[Healeys] 1934 Chrysler Airflow...why can't today's cars be built this sturdy

[Oudesluys]

Just as well they do not build them like that any more. This car would 
be lethal in an collision as it does not crumple up to absorb the blow 
or G-forces to the occupants. Note that there are no passengers when the 
car is pushed of the cliff!!!! Very unlikely that an occupant would have 
avoided death or very serious injury.
Modern cars have good crumple zones (plus multiple airbags and 3-point 
seatbelts that tighten at an impact) protecting occupants fairly well. 
They would have escaped the same drop with no or little injury. I would 
rather have a crumpled car that is totalled than a crumpled body.
The overturning of the car is not at all that dangerous to the occupants 
when wearing seatbelts, as the driver was. There is no 
deceleration/G-force to speak of. The driver just gets dizzy. It looks 
rather spectacular, that is why these kind of overturns are loved by 
stuntmen in films.

Kees Oudesluijs



Op 28-1-2016 om 21:24 schreef i erbs:
>>>>> *Subject: **1934 Chrysler Airflow...why can't today's cars be 
>>>>> built this sturdy?*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> a fun video...watch until the end!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> DO YOU THINK OUR CARS OF TODAY COULD PASS THESE TESTS ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1934 Chrysler Airflow Goes Over The Cliff
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And Drives Away…
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Wow, when they put on safety demos back in the day, supervised, 
>>>>>>>> they stated, by "hard boiled" State Troopers.  (Road & Track)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I wonder how today's car would hold up under the same tests? 
>>>>>>>> BTW, we have one of these Airflows at the Sacramento Auto 
>>>>>>>> Museum. They were
>>>>>>>> only made for four years, 1934 – 1937 and sold by both DeSoto 
>>>>>>>> and Chrysler. They never sold as well as the manufacturer 
>>>>>>>> wanted. People
>>>>>>>> just weren’t ready for the new futuristic design.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/embed/bFl5pEe-7uo?feature=player_detailpage 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
> Ira Erbs
> Portland,OR
> 1959 BN4 100-6
> with BT7 engine and disk brakes.
>
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