Re: Moment of silence please

[Scott Hinojos <lightsplicer@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree, Dave. However, the old Dodge did better than I expected,
considering what hit him was more or less the height and weight of an
empty semi. Even a driver of a new car would be lucky to survive an
impact like that. But, I've seen old car vs. new car crashes, and the
old cars seldom do well.

RIP, Mr. Strouse and dog.
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'64 Chrysler 300, AKA: "Leon", 383, 727, 8 3/4
'62 Mercury Comet Custom wagon... a work-in-progress for too many years.

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 7:44 AM, Dave64 <lt7dave@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is a real shame.  I love our old cars, but there's something to be said
> for the safety features of the newer cars these days.  I was on a crash call
> a few weeks ago that was similar to this one - the two cars hit head-on
> driver's corner to driver's corner.  They were pretty much destroyed -
> looked like Indy cars the way the driver's front wheel assembly on both cars
> were thrown clear of each car.  One car had the entire outer skin of the
> driver's door peeled off, but the door structure was intact.  Both drivers
> survived without serious injury.  I know this was versus a truck, too, but
> we really do have a better chance in our newer vehicles with something like
> this.  A good reminder to all of us to be extra careful (especially on the
> highways) in our old cars.
>
> Dave
> '64 Belvedere 2DHT
> 318 Poly, Push Button Auto
> Originally Florida A/C Car
> From: Gary H. <62to65mopar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 6:06 PM
> Subject: Moment of silence please
>
> I came upon this tragic news story from September 22, 2010. Take a moment of
> silence to pay respect to a fellow Mopar fan out cruising at 9 am when a
> 2007 Freightliner box truck drifted into the southbound lane and collided
> head-on with his 1964 Dodge 880, killing him and one of three dogs inside
> the Dodge.
>
> Picture:
> http://standardspeaker.com/polopoly_fs/1.1024655!/image/1765153865.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_490/1765153865.jpg
>
> Story:
> http://standardspeaker.com/news/man-killed-when-truck-collides-with-vintage-car-1.1024654
>
> Gary H.

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