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Car crashes, they always say the old cars win!

Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
edited July 2015 in General Discussion
It's a shame to see this Bel Air smashed up but here is a controlled crash between a 1959 Bel Air and a 2009 Malibu, results are not what we thought!

http://youtu.be/mJ5PcWziXT0
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    It's all in the "Crumple Zones"..
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  • guntech59guntech59 Member Posts: 23,188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hmmmmmm.......food for thought.
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  • guns-n-painthorsesguns-n-painthorses Member Posts: 6,462 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The fuzzy dice were a nice touch.
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  • milesmiles Member Posts: 2,548 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Reality check for me.. Not what I expected at all.
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,516 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by guns-n-painthorses
    The fuzzy dice were a nice touch.



    On old rusted up junk yard frame/undercarriage.
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  • wpagewpage Member Posts: 10,201 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Interesting result...
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My heart just sank
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  • GrasshopperGrasshopper Member Posts: 17,040 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by select-fire
    quote:Originally posted by guns-n-painthorses
    The fuzzy dice were a nice touch.



    On old rusted up junk yard frame/undercarriage.


    On that one pic you could see the air rust pouring out of the 59.
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  • buschmasterbuschmaster Member Posts: 14,229 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    had nice shiny paint on it. belongs in a car show somewhere. why couldn't they use an old piece of junk to smash up [:(]

    you can drive one... don't get in a wreck! duh
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  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,690 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There is no way there was enough rust damage to change the results.

    Face it folks, cars are much safer now than they used to be.
    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

    Brad Steele
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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you watch close it looks like a lot of dirt coming out of it, guess it wasn't detailed before killing it. As far as the chassis being rusted to the point of being a cardboard box for effect I don't think so. Yep, it's an old car but look at the after pics and you will see aged but not rusted out metal. The rockers didn't give out and if it was a rust bucket those rockers would have fell apart.
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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Don McManus
    There is no way there was enough rust damage to change the results.

    Face it folks, cars are much safer now than they used to be.




    I agree, I thought for sure the crash dummy would have "walked away" from that but he looks like he died in that crash, or at least wishes he had died!
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  • buschmasterbuschmaster Member Posts: 14,229 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ipwe2h.jpg

    after extensive testing the NIHS has determined that fuzzy dice are pretty much safe from getting damaged in a car wreck.
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  • WulfmannWulfmann Member Posts: 4,906 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What they did not show was the new car test dummy being decapitated by the shrapnel from a Takata air bag [:o)]
    3YUCmbB.jpg
    "Fools learn from their own mistakes. I learn from the mistakes of others"
    Otto von Bismarck
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  • pulsarncpulsarnc Member Posts: 6,551 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    been a volunteer fireman for the better part of 32 years .Over that time have lost count of the wrecks I have worked .When I started there were quite a few 60s and 70s model cars still on the road Crashes were much worse then .People survive stuff that 20 or 30 years ago would have killed them .They may get injured but they live
    cry Havoc and let slip  the dogs of war..... 
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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,205 ******
    edited November -1
    Seems the MIM parts held up,,[;)][;)][;)]
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  • proappproapp Member Posts: 3,264
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by montanajoe
    Seems the MIM parts held up,,[;)][;)][;)]


    Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttt....?[8D]
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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,362 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    not to be a party pooper but look at the billions of dollars spent to make the cars safer since the 59 chevy . sure it was heavy steel but just like the gas millage I would be totally disappointed if with all the computers and engineers know how we have . I would hope that a 20k to 30k car would do a whole lot better than a 2,500 dollar car in any comparisons ( except style any way )
    people live thru a lot of nasty wrecks just not eating a steel dash and having a steering Colum impale you would be a big improvement[:D]
    with that said I would take a showroom condition 59 over any 09 Malibu any day of the week as my car
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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,690 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks God it wasn't a '57.
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  • buschmasterbuschmaster Member Posts: 14,229 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    the rear view mirror used to be a big problem. steel hook bolted to the roof, snags your head. changed to a plastic break-off stalk. that was a good idea.
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