[Roadsters] Interior Pics Please

[Gary McCormick]

That's the problem with a lap belt-only system - in a frontal collision your upper body pivots forward, rotating at the line where the lap belt crosses the body. If you are the driver, this results in a physical confrontation between the steering wheel and your chest. If the collision is violent enough, front-end crushing will move the steering wheel toward you, increasing the problem...

My dad was a CHP officer when I was a kid - I saw lots of pics of accident scenes in CHP magazine (thank goodness they weren't in color!)

Gary McCormick
San Jose, CA

--- On Fri, 3/20/09, Tom @ Datsun2000 <tom at datsun2000.com> wrote:
From: Tom @ Datsun2000 <tom at datsun2000.com>
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Interior Pics Please
To: "Datsun-Roadsters at Autox. Team. Net" <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>, "Daveandlindab at Comcast. Net" <daveandlindab at comcast.net>
Date: Friday, March 20, 2009, 2:45 AM

These roadsters can surprise you in an accident.  I am probably the only guy
on the list who hit a high cement curb head on at about 35 mph in a
roadster.  That was in a 68 2L in 1969 when a lady made a left turn into me
and caused me to veer to the right.  Right into a high cement curb still
moving at 35-40 mph.  The only picture I have of the car is on the opening
page of datsun2000.com.

I had the seat belts on, including the shoulder strap, which was a new
addition in 1968.  My glasses smashed on the windshield, but I unhooked the
top and stepped out over the drivers door and walked away from the car with
broken chest cartilage caused by the shoulder harness.  The steering column
was never an issue.


On 3/19/2009 7:44:04 PM, dave (daveandlindab at comcast.net) wrote:
> The death spear was actually a crude driver retention system.  The Air
bag,
>
> being soft and fluffy was deemed a better idea a few years later.  But
> all
> kidding aside, has anyone heard of someone actually being Shish Kebobed on
> a
> steering column, in a collision that
> wouldn't have otherwise killed or
> seriously injured them anyway?  If the column collapses, next solid object
> is the windshield and dash, even with a lap belt.
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pete Peters [mailto:ppeters914 at comcast.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 11:12 PM
> To: Datsun Roadster List
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Interior Pics Please
>
>
> I hope you also don't
> fear slipping in the tub/shower. <g>
>
> Pete
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net
> [mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
> ljordan704 at netscape.net
> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:07 PM
> To: slowboy at cox.net; datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Interior Pics Please
>
> Better a live modifier than a dead purist.
>
> Linda
>
> -----Original Message-----
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