<div dir="ltr">>><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">DO YOU THINK OUR CARS OF TODAY COULD PASS THESE TESTS ?</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">  </span><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Sure, you want to put the Chrysler's drum brakes and skinny nylon tires up against my car's 4 wheel disc brakes, low profile tires, 4 wheel ABS, traction control, and stability control?  Bring it on buddy.  Prepare to get your ass handed to you.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">>>And after the rollover the doors still open</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Yeah including the one that flew open during the rollover that ejected all the back seat passengers, killing them.  Also did you notice that besides being a slow speed rollover, it was on soft dirt?  Way to stack the deck there Chrysler.  Here let's compare to a real rollover test:  </span><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42emZ9C2j4I">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42emZ9C2j4I</a> (Rollover test starts at 1:30)  What to put your Airflow on that crash sled?</span></font></div><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">I love it when somebody comes up with the they don't build them like they used to.  My response is Thank God for that.  While fun to look at, and neat to tinker with, they were by comparison giant POS.</span><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></div><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Rick</span></div><div><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 12:24 PM, i erbs <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com" target="_blank">eyera3000@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-size:12pt"><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><b>1934 Chrysler Airflow...why can't today's cars be built this sturdy?</b><br></span></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">a fun video...watch until the end!<br><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-size:12pt"><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br>DO YOU THINK OUR CARS OF TODAY COULD PASS THESE TESTS ?<br><div><br></div>1934 Chrysler Airflow Goes Over The Cliff<br><div><br></div>And Drives Away…<br><div><br></div><br>Wow, when they put on safety demos back in the day, supervised, they stated, by "hard boiled" State Troopers.  (Road & Track)<br><div><br></div>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><div><br></div><br><div><br></div><br><a rel="nofollow" title="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bFl5pEe-7uo?feature=player_detailpage" href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bFl5pEe-7uo?feature=player_detailpage" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/embed/bFl5pEe-7uo?feature=player_detailpage</a>      <br></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-size:12pt"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-size:12pt"><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><div><div><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>
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