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Not at all what you'd expect.
Discussion at Motorized Bicycle Engine Kit Forum in the The Tavern forum. My brother sent me this video and it totally blew me away.
YouTube - Crash test: 1959 Chevy Bel Air
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09-19-2009, 11:36 AM
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| |  Not at all what you'd expect.
My brother sent me this video and it totally blew me away. YouTube - Crash test: 1959 Chevy Bel Air
When I read "59 Bel Air crashing into 2009 Malibu" I thought "the 59 Chevy's gonna rip that Malibu in two", boy was I wrong!  |
09-20-2009, 06:26 AM
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They call it the crumple factor, now we know how to disperse energy, back then in 59 we knew how to make them beautiful . Awsome vidio thanks for posting it . |
09-20-2009, 11:10 AM
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It kinda hurt me to see that old Chevy destroyed like that!  |
09-20-2009, 11:29 AM
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you could drive away from a fender-bender then...now give the cars a good kick, and it's a write-off tho !!! |
09-20-2009, 11:36 AM
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Well if I had the choice of driving away from a fender bender or walking away from a major accident... |
09-20-2009, 01:03 PM
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My first choice is to avoid that kind of accident.... I don't drive any more lol... Now show me an accident with each and a bike and you will have my full attention. |
09-20-2009, 02:28 PM
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That makes me angry!
Why, why, why did they need to use a beautifully restored '59!?!?!????
There are plenty of them around in rough shape, chassis and body still strong. Strong enough to destroy in a head on collision.
It really does show how the safety box design of newer cars has come a long ways though. |
09-20-2009, 09:32 PM
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I can hear the classic Chevy guys crying their eyes out over that. Reminds me of the 'Home Improvement' episode when they supposedly crushed the Nomad.
Tom
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09-20-2009, 11:13 PM
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It's not like they used a 55-57 or anything. I think the 59 Bel Air was the ugliest thing made in the 50's. They tried to hang on to the tail fins a little too long. |
09-21-2009, 02:18 AM
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Originally Posted by 2door  I can hear the classic Chevy guys crying their eyes out over that. Reminds me of the 'Home Improvement' episode when they supposedly crushed the Nomad.
Tom | I heard the Nomad they crushed was rusted through and through and not worth restoring, a "crash dummy". | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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