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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.<br>
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.<br>
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.<br>
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<div><span><b>Subject: </b></span><span><b>1934
Chrysler Airflow...why can't today's cars be
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DO YOU THINK OUR CARS OF TODAY
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1934 Chrysler Airflow Goes Over
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Wow, when they put on safety
demos back in the day,
supervised, they stated, by
"hard boiled" State Troopers.
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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.<br>
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<div>1959 BN4 100-6</div>
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