<div dir="ltr">with no seat belts either....</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Ira Erbs<div>Portland,OR</div><div>1959 BN4 100-6</div><div>with BT7 engine and disk brakes.</div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:19 PM, John Sims <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ahbn6@verizon.net" target="_blank">ahbn6@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="565489558__MailEndCompose"><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"">Also what is interesting to me is the “helmet” that the driver wore when he rolled the car!! That took guts<u></u><u></u></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"">John Sims<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"">Aberdeen, NJ<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.healey6.com" target="_blank">www.healey6.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Healeys [mailto:<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>i erbs<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 28, 2016 3:25 PM<br><b>To:</b> Ahealey help<br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] 1934 Chrysler Airflow...why can't today's cars be built this sturdy<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Subject: 1934 Chrysler Airflow...why can't today's cars be built this sturdy?</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">a fun video...watch until the end!<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><br>DO YOU THINK OUR CARS OF TODAY COULD PASS THESE TESTS ?<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">1934 Chrysler Airflow Goes Over The Cliff<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">And Drives Away…<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><br>Wow, when they put on safety demos back in the day, supervised, they stated, by "hard boiled" State Troopers.  (Road & Track)<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">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<br>only made for four years, 1934 – 1937 and sold by both DeSoto and Chrysler. They never sold as well as the manufacturer wanted. People<br>just weren’t ready for the new futuristic design.<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bFl5pEe-7uo?feature=player_detailpage" title="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bFl5pEe-7uo?feature=player_detailpage" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/embed/bFl5pEe-7uo?feature=player_detailpage</a>      <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Ira Erbs<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Portland,OR<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">1959 BN4 100-6<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">with BT7 engine and disk brakes.<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>