RE: Am I the only sane person left??

[William Harrison <bbjt3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Paul
After watching the video....Here is my opinion.
I owned a 59 Chevy Impala and had the exact same type of wreck with it.
#1 The damage to my car caused the insurance company to total it, but and this is a big but. The reason is because the left front of the frame was bent.
I suffered a cut chin from it hitting the steering wheel and needed 3 stitches to close it and that was the only damage to me.
I had 3 other people with me and none of them suffered any injuries.
I remember looking at my speedo off an on and was doing between 45 and 50 mph because one more ticket and my license was gone.

A new fender, hood, bumper and grill would have fixed the cosmetic damage to the car.
#2 After watching the video 3 times, I noticed from the rear view that the front of the car was riding abnormally high so this leads me to believe there was no engine or tranny in the car.
#3 Remember, these were full frame cars and for the extensive damage that occurred, something was done to weaken the frame to cause that much damage.
Look at the pictures posted about the 62 Dart if you want to see how that era of cars absorbed damage.
Later
Bill Harrison
65 Coronet 2 dr post



--- On Sat, 10/16/10, Paul Lennemann <pjlenn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Paul Lennemann <pjlenn@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: Am I the only sane  person left??
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Saturday, October 16, 2010, 10:23 AM
> 
> Here is a link to the video I've seen.  In this video
> the roof of the 59 
> is intact and there is no way to tell if the drive train is
> in the car.  
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJrXViFfMGk
> 
> 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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