56 Chevy vs Mazda3.

"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo) 09/22/2020 at 21:19 • Filed to: None

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This is the picture from the news article.

CB > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/22/2020 at 21:27

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“They sure don’t build cars like they used to! This car is built with all steel! It’s a tank!”

- Facebook car guys

Hopefully the guy recovers quickly.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/22/2020 at 21:32

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hoping the driver makes a full recovery

ranwhenparked > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/22/2020 at 21:32

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Probably rigid steering column /razor sharp horn ring/steel dash/no seatbelt or lap belt only-related, since it at least appears like the passenger cell didn’t totally cave in

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/22/2020 at 21:41

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I don’t think that’s going to buff out.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/22/2020 at 21:41

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I wonder which one turned in front of the other one. My guess based on car position is the Mazda Mazda3.

smobgirl > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/22/2020 at 21:44

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Did the Mazda turn left in front of it? How oblivious do you have to be to  not see  that Chevy?

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/22/2020 at 21:46

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Not sure, if so the white Mazda would have been turning off of a much faster street.  It might have been really booking to try and make the light. 

DipodomysDeserti > CB 09/22/2020 at 21:51

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You become acutely aware of how solid old cars are when your head bounces off the steel dash.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > CB 09/22/2020 at 22:13

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My mother talking about her 6X Malibu. There's a youtube video of a 6X Malibu vs a modern impala or similar. The results are grim. 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > CB 09/22/2020 at 22:26

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Every time I see a Trifive Chevy in a wreck it’s been absolutely obliterated. 

GLiddy > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/22/2020 at 22:58

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Older cars are simply more dangerous. There’s really no reason in   arguing the point anymore. Newer cars are safer and bigger cars tend to do better in crashes. Yeah, there may be overlapping areas where older are better than newer, but you are generally better off in the new car.

In my area last week there was a tragic incident where a Honda Fit carrying a woman and her 3 kids were hit in the rear by a flat-bed F350 type truck and driven into the back of a SUV. The two kids in the back seat did not survive. The driver (mother) and front seat child suffered minor injuries. Nobody in the trucks involved were injured.

camaroboy68ss > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 09/22/2020 at 23:20

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yep, when an old car wrecks you can see why crumple zones are such a huge thing to have. That tri-five looked hot rodded so hopefully the steering box and column was swapped. Stock tri fives are a solid steel shaft that’ s one piece all the way up and the steering wheel attaches to it and it becomes a spike in an accident. 

Roadkilled > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/22/2020 at 23:38

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Here is another photo from Twitter. It looks like the Chevy went straight into the side of the Mazda. There is aa lot of debris in the middle of the intersection. I can’t make out any tire marks, but I would get one or both cars spun a little after the impact. 

glemon > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/22/2020 at 23:38

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Looks like the Chevy crumpled pretty well, leaving the passenger compartment intact.  Wonder if he had 3 point belts.

glemon > camaroboy68ss 09/22/2020 at 23:53

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Yeah, lots of old cars were that way, GM didn’t go to collapsible until mandated in 1968. Those same mandates killed the Healey 3000, which was admittedly a pretty ancient  design by then.

camaroboy68ss > glemon 09/23/2020 at 12:54

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they actually got them in 67. I have a magazine from late 66/early 67 that was went over the “new” 67 Chevy’s and all the new safety items, one was the collapsing column and the other was dual chamber brake master cylinders. It sticks out because the author thought the master cylinders were a gimmick and not needed.