I'm not sure when I got old, but I drive like my dad and mutter about
teenage drivers a lot...
My shoulder belts came from the rear seat in a late 90's suburban. I've
been happy with them, though I had to figure out the install for myself.
Steve Hanberg
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of tim
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 11:45 AM
To: Dana Muise
Cc: oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] those kids and their hot rods
On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Dana Muise wrote:
> The restoration of my '59 is going to take longer now. On Sautrday
> some 18 year old kid, driving 80 mph+ in a hopped up Honda lost
> control on highway 101 and fish tailed into my truck. 2002 Honda
> Prelude v.s 1959 Chevy Apache... no contest. Although my front fender
> is totally crushed, that honda bounced off me like a rubber ball. He
> was okay, but the CHP were amazed to see a bent fender on my truck
> while the Honda was a pile of twisted wreckage. Driving a classic
> truck is like driving a Sherman tank, but I only have lap belts. Had I
> hit the imbankment I would have been severly injured (that's if the
> lab belts actually held me in place). If I get an insurance claim form
> this I'm getting Sholder belts installed.
Major bummer. Glad to hear you (and the truck) are OK. They sure don't
make 'em like they used to -- I recently spun out my "other car", an 84
Mazda 626, and dinged a tree at 15 mph. Looks like I got hit by a
freight
train.
On another note, I would highly recommend Juliano's 3-point seatbelts.
Took me a night to install, and my '54 is much safer.
Tim Lloyd, lloyd@lasp.colorado.edu
"Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been
sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful,
rebellious, and immature." -- Tom Robbins
"The eyes of the world now look into space, to the moon and to the
planets beyond, and we have vowed that we shall not see it governed
by a hostile flag of conquest, but by a banner of freedom and peace."
-- John F. Kennedy
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