Reply #25: Uggghhh that's horrific!!! I wouldn't back that POS down the driveway to get my mail

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GM "X-frame" ( 58-63...depending on the specific makes ) cars are pretty bad in crashes I've heard. While I know before before padding crush zones, restraint systems, collapsing steering columns etc safety was pretty lax, that video really shocked me as to the degree. I know and unrestrained passenger hitting a steel dashboard or getting speared by a rigid steering column would be pretty much toast, but what really grossed my out was what a friggin' meat grinder effect all that folding, jagged metal was. You'd be maimed. Absolutely disgusting.

I've always had arguments with somebody I know ( we're both gearhead type classic auto enthusiasts ) A real ignorant meathead who lets nostalgia trump physics. He actually argues that older cars like that are so strong that anything else would just bounce off, like it was a locomotive or something. I just could not convince him that in a crash of two vehicles, the rapid deceleration and stop would make the second collision ( the occupants with the interior ) much worse than cars designed to absorb impact and restrain passengers. He just dismisses it with a wave of the hand. Can't wait to show him this video. Then again, he's turning more RW all the time, and so would unlikely be swayed by anything other than his staunch views.