Re: IML: classic car safety

[Tom H <tom_in_a2@xxxxxxxxx>]

The Duesenberg crash took place not far from where I
live in Ypsilanti.  Everyone's very sad about the loss
of life and about the loss of a virtually
irreplaceable car.

When I get an Imperial it will have been built after
seat belts were mandatory ('67 or '68 in my case) but
if I got a pre-'66 car (I think that was the first
year of the federal seat belt requirement) I would
definitely have a good set of belts properly
installed, at the very least in the front seats.

--- Brad Hogg <luxoliner@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> It's true that Volvos are some of the best cars to
> be in if you are in a 
> collision.  IMO, they have to protect their
> occupants better than most cars 
> because the people who drive them are far more
> likely to be involved in a 
> collision.  This is a damn shame, regardless what
> they were driving.  These 
> were needless fatalities due to the complacency and
> inattention of one 
> individual.
> 
> 
> 
> The Duesy would have no doubt been restored to
> original specs but the 
> addition of seat belts would have been a good excuse
> to deviate from factory 
> spec.  I'd think that I would have gone that way. 
> I'll have to remember my 
> little speech when I restore my 51 Imperial. 
> (<--Imperial Content)
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <chrycordoba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Imperial Club" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 8:53 AM
> Subject: IML: classic car safety
> 
> 
> Some of you may have already seen or heard about
> this tragedy in Ann Arbor, 
> Michigan.  The car was worth more than any of our
> Imperials will ever be, 
> which is not to diminish the values of the lives
> lost.  Buckle up, if you 
> can!
> 
>
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050802/ap_on_re_us/classic_car_safety
>
http://www.freep.com/news/statewire/sw119202_20050801.htm
> 
> Neal Herman
> 1959 Imperial Crown
> 1966 Imperial Crown
> et al., all with seat belts
> 
> 
> 
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