a couple days in the
hospital to have nasty cuts repaired.  Orthopaedically, he was
just fine.  The front end was crushed, none of the doors would
close any longer.  But the passenger compartment was pretty
much intact.

Anyone want a photo, email me off list @ dart440@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Allen Sullivant
Brentwood, Tn
62 Dart 440 Sedan, currently
wore out and retired...

Paul Lennemann wrote:
> It's probably the same video that I've seen.  As I recall it was not 
> totally head to head but offset and more like headlight to headlight.  I 
> was surprised to see the damage to the Bel Air but when I look at my 63 
> Unibody car I can see how it would happen.  I have a lot of faith in 
> modern safety engineering.
>
> Paul L.
> '63 Sport Fury
> 440/727
> http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html
>
>
> Cory Rempel wrote:
> > This is off topic but I gotta know what you all think.  On you tube 
> > there's a crash test between a 2009 malibu and a 59 bel air.  If you 
> > watch it you can clearly see there's no power train in the old cheby.  I 
> > pointed this out and about 90% of respondents made comments like "That's 
> > irrelevant, the bel air is a death trap"  and "The engine would fly onto 
> > the drivers lap".  I say these people are idiots at best.  There's NO 
> > WAY that big old car is going to crumple the way it does with an intact 
> > drive train.  For those of you who haven't seen this, please look at it. 
> >  I would like as much feed back as possible.  People, tell me if I'm 
> > crazy or not!!! 		 	   		  
> > --


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