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12-07-2009, 07:35 PM
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| ~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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|  Crash Test Vid: 1959 Chevy VS 2009 Chevy |
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12-07-2009, 10:13 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Visalia
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To bad they had to destroy a perfectly good classic car to demonstrate it.
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12-07-2009, 10:30 PM
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| dnf   Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Under a big fkn rock.
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I would like to see a full head on test and compare. todays cars absorb more of the impact and that is good. but a true head on puts frame against frame or frame against unibody and may yeild a different result. |
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12-08-2009, 02:02 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Spanish Fork
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thats crazy... what if that 59 chevy hit this smart car instead of a lighter benz? http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com...sh-test-9-2009 |
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12-08-2009, 03:17 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Minnesota
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Id still rather drive the 59' chevy. Least ya go out with some class  |
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12-08-2009, 03:51 AM
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| Built, not bought   Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Gresham
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12-08-2009, 06:13 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sin City
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Impressive shots and a sad waste but i still don't know if i would believe it, even after seeing it. 50 years of metal fatigue, they even quote to ''road grime'' how many bolts were sheered off in the impact due to rust. I agree that the malibu driver would have still been better off but it looks like the whole thing was well set up to show the results they wanted.
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12-08-2009, 07:22 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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Waste of a classic.
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12-08-2009, 09:03 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: nor cal
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The crazy thing is the "Highway Safety then and now" box below the vid. That's a lot of fatalities for 71.5 million registered vehicles. Cool video, as far as the classic car thing...yes it is a classic but who really wants a 1959 4 door Bel Air with brown interior? If it was a 55 2 door then it would be another story. |
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12-08-2009, 09:57 PM
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| 20K Club   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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I would feel bad..........if it wasn't a 59. Pretty freaking crazy, its cool to see the advances.
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