Oh...yes right...stopping with wet brakes...I failed to consider that in my ponderings....man sometimes I swear goona have to find a way to kick myself for that one. drrrrrrrrr

 

When I had my 67 back in high school I can still remember to this day what it was like to drive that beast. To me its like the decision I made about using my old wiring harness and gas tank. I just didnt really want to trust either with all the neglect they had gotten. Its just something I am saving up for. Summit has the set I want for all 4.

 

Yes I agree...I formally recind my stupidity written earlier...Discs would be a very wise upgrade.

 

And be sure to send that memo out in triplicate, written in blood!!

 

TPS reports inbound

 

Not sure why people expected differently, they didn't just change the parts and engineering of these cars because of money. Some congressman got a lot of votes sharting over the design schemes the automakers used to rely on.
My '05 Hyundai was a cheap economy car and when I hit a Mustang who inexplicably stopped in no traffic on the highway I was amazed at how hard my car got hurt and the only injury I had was a couple gun powder burns. I always wear my seat belt though, Chesty Pullers Honor!

 

A Hyundai huh? With that kind of a hit, I imagine you must have spilled your latte.

 

I think what everyone was surprised about (or at least I was) is how much the Bel-air crumpled I suppose the general thought I had was old cars have solid steel frames that hold up well in a crash but also don't protect the cabin from the full force of the impact...ie the car may not be mangled that bad but the driver was impailed on the steering column. Where as new cars crumple alot in an accident (like they are designed to) in order to move the force of the impact out and around the cabin thus protecting the occupant of the car from the full force of the impact. Of course after seeing the diagrams of the frame design for that specific vehicle I understand why it crumpled so badly (probably why they choose that specific car) I doubt that the carnage to the vehicle woule be so drastic on a steel rectangle frame that so many old "boats" are built on. Not that those are any safer...probably similar trama to occupants of the car cabin...but I doubt they would crumple as much as that Bel-air did

 

A lot of that trauma in the 59 was because the frame folded and the front wheel easily pushed into the cabin. And yeah I agree, their pick of cars was a good one for the effect they were after. No doubt they would have gotten different results with a different full framed car of the same year.

 

well those frames the 59 sat on are the grand daddy of the modern corvette frames so they must have something going for them. the x frame chevys 1958-1964 can have all of the modern corvette stuff. look at this article.

http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicl...ala/index.html

it may look like a 63 impala but its corvette all underneath