MELGAR posted:Moonson posted:The same seems true of today's cars. Can you imagine what would happen if this '57 Cadillac
(my car during my senior year in high school) hit any of today's cars head-on or T-boning one? Which would get the worst of it?
FrankM
That Caddy is a beautiful and stylish car. But it seems to me that it would do a lot more damage backing into something than going forward!
MELGAR
I recall a video that was done a few years ago showing a then 50 year old unmodified Chevy in an offset head on with a then brand new Chevy (maybe a Malibu but I don't remember for sure) and Both were totaled of course, but the occupants in the new car would have survived. Not so for the occupants in the 50 year old Chevy. Both the Spear of Death and drivers front wheel and suspension coming into the drivers chest and lap did the job. No crumple zones in the old cars. Doesn't mean I don't want a cool old car anymore, but it was pretty eye catching. You can bet one of the mods to my 63 Falcon and 67 Mustang is to get rid of the Spear of Death and upgrade to a rag joint collapsible column. I hate all the plastic crap and the lack of metal in new cars. I hate that a minor fender bender costs $1,000's and requires an outright replacement of every part behind the impact area, but they are definitely safer. All with respect to an apples to apples crash though. You take a land yacht and run it into a Fiat 500 and you know what will happen!
I still like the rumble of a healthy V-8 a good set of rear gears and a four speed to row through though.
Ha!!, here is the youtube link it was '59 and '09.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joMK1WZjP7g
BTW, that 57 Cad is a sweet ride for sure.
