Crash test vid from 1971.Big versus small.

[Blazerteam]

Re: Crash test vid from 1971.Big versus small.

Or better yet... Let's go back 10 years and try a 1961 Imperial vs a 1961 Valiant. Yeah.... that could get ugly!


Ron

Or a 61 lincoln,against a 61 Falcon..61 Lincoln against a 61 Beetle..

[Ron Ward]

Re: Crash test vid from 1971.Big versus small.

I found it odd that of the Big Three (and AMC) there was a startling omission in the test footage. Where were the Mopars? How would a 1971 Dodge Colt fare against a 1971 Dodge Polara? Or how about a 1971 Plymouth Cricket versus a 1971 Plymouth Gran Fury?

Or better yet... Let's go back 10 years and try a 1961 Imperial vs a 1961 Valiant. Yeah.... that could get ugly!


Ron

[antmnte]

Re: Crash test vid from 1971.Big versus small.

Buick Park Ave did very well.
I guess for the small car the Gremlin takes it .

[Eagle Kammback]

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Yep, the AMCs fared the best, I ♥ unibodies

[pdub]

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The Gremlin looked like it actually did pretty good.

I noticed that right away...

that back sheet metal carried all the way up to front. Interesting...

that is a car not to call a typical hatchback. I bet they got some monster engines in those in the aftermarkets (never saw one)

EDIT: ok, this sounds like a big one. :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG1IcWjjRNE

A guy I worked with in the late 70's/early 80's put an engine that sounded like that in a Chevy Vega. He couldn't do anything in it - When he got into it, it would break the windshield from the body torque.

[Barry Donovan]

Re: Crash test vid from 1971.Big versus small.

The Gremlin looked like it actually did pretty good.

I noticed that right away...

that back sheet metal carried all the way up to front. Interesting...

that is a car not to call a typical hatchback. I bet they got some monster engines in those in the aftermarkets (never saw one)

EDIT: ok, this sounds like a big one. :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG1IcWjjRNE

[BBR]

Re: Crash test vid from 1971.Big versus small.

The Gremlin looked like it actually did pretty good.

[SuperBuickGuy]

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I love how the small cars all got batted out of the park.... bigger is better in a collision, no matter how much it collapses.... however, the small cars looked like Geely and Chery crash test cars.

I have a problem with the last crash.... the first crashes were all head on, the last was an offset crash - which while it is more realistic of real life crashes - it is not comparable to the other crashes.

[Blazerteam]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bESXIHhTC90

A vid from 1971,that shows crash tests from that year.Im surpriced that the fullsizers collapse that much..no wonder the new Malibu smashed that 59 bel air that much.